Dr. Christian Happi

Dr. Christian T. Happi, Ph.D

Director, Infectious Diseases Laboratory
Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH)
Irrua, Nigeria

Bio

Dr. Christian Happi is the Director of the Infectious Diseases Laboratory at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, in Irrua, Nigeria. He is also a Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Dr. Happi graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) from University of Yaounde, Cameroon, and a M.Sc and Ph.D. from University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His Postdoctoral training was conducted at Harvard School of Public Health. His awards and fellowships include Boroughs Wellcome and Bill & Melinda Gates Awards at the 2010 Genome Epidemiology Meeting, European Union-Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Senior Research Fellowship Award 2009, Scientific Advisory Committee Chair at 2008 Africa Health Research Organization (AHRO), TurnerBiosciences Research Award 2007 and Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 4th MIM Pan African conference on Malaria (2003-2005).

Selected Publications

• Early variations in plasmodium falciparum dynamics in Nigerian children after treatment with two artemisinin-based combinations: implications on delayed parasite clearance
  Michael OS, Gbotosho GO, Folarin OA, Okuboyejo T, Sowunmi A, Oduola AM, Happi CT.
  Malar J. 2010 Nov 22;9:335.
• Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte sex ratios in symptomatic children treated with antimalarial drugs.
  Sowunmi A, Balogun ST, Gbotosho GO, Happi CT.
  Acta Trop. 2009 Feb;109(2):108-17. Epub 2008 Nov 5.
• Effects of amodiaquine, artesunate, and artesunate-amodiaquine on Plasmodium falciparum malaria-associated anaemia in children
  Sowunmi A, Balogun ST, Gbotosho GO, Happi CT.
  Acta Trop. 2009 Jan;109(1):55-60. Epub 2008 Oct 17.
• Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte sex ratios in children with acute, symptomatic, uncomplicated infections treated with amodiaquine.
  Sowunmi A, Balogun ST, Gbotosho GO, Happi CT.
  Malar J. 2008 Sep 2;7:169.
• Effects of acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria on body weight in children in an endemic area
  Sowunmi A, Gbotosho GO, Adedeji AA, Fateye BA, Sabitu MF, Happi CT, Fehintola FA.
  Parasitol Res. 2007 Jul;101(2):343-9. Epub 2007 Feb 25.
• Confirmation of emergence of mutations associated with atovaquone-proguanil resistance in unexposed Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Africa.
  Happi CT, Gbotosho GO, Folarin OA, et al.
  Malar J. 2006 Oct 4;5:82.