Primary Network Lab (PNL) Contact Assignments for CTU/CRS Labs

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Simplifying communications between CTU/CRS laboratories, Network Laboratories, and other groups is a high priority for cross-network laboratory coordination. Many CTU/CRS laboratories are affiliated with multiple networks which has made communication between these groups increasingly complicated. To address this communication issue, a Primary Network Laboratory (PNL) has been identified to serve as the primary point of contact for each CTU/CRS laboratory for laboratory-related issues.

The PNL will be responsible for communicating relevant information from the CTU/CRS laboratories to all other Network Laboratories that are affiliated with the site. PNL affiliations will be reevaluated over time, and all relevant groups will be informed when changes are made to PNL assignments. CTU/CRS laboratories will be instructed to copy the PNL contact on all correspondence with SMILE, VQA, IQA, PQA, FTSRF, SCHARP, and UKNEQAS on all lab-related issues. These groups will also be asked to copy the appropriate PNL for the site using the group email alias/logon when they communicate with a CTU/CRS laboratory.

• Contact us for questions regarding the PNL assignments.

Primary Network Labs

Select a Primary Network Lab below to jump down to the list of CTU/CTS labs the PNL is assigned to.

• ACTG
• HPTN
• HVTN
• IMPAACT
• MTN

ACTG

ACTG PNL contact: Beth O’Keefe

Assigned CTU/CRS Laboratories 

• Ampath, Eldoret, Kenya
• Botswana-Harvard HIV Reference Laboratory, Gaborone, Botswana
• CAPRISA Research Laboratory, Durban, South Africa
• Department of Medical Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban South Africa
• e-Thekwini, Durban, South Africa
• GHESKIO, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Hospital Universitario Clementino Frafa Filho (HUCFF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Impacta Lince Lab, Lince, Peru
• Joint Clinical research Center (JCRC), Kampala, Uganda
• Johannesburg/Soweto Contract Laboratory Services (CLS 350), South Africa
• KCMC Biotechnology Laboratory - MIT Project, Moshi, Tanzania
• KMRI/Walter Reed Project Clinical Research Center, Kericho, Kenya
• Quintilles Federated Services Medical Research Center, Complejo Medico Marbella, Panama

HPTN

HPTN PNL contact: Estelle Piwowar-Manning

Assigned CTU/CRS Laboratories

• Diagnosticos America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Diagnosticos America in Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Medicine (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Heng County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hengzhou Town, Guangxi, China
• Hospital Geral de Nova Iguacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Laboratorio Central), Porto Alegre, Brazil
• Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Laboratorio Central da Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
• Laboratório de Imunologia de Transplantes-Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, Brazil
• Muhimbili University College of Health Science (MUHAS) Laboratory, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• MU JHU Central Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda
• National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune, India
• Parienyatwa Hospital UZ-UCSF Research Laboratory, Harare, Zimbabwe
• RIHES - Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
• University of North Carolina Lilongwe Project: Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi
• University of Malawi/Johns Hopkins University Project Laboratory, Blantyre, Malawi
• Xinjiang Autonomous Region Center for Disease, Xinjiang, China
• YRG Medical Center Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, India

HVTN

HVTN PNL contact: Constance Ducar

Assigned CTU/CRS Laboratories

• ACSA, Iquitos, Peru
• AngloLab, Lima, Peru
• ASEM, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Aurum Health, Klerskdorp, South Africa
• CEMI, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV-5 labs), Lausanne, Switzerland
• Contract Laboratory Services-Greenpoint, South Africa
• CRT, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Emavundeleni Vaccine Center Clinc (rapid lab), Cape Town, South Africa
• Epidemiology Research and Training Unit (ERTU), Ministry of Health, Kingston, Jamaica
• IDCP, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Medical University of Southern Africa (Medunsa)/MeCRU, Medunsa, South Africa
• MiraFlores, Lima, Peru
• National Institue for Communicable Diseases (NICD) Virology Lab, Johannesburg, South Africa
• National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL), Kingston, Jamaica
• NHLS-Greenpoint, South Africa
• RCM, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• STIRL, Medunsa, South Africa

IMPAACT

IMPAACT PNL contact: Kim Banks

Assigned CTU/CRS Laboratories

• BARC-Lancet Laboratory, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital (8355), Bangkok, Thailand
• BJ Medical College Biochemistry Labroratory, Pune, India
• KID-CRU, Capetown, South Africa
• IRD-PHPT - Chiang Mai University (8351), Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital (8352), Chiang Rai, Thailand
• Chonburi Provincial Hospital (8356), Chonburi, Thailand
• Johanneburg/Soweto PHRI (298), Johannesburg/Soweto, South Africa
• Laboratorio de Hospital dos Servidores do Estado (HSE), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Prapokklao Hospital (8354), Chantaburi, Thailand
• Phayao Hospital (8353), Phayao, Thailand
• Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (8251), Bangkok, Thailand

MTN

MTN PNL contact: Ted Livant

Assigned CTU/CRS Laboratories

• University of Capetown Empilisweni Centre for Wellness (Coetzee), Cape Town, South Africa
• CIDRZ Central Laboratory (George), Lusaka, Zambia
• Medical Research Council (MRC), Durban, South Africa
• Durban BARC-Lancet Lab, Durban, South Africa