Research Projects

1. Improving Diagnosis of TB in HIV-Infected Persons:
The ID-TB/HIV Study (Study in collaboration with the Center for Disease Control; 2007-2008)

2. Genital Tract Viral Shedding of HIV-1 In Cambodian Women
(Women’s Clinic at the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE and Fogarty International Collaboration Award (FIRCA); an extension of research collaborations between Miriam Hospital, Brown University and the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE; 2007-2008)

3. AstraZeneca Observational Study on Breast Cancer
(2008-Current)

4. Baseline Antibiotic Consumption and Pattern of Antibiotic Resistance in a Cambodian Referral Hospital
(The Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE), Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Study in collaboration with ITM Antwerp, Belgium; 2008-Current)

5. Impact of Prolonged Detectable HIV Viral Load of the First Line Failure in RSL:
Accumulation of Resistance Mutations, Clinical and Immunological Progression (Study in collaboration with ITM Antwerp, Belgium; 2008-Current)

6. Operational Study on the Implementation of an Algorithm as Proposed in the 2006 WHO Guidelines to Improve the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Among Adults in HIV-Prevalent and Resource Constrained Settings
For Ambulatory Patients Without Danger Signs (Study in collaboration with the National Center for TB and Leprosy Control and ITM Antwerp, Belgium; financed by WHO - Geneva; 2008-Current)

7. Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance Among Consecutive Blood Culture Isolates In Tropical Settings
(Study in collaboration with ITM Antwerp, Belgium; 2008-Current)

8. Study on the Validity of the WHO Definitions of Treatment Failure With the Development of a Scoring System to Predict Virological Failure
(Study in collaboration with ITM Antwerp, Belgium; financed by EuropeAid; 2007-2008)

9. ART and Kidney Function, A Study on the Effect of Renal Failure on the Occurrence of Side Effects in Patients on HAART
(Study in collaboration with ITM Antwerp, Belgium; financed by EuropeAid; 2007-2008)

10. Use of Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) As Predictive Tools of Virological Failure in a Resource Poor Setting
(Study in collaboration with ITM Antwerp, Belgium; financed by EuropeAid; 2007-2008)

For more information about these or any other research projects related to the hospital please contact Dr. Sutton Whitaker at suttonwhitaker@sihosp.org.