| Professor Peter R. Mason |
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 Name: Peter R. MasonDate of Birth: 9 July 1948 Birth Place: Aldridge, England Academic Qualification: PhD Professional Title: Professor Nationality: British/Resident in Zimbabwe Publications: Sixty nine (69) original research papers in international journals with impact factors > 1.0 Major awards: 1. 2003: NIH Training Grant for developing programmes for improving research in HIV and TB. 2. 1995: World Health Organisation (WHO) award to study diagnostic tests for chlamydia. 3. 1994: Royal Netherlands Embassy award to study STD in commercial sex workers. 4. 1992: International Atomic Energy Agency award to study pneumonia in children. 5. 1987: Commonwealth Medical Fellowship to study characterization of gonococci. Major Professional Achievements: 1. 1996 to present: Professor, Dept. of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences. 2. 1993 to 1996: Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences. References of four (4) selected Publications: 1. Mason PR. Ammonia excretion by planorbid snails, a possible mechanism for host selection by schistosome miracidia. Journal of Parasitology 1979:65;819-20 2. Mason PR, brown IMcL. Trichomonas in pregnancy. Lancet 1980: I; 1025-26 3. Malin A, Gwanzura L, Robertson VJ, Klein S, Musvaire P, Mason PR. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in Zimbabwe. Lancet 1995:346:1258-1261 4. Mason PR. Gwanzura L, Latif AS, Marowa E, Chigonde S. Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from patients and from commercial sex workers in Harare, Zimbabwe. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 1998:9, 175-9 |
