Our researchers
Current Projects
- Jamaica Protected Areas Trust – “Identification, Propagation, and Dissemination of Native Forest Species” – J$14,772,000. Principal Investigator – Dr. Sylvia Mitchell.
- Office of the Principal - "Genotypic Testing og Anti-retroviral Drug Resistance of HIV/AIDS in Patients in Jamaica" - Principal Investigator Dr. Marcia Roye
- Environmental Health Foundation – “In vivo assessment of anti-diabetic activity of an indigenous Jamaica Plant extract in Type II Diabetic mice”. US $8,000.00. Principal Investigators Prof. Helen Asemota, Dr. Andrew Wheatley.
News
Visit to the Institute of Human Virology, University of Marylands
Dr. Marcia Roye and one postgraduate, Cindy Leigh-Hamilton will be working on the detection of anti-retroviral drug resistance in Jamaican HIV patients at the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland. Their visit is sponsored by special funds of the Biotechnology Centre, the University of the West Indies Study Travel Grant, as well as the University of Maryland, Institute of Virology.
