Professor J. Kevin Baird

Director of OUCRU Indonesia

Professor Kevin Baird, BSc, MSc, PhD, FASTMH, is the Director of OUCRU Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Professor of Malariology at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.

Expertise

Kevin served 22 years on active duty in the US Navy Medical Service Corps as a Microbiologist specializing in malaria prevention, control, treatment, epidemiology, and immunology research.

He has long focused on Plasmodium vivax malaria, in particular on the problems of G6PD deficiency and cytochrome P-450 2D6 pharmacogenetics regarding the toxicity and efficacy of primaquine therapy against relapse of that species. His laboratory undertakes clinical trials of therapies against relapse of P. vivax, principally in Indonesian soldiers but also in village settings, in addition to laboratory and field studies of G6PD deficiency biochemistry, diagnostics, and epidemiology.

Medals

Navy Humanitarian Service Medal (2004, 2005)
Navy Meritorious Service Medal (1999, 2003, 2005)
Navy Achievement Medal (1996)
Navy Commendation Medal (1996, 2005)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal (1988)

2006

Honourable discharge from US Navy active duty, 1984-2006, with the rank of Captain, Medical Service Corps

2005

Bailey K. Ashford Medal for outstanding work in the field of tropical medicine by the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene

1987

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Military Scientist of the Year

1986

Councillor to the Helminthological Society of Washington

1985

Vice President of the Tropical Medicine Association of Washington

1984

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Scientific Achievement Award

PhD

Medical Parasitology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

MSc.

Master of Science, Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

BSc.

Bachelor of Science, Microbiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Publications

Joseph Donovan, Nguyen D Bang, Darma Imran, Ho D T Nghia, Erlina Burhan, Dau T T Huong, Nguyen T T Hiep, Lam H B Ngoc, Dang V Thanh, Nguyen T Thanh, Anna L S Wardhani, Kartika Maharani, Cakra P Gasmara, Nguyen H H Hanh, Pham K N Oanh, Riwanti Estiasari, Do D A Thu, Ardiana Kusumaningrum, Le T Dung, Do C Giang, Dang T M Ha, Nguyen H Lan, Nguyen V V Chau, Nguyen T M Nguyet, Ronald B Geskus, Nguyen T T Thuong, Evelyne Kestelyn, Raph L Hamers, Nguyen H Phu, Guy E Thwaites; ACT HIV Investigators

N Engl J Med

October 12, 2023

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2216218

Megha Rajasekhar, Julie A Simpson, Benedikt Ley, Peta Edler, Cindy S Chu, Tesfay Abreha, Ghulam R Awab, J Kevin Baird, Germana Bancone, Bridget E Barber, Matthew J Grigg, Jimee Hwang, Harin Karunajeewa, Marcus V G Lacerda, Simone Ladeia-Andrade, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Komal R Rijal, Kavitha Saravu, Inge Sutanto, Walter R J Taylor, Kamala Thriemer, James A Watson, Philippe J Guerin, Nicholas J White, Ric N Price, Robert J Commons; WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) Vivax Primaquine Dosing Efficacy, Tolerability and Safety Study Group

Lancet Infect Dis

September 22, 2023

DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00431-0

Ayleen Kosasih, Robert James, Nguyen Hoang Chau, Michelle M Karman, Lydia Visita Panggalo, Lyndes Wini, Ngo Viet Thanh, Thomas Obadia, Ari Winasti Satyagraha, Puji Budi Setia Asih, Din Syafruddin, Walter R J Taylor, Ivo Mueller, Inge Sutanto, Harin Karunajeewa, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu, J Kevin Baird

Pathogens

September 19, 2023

DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12091176

Walter R J Taylor, Niamh Meagher, Benedikt Ley, Kamala Thriemer, Germana Bancone, Ari Satyagraha, Ashenafi Assefa, Krisin Chand, Nguyen Hoang Chau, Mehul Dhorda, Tamiru S Degaga, Lenny L Ekawati, Asrat Hailu, Mohammad Anwar Hasanzai, Mohammad Nader Naddim, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu, Awab Ghulam Rahim, Inge Sutanto, Ngo Viet Thanh, Nguyen Thi Tuyet-Trinh, Naomi Waithira, Adugna Woyessa, Arjen Dondorp, Lorenz von Seidlein, Julie A Simpson, Nicholas J White, J Kevin Baird, Nicholas P Day, Ric N Price

September 6, 2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011522

Kamala Thriemer, Robert James Commons, Megha Rajasekhar, Tamiru Shibiru Degaga, Krisin Chand, Nguyen Hoang Chau, Ashenafi Assefa, Mohammad Nader Naddim, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu, Awab Ghulam Rahim, Inge Sutanto, Tran Tinh Hien, Asrat Hailu, Mohammad Anwar Hasanzai, Lenny L Ekawati, Adugna Woyessa, Tedla Teferi, Naomi Waithira, Walter R J Taylor, Benedikt Ley, Arjen Dondorp, J Kevin Baird, Nicholas J White, Nicholas P Day, Ric N Price, Julie A Simpson, Lorenz von Seidlein

BMC Med Res Methodol.

September 4, 2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12874-023-02022-3