Dr. Caecilia Schmid

Program manager in the grant making team for global health research; Day-to-day coordination and management of grants; Supporting the implementation of the global health research program goals; Monitoring & evaluation of the funded projects; Management of the identification, selection (call for proposals) and evaluation of new, project proposals; Coordination of activities of consultants and external evaluators.

Management and coordination of clinical R&D for NTDs in resource limited settings. Project planning, implementation and coordination of clinical trials in neglected tropical diseases; Development of trial relevant documentation (protocol, CRF, IC, IB..), reports, scientific publications; Development, organisation, and monitoring of budgets; Phases II, III, IIIb; Data management and analysis of outcome; Training of health staff; Liaison with stakeholders (experts, sponsors, authorities)

Coordination and organisation of multicountry/-centre clinical trial for sleeping sickness therapy; Country activity supervision and monitoring (7 African countries); Data base design, construction & data management; Data analysis; Report writing and dissemination of results and publications