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. Kevin also leads randomized controlled trials of experimental vaccines for the prevention of malaria.

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

Kevin C Kobylinski, Tri B T Satoto, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Yudi Ratna Nugraheni, Vincentius A Testamenti, I Putu B A Winata, Yosua L Pono, Diana Timoria, Piyanan Assawasuwannakit, Mary Chambers, J Kevin Baird, Joel Tarning, Lorenz von Seidlein, Claus B%F8gh

Sci Rep

November 30, 2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-81743-x

Hanif A K Djunaedy, Clarissa A Febinia, Raph L Hamers, Kevin Baird, Iqbal Elyazar, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Safarina G Malik, Guy Thwaites, Reinout van Crevel, Bachti Alisjahbana, Lidya Chaidir, Philip M Ashton

Tuberculosis (Edinb)

September 14, 2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2024.102568

Khoriah Indrihutami, Krisin Chand, Rizka Fahmia, Agus Rachmat, Mutia Rahardjani, Fitria Wulandari, Decy Subekti, Rintis Noviyanti, Inge Sutanto, Amin Soebandrio, Noch T Mallisa, I Made Mardika, Waras Budiman, Irwan Suriswan, Yogi Ertanto, Mei-Chun Chen, Tooba Murshedkar, Yonas Abebe, Eric R James, Peter F Billingsley, B Kim Lee Sim, Stephen L Hoffman, Thomas L Richie, Sky Chen, Iqbal R F Elyazar, Lenny L Ekawati, J Kevin Baird, Erni J Nelwan;

Am J Trop Med Hyg

March 26, 2024

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0597

Karmele Llano Sanchez, J Kevin Baird, Aileen Nielsen, Andini Nurillah, Fitria Agustina, Komara, Fina Fadilah, Wendi Prameswari, R Taufiq P Nugraha, Sugiyono Saputra, Arif Nurkanto, Anik Budhi Dharmayanthi, Rahadian Pratama, Indra Exploitasia, Alex D Greenwood

Parasitology

February 16, 2024

DOI: 10.1017/S0031182024000155

Anis Karuniawati, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu, Gilbert Lazarus, Vera Irawany, Dwi Utomo Nusantara, Robert Sinto, Suwarti, Maulana Jamil Nasution, Ferawati, Muhammad Riza Lubis, Eka Nurfitri, Mutiara Mutiara, Hasanul Arifin, Hely Hely, Pramaisshela Arinda D Putri, Ariel Pradipta, Anindya Pradipta Susanto, Meutia Ayuputeri Kumaheri, Bonifacius, Yacobus Da Costa, Claus Bogh, Dodi Safari, Kartini Lidia, Hermi Indita Malewa, Nunung Nuraeni, Sabighoh Zanjabila, Mutia Rahardjani, Fitri Agustia Dewi, Fitria Wulandari, Decy Subekti, Henry Surendra, J Kevin Baird, Anuraj H Shankar, Raph L Hamers.

Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia

January 25, 2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100348