CURRICULUM VITAE

Name

Prof. dr. Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu, MKed (Ped), SpA(K), Ph.D (Clin. Trop. Med)

Birth

Banda Aceh, Indonesia / February 2nd, 1980

Nationality

Indonesian

Address

Jl. Tridharma 110 Medan 20156, Indonesia

Position

Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Faculty, Universitas Sumatera Utara

Course Director of Pediatric Specialist Program, Medical Faculty, Universitas Sumatera Utara 2021-2026

Consultant of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine 2019-now

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Universitas Sumatera Utara 2005-now

Vice chair of Indonesian Malaria Expert committee on Diagnosis and management 2017-now

Head of Clinical Research Unit, Adam Malik Referral hospital 2018-now

Chair of North Sumatera Diphteria and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Expert Committee 2020-Now

Educational Background

2016-2018

Consultant in Tropical Pediatrics.
Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjajaran.

2009 – 2013

Ph.D (Clinical Tropical Medicine).
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

2005 - 2008

Specialist program in Pediatrics.
Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU, Medan, Indonesia).

2005 - 2008

Magister of Clinical Medicine in Pediatrics.
Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU, Medan, Indonesia).

Researches/ Publications

  1. Syahril Pasaribu, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu. Malaria: Dahulu, kini dan masa akan datang. Sari Pediatri 2013, vol.15 (suppl1).

  2. Pasaribu AP, et al. A Randomized Comparison of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine and Artesunate-Amodiaquine Combined With Primaquine for Radical Treatment of Vivax Malaria in Sumatera, Indonesia. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2013 Dec1;208 (11):1906-13.

  3. Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu, Syahril Pasaribu. A Case of Biliary Ascariasis Successfully Treated with Single Dose of Albendazole. Asian Pac J Trop Dis 2014; 4(6): 497-9

  4. Sihite IF, Ali M, Pasaribu AP, et al. Efficacy of mebendazole and levamisole, alone or in combination, for soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Pediatrica Indonesiana 2014;54(1):9-14

  5. Nasution WS, Ali M, Pasaribu AP, et al. Albendazole alone vs albendazole and diethylcarbamazine combination therapy for trichuriasis. Pediatrica Indonesiana 2014;54(2):109- 13

  6. Sylvia Jiero, Muhammad Ali, Syahril Pasaribu, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu. Correlation between eosinophil count and soil transmitted helminth infection in children. Asian Pac J Trop Dis 2015; 5(10): 813-6

  7. Improving the radical cure of vivax malaria (IMPROV): a study protocol for a multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled comparison of short and long course primaquine regimens. The IMPROV study group. BMC Infect Dis 2015;15:558

  8. Suryani Margono, Bidasari lubis, Syahril Pasaribu, Hendri Wijaya, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu. The correlation between platelet count and parasite density in children with malaria infection. Asian Pac J Trop Dis 2016;6(3):930-4

  9. Sugianli et al. Antimicrobial resistance in uropathogens and appropriateness of empirical treatment: a population-based surveillance study in Indonesia. J Antimicrob Chemother doi:10.1093/jac/dkw578

  10. Thriemer et al. Challenges for achieving safe and effective radical cure of Plasmodium vivax: a round table discussion of the APMEN Vivax Working Group. Malar J (2017) 16:141.

  11. Ayodhia et al. A Case of Multiple Abdominal Abcesses due to Melioidosis: First Case Reported from North Sumatera, Indonesia. J Antimicrob Chemother 2017 (suppl)

  12. Sri Novianty et al. Risk Factors for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Preschool Children Living in Farmland, North Sumatera, Indonesia. Journal of Tropical Medicine Volume 2018, https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6706413

  13. Adam, A.S., Pasaribu, S., Wijaya, H., Pasaribu, A.P. Warning sign as a predictor of dengue infection severity in children. Medical Journal of Indonesia 2018;27:101-7

  14. Thriemer et al. Quantifying primaquine effectiveness and improving adherence: a round table discussion of the APMEN Vivax Working Group. Malar J. 2018 Jun 20;17(1):241. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2380-8.

  15. Common et al. The efficacy of dihydroartemisininpiperaquine and artemether-lumefantrine with and without primaquine on Plasmodium vivax recurrence: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. PLos Medicine 2019

  16. Nasution TA. Effectiveness hand washing and hand rub method in reducing total bacteria colony from nurses in Medan. Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences 2019.

  17. Pasaribu AP. Prevalence and risk factors of soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school children living in an agricultural area of North Sumatera, Indonesia. BMC Public Health 2019

  18. Taylor, WRJ. Short-course primaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled non-inferiority trial. The Lancet 2019

  19. Devine A et al. Provider and household costs of Plasmodium vivax malaria episodes: A multicountry comparative analysis of primary trial data. Bulletin of the WHO 2019.

  20. Pfieffer et al. Quantification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity by spectrophotometry: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLos Medicine 2020.

  21. Wangdi K et al. Addressing hard-to-reach populations for achieving malaria elimination in the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network countries. Asia and the pacific policy studies 2021.

  22. Syilvia Jiero, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu. Hematological Profile of children with malaria in Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia. Malar J 2021.

  23. Ayodhia et al. Spatio-Tempora pattern of dengue incidence in Medan city, North Sumatera, Indonesia. Trop Med and Infect Dis J 2021.

  24. Ayodhia eta al. Comparison of the performance of the CareStart Malaria Pf/Pan Combo test and field microscopy in the diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax malaria in North Sumatera, Indonesia 

  25. Fahmi F. Spatial analysis to evaluate risk of malaria in Northern Sumatera, Indonesia. Malaria Journal 2022, 21(1), 335.

  26. Pasaribu AP. Transmission and Profile of COVID-19 in Children in North Sumatera, Indonesia. Archives of Iranian Medicine 25 (11), 737-741, 2022

  27. Thriemer K. Adapting international clinical trials during COVID-19 and beyond. Clinical Trials 2023

  28. Limavady et al. Chest x-ray findings in children with COVID-19: lesson learned from referral hospitals in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia. Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, 2023, 66(7), pp. 317–319 

  29. Arcelia F. The Association Between Nutritional Status and Parasite Density in Children with Vivax Malaria in Kualuh Leidong, Indonesia. Archives of Pediatric Diseases 2023, 11(2), e126995 

  30. Arcelia F. Effectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine after 10 years as treatment for vivax malaria in Indonesia. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023, 17(5), pp. 700–706

  31. Taylor WRJ et al. Weekly primaquine for radical cure of patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2023, 17(9), pp. e0011522

  32. Thriemer K et al. The heterogeneity of symptom reporting across study sites: a secondary analysis of a randomised placebo-controlled multicentre antimalarial trial. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023, 23(1), 198

  33. Commons RJ et al. Effect of primaquine dose on the risk of recurrence in patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S1473-3099(23)00430-9

  34. Rajasekhar M et al. Primaquine dose and the risk of haemolysis in patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S1473-3099(23)00431-0Fahmi F. Spatial analysis to evaluate risk of malaria in Northern Sumatera, Indonesia. Malaria Journal 2022, 21(1), 335.

Research Collaboration

  1. Novel strategies and tools for antimicrobial resistance surveillance (Co-investigator/PhD Supervisor, Joint Research between Amsterdam Medical Center and Indonesia (KNAW-SPIN) ) 2012-now.
  2. Improving the radical cure of vivax malaria: A multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled comparison of short and long course primaquine regimens IMPROV (Co-investigator/site PI for multicenter research involving Menzies School, Mahidol-Oxford research Unit, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ethiopia) 2014-2018.
  3. Translating Health Research into Health Policy in Indonesia: Barriers and Solutions. (Post- doc fellowship, KNAW-SPIN Joint Thematic Research (Indonesia-Netherlands)) 2014-2-2016.
  4. Feasibility of the Nanobubble Technology for Detection of Malaria. (Co-PI, Joint research EOCRU-MASIMO USA) 2017.
  5. Tracking non faciparum malaria and whole genome sequencing (PI, Joint research with Lyon University, France) 2018-now.
  6. Community and facility assessment to determine populations at risk of malaria and primaquine induced haemolysis in Indonesia (PI, Joint research with Menzies School, Darwin, Australia) 2018-now.
  7. Enterovirus in children in Indonesia (PI, Joint research with Eijkman institute-OUCRU Vietnam) 2018-now.
  8. Seroprevalence of scrub typhus in palm oil plantation vs urban settings in North Sumatra: A cross-sectional study (PI, Joint research with EOCRU- Oxford university) 2021-2022.
  9. Chloroquine/ hydroxychloroquine prevention of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the healthcare setting; a randomised, placebo-controlled prophylaxis study (COPCOV) (site PI, Joint research with ECORU-Oxford University) 2020-2021.
  10. Clinical features, epidemiology, microbiology and immunological response of COVID-19 patients in Indonesia (INACO study):
    Emerging Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Observational Study (site PI, Joint research with EOCRU-Oxford university) 2020-2021.
  11. Effectiveness and feasibility study of primaquine (PAVE) (Site PI, Joint research with Menzies School Darwin) 2021-2025.
  12. Effectiveness Of novel approaches to Radical cure with Tafenoquine and primaquine (EFFORT) – a randomized controlled trial in P. vivax patients (EFFORT study) (country PI, Joint research with Menzies Schoold, Darwin, Australia) 2021-2023.

Organisations

  1. IDI (Ikatan Dokter Indonesia) : Indonesian Doctor Society (member)
  2. IDAI (Ikatan Dokter anak Indonesia) : Indonesian Pediatrician Society (member)
  3. Indonesian Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (member)
  4. European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (member)
  5. International Society of Infectious Diseases (member)
  6. Parasitology and Infectious Diseases control society (P4I) (member)
  7. Indonesian college of Pediatrics (member)