Faculty Staff

Curriculum Vitae

Name : Agustina Ika Susanti

Education :
1987-1991		Faculty of Biology, Satya Wacana Christian University, Bachelor Degree in Biology Science with majoring of Industrial Microbiology
2001-2003		Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Master Degree in Biomedic science.


Training :

1992		Training on ELISA technique, Makmal Laboratory WHO Zone-3, Jakarta
2000		International Training and Workshop on Advances in Molecular Biology Techniques To Assess Microbiology Biodiversity, SEMEO BIOTROP, Indonesia
2001		Techniques in Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2003		Clinical Trial Methodology and Good Clinical Practice Course, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia
2005		International workshop on Bioinformatics, Macquarie university Australia-Bogor Agricultural University Indonesia
2006		Training on Luminex advanced application for protein, nucleic acid and flexMAP, Oosterhout, Netherlands
		Training on ID-Tag™ RVP for molecular diagnostic, TM Bioscience, Toronto, Canada
2008		Asia Link Basic Epidemiology Course, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital – University of Indonesia
2009		Training on TessArrae application for molecular diagnostic, TessArrae , Virginia, USA

Work Experiences :

2011 - now		Lecturer, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang
2010 - 2011		Research Associate at Program Emerging Infectious Disease, Duke-NUS Gradute Medical School, Singapore
1993 - 2010		Medical Research Scientist and Laboratory Supervisor at Immunology Department Parasitic Disease Program, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 2, Jakarta.

Publications :
Asih, P. B., Rogers, W. O., Susanti, A. I., Rahmat, A., Rozi, I. E., Kusumaningtyas, M. A., & Syafruddin, D. (2009). Seasonal distribution of anti-malarial drug resistance alleles on the island of Sumba, Indonesia.Malar J,8, 222. Fryauff, D. J., Leksana, B., Masbar, S., Wiady, I., Sismadi, P., Susanti, A. I., Nagesha, H.S., Syafruddin, A. S., Bangs, M. J., & Baird, J. K. (2002). The drug sensitivity and transmission dynamics of human malaria on Nias Island, North Sumatra, Indonesia.Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology,96(5), 447-462. Fryauff, D. J., Purnomo, Sutamihardja, M. A., Elyazar, I. R., Susanti, A. I., Krisin, Subianto, B., Marwoto, H. (2000). Perfomance of OptiMAL assay for detection and identification of malaria infections in asymptomatic residents of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 63(3-4), 139-45 Gómez-Saladín, E., Fryauff, D. J., Taylor, W. R., Laksana, B. S., Susanti, A. I., Subianto, B., & Richie, T. L. (1999). Plasmodium falciparum mdr1 mutations and in vivo chloroquine resistance in Indonesia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene,61(2), 240-244. Hedelius, R., Fletcher, J. J., Glass, W. F., Susanti, A. I., & Maguire, J. D. (2011). Nephrotic syndrome and unrecognized Plasmodium malariae infection in a US Navy sailor 14 years after departing Nigeria.Journal of travel medicine,18(4), 288-291. Kinzer, M. H., Chand, K., Basri, H., Lederman, E. R., Susanti, A. I., Elyazar, I., & Maguire, J. D. (2010). Active case detection, treatment of falciparum malaria with combined chloroquine and sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine and vivax malaria with chloroquine and molecular markers of anti-malarial resistance in the Republic of Vanuatu.Malaria journal,9(1), 89. Maguire, J. D., Fenton, M. E., Susanti, A. I., & Walker, J. B. (2007). Plasmodium vivax-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome after extended travel in Afghanistan.Travel medicine and infectious disease,5(5), 301-305. Maguire, J. D., Sumawinata, I. W., Masbar, S., Laksana, B., Prodjodipuro, P., Sismadi, P., Mahmud, N., Bangs, M. J., Baird, J. K. & Susanti, A. I. (2002). Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium malariae in south Sumatra, Indonesia.The Lancet,360(9326), 58-60. Maguire, J. D., Susanti, A. I., Sismadi, P., Fryauff, D. J., & Baird, J. K. (2001). The T76 mutation in the pfcrt gene of Plasmodium falciparum and clinical chloroquine resistance phenotypes in Papua, Indonesia.Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology,95(6), 559-572. Nagesha, H. S., Casey, G. J., Susanti, A. I., Fryauff, D. J., Reeder, J. C., & Cowman, A. F. (2001). Mutations in the pfmdr1, dhfr and dhps genes of Plasmodium falciparum are associated with in-vivo drug resistance in West Papua, Indonesia.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,95(1), 43-49. Shah, N. K., Alker, A. P., Sem, R., Susanti, A. I., Muth, S., Maguire, J. D., & Wongsrichanalai, C. (2008). Molecular surveillance for multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, Cambodia.Emerging infectious diseases,14(10), 1637. Syafruddin, D., Asih, P., Dewi, R. M., Coutrier, F., Rozy, I. E., Susanti, A. I., & Rogers, W. O. (2009). Seasonal prevalence of malaria in West Sumba district, Indonesia.Malaria journal,8(1), 8. Vinayak, S., Alam, M. T., Sem, R., Shah, N. K., Susanti, A. I., Lim, P.,& Udhayakumar, V. (2010). Multiple genetic backgrounds of the amplified Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance (pfmdr1) gene and selective sweep of 184F mutation in Cambodia.Journal of Infectious Diseases,201(10), 1551-1560.

Awards :
2003		Letter of appreciation for outstanding efforts in preparing for and representing namru-2 during workshop” The role of litbangkes in the policy of Regional Health Development in Decentralization Era”.
2004		10 years length of Services, US Embassy Jakarta
2005		WHO/TDR Travel award to attend P. vivax conference 2005, TIGR, Rockville, USA
2006		Senior FSN of the Quarter, US NAMRU-2 for the achievement on : Leading Namru-2 Malaria teams into a new site in Sumba, NTT, integrating a new diagnostics platform for multiplex screening of respiratory viral and bacterial pathogens, designing and developing platform for screening malaria infections in human and coordinating the purchase, installation and training of $500K worth equipments/reagents to labs in Jakarta and Cambodia
2007		Japanese Infectious Disease and Immunology Association Travel Award to attend International Symposium on Infectious Disease and Immunology, Awaji Island, Japan

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