My research interests are in the areas of HIV cure and therapeutic outcomes both in the U.S. and South Africa. I have an ongoing research collaboration that began in 2004 in Durban, South Africa. Adrenergy has been a critical component of our research program in South Africa since 2013. Their research services are of the highest quality providing human resources management, trained clinical research coordinators and data managers, and laboratory processing capabilities. Their ethics and skills training leverages resources from diverse international curricula and provides a unique mentorship program for individuals graduating from university. They utilize sophisticated management tools and state-of-the-art data and specimen management systems to keep projects organized and facilitate studies in meeting timelines and milestones.
Prof Vincent Marconi (MD)
Professor in the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine Professor in the Department of Global Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Director of Infectious Diseases Research and a staff physician in the Infectious Diseases Clinics at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Grady Health System
Selvan and the Adrenergy team have been an integral part of my research programs in Durban, South Africa and Mbarara, Uganda since 2017. Selvan and his team are extremely competent and exercise professionalism in every aspect of their work. Adrenergy attracts the brightest minds and provides the kind of leadership, support and work environment that supports teams to optimize outcomes and service. Adrenergy showcases exemplary organizational, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills. The team demonstrates what it means to plan and think strategically and innovatively. They are consummate professionals who lead by example. Adrenergy continues to strive for excellence despite the COVID-19 challenges: their commitment to their partners has never waivered. We look forward to continued collaborations with Selvan and his Adrenergy team.
Tricia Smith (MSC)
Dr. Lynn Matthews (MD, MPH)
Project Manager University of Alabama at Birmingham
Associate Director for Global Health Partnerships and Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine, UAB Division of Infectious Diseases
I have been involved in clinical research for the past 20 years. Joined the ADRESS team as a Pl in 2014 where I met Selvan Pillay and his team. I continued to work with Adrenergy Research Innovations since inception. Adrenergy Research Innovations have proven to be professional in their approach and service delivery. Their work ethic is unparalleled in terms of turnaround times and feedback on study related queries. Their data management system is very impressive.
Dr J Brijkumar (MBBS, Dip. HIV AIDS)
Clinical manager RK Khan Hospital HAST unit
Adrenergy Research Innovations is an organization that throughout the years has shown exemplary vision and resilience. I have had a professional relationship with the organization since 2014, often interacting with its Directors Mr. Selvan Pillay and Mrs. Prenisha Pillay, who are excellent professionals and very kind and caring people. Adrenergy has been instrumental in executing our academic research projects in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and I have been greatly impressed with the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization in managing our research projects. Throughout these years of collaboration with Adrenergy, I have also learned about their ethos and vision as a business, which is one of sincerely and meaningfully helping their community in Durban and KZN. Both through community service activities and the engagement of diverse staff and interns, the organization is also serving a very important role in their community, providing professional opportunities to individuals that otherwise don't have access to these. Finally, their resiliency through difficult economic and socio-political times, including the COVID-19 pandemic, has been admirable. Through creativity, professionalism, hard work, and kindness Adrenergy Research Innovations keeps persisting in their excellence, successfully innovating and progressing as a business and organization.
DR CLAUDIA ORDONEZ (Anthropologist, M.A.I.R.)
Adjunct Assistant Professor Hubert Department of Global Health Rollins School of Public
Health | Emory University
I have worked with Mr Selvan Pillay and the
team at ARI from 2015 ,since the inception of their organization .
As director of MEDICATE -AIDS (NPC) , we
shared offices in Umbilo since 2014. Over
these years we also developed collaboration for research with national and
international academic and research institutions viz. Centre for AIDS Research
-Harvard Medical School , and Emory University in the USA . University of
KwaZulu -Natal , Cape town and Wits university. We worked jointly with ARI on
many projects.The responsibilities ranged from recruitment of
eligible research participants , providing psychosocial counselling and support to patients , managing patient
and research databases and duties of a nurse clinician ARI provided basic and
advanced research training in all these areas and equipped their trainees in
the practice of ethical and professional research. MEDICATE -AIDS NPC had the
benefit of employing approximately 25 staff that went through the ARI program .
Other staff went on not seek employment successfully in other suitable
institutions .
In addition , for the last 8 years toll
2019 ,ARI provided staff and technical support for the Annual workshop in
advanced clinical care (AWACC ) -AIDS in Durban . This has been an annual
international workshop to train doctors and nurses and administrators in HIV care. www.awacc.org . The staff from ARI have been very exemplary and professional in
their conduct at these conferences. Mr.Pillay is a true visionary that has
assisted many graduates and scholars develop skills that are very relevant to
developing careers and seeking employment. I will gladly vouch for ARI and the team under his leadership. I wish
them every success
Dr.Henry Sunpath (MBBS , Dip HIV Med , MPH ,MFam Med)
Director - Medicate Aids, Honorary Clinical Fellow - UKZN
The necessity of scientific
evidence-based decision making rests squarely on the generation of relevant and
technically sound research. This requires rigorous attention to detail, logical
systems across fieldwork, data collection, quality assurance and regulatory
processes. I can say unequivocally that Adrenergy Research Innovations (ARI) is
able to provide this service through the empowerment of individuals, sound
process management and leadership. The support of the Adrenergy Research
Innovation team allows important research questions to be answered through the
implementation of stepwise process mapping that can be taken to scale across
large or small studies. I speak from experience as a
co-Principal Investigator on a small study called OASIS Optimising Adherence-
Inspiring Success which measures adherence in patients co-infected with drug
resistant Tuberculosis and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Both chronic
infectious disease treatment programs have been negatively affected by
COVID-19. Better understanding of the factors impacting patient support to
adhere to treatment regimens are critical to design patient centred programs
and improve patient outcomes. The director, Mr. Selvan Pillay, provided
unstinting support for the study and offset many of the costs not borne
directly by the seed funding and treated this study in the same manner as he
would have much larger studies. He has been extremely generous of his
knowledge, networks and support, which allowed the study to be completed
despite the complexity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the tragic passing of his
brother. Knowledge transfer in support
of young aspiring researchers, both local and international have found the
training provided by Adrenergy invaluable. They fit seamlessly into the team
and have a "can-do" attitude and impeccable work ethic. This makes
working in demanding health care settings possible to ensure the research is
conducted according to the highest standard.
It is organisations such as
ARI that are able to enable innovative local research to be conducted and add
to the production of important body of knowledge of relevant health research.
I hope the review panel looks
favourably upon the work of Adrenergy Research Innovation under the capable
leadership of Mr. Selvan Pillay to ensure ongoing local research can be
supported.
Yours Sincerely
Dr Thiloshini
Govender (MBChB. FCPHM (SA))
King Dinuzulu Hospital Complex, KwaZulu Natal
Our Company Pure Wonder-Med has been supplying medical consumables to Adrenergy for the past 5 years. We are delighted to recommend Mr S Pillay and the staff at Adrenergy. It has been a great pleasure working with the Adrenergy team and we highly recommend their workmanship. They have the best analytical skills of any customers we have ever worked with. Working with
Mr S. Pillay and staff on several tasks has given us good insight and knowledge to their capabilities
and skills. They are the most dedicated, consistently hardworking and innovative team and use
initiative when leading projects of their own. The Adrenergy team has a great work ethics, integrity, professionalism, organisational skills, confident leadership abilities and excellent communication
with people of every position. They have great strength, skills and talent to position them for
more success. They are also compassionate, kind and never miss the opportunity to help others. We always admired
how they go above and beyond doing charity for the underprivileged, even working late into the
evening and sacrificing an entire weekend. We have witnessed this for many years. We highly recommend Adrenergy without any reservation.
