Fogarty/NIH news: Global health lecture, Behavioral and social sciences, NIH-South Africa partnership, Fake meds

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May / June 2015 Rwandan Health Minister Dr Agnes Binagwaho presents NIH global health lecture NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say Fogarty web tools facilitate collaboration Profile: Fogarty Fellow assesses HIV impact in utero in Cameroon NIH encourages veterinarians to consider research careers NIH marks 20 years of advancing behavioral and social sciences Also in This Issue: More articles E-news exclusives Stay Connected with Fogarty Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines Upcoming Events

Rwandan Health Minister presents NIH global health lecture Rwandan Minister of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, a strong supporter of biomedical research, has been invited to deliver the annual David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture at NIH. >> Full article Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say Poor quality medicines are a real and urgent threat that could undermine decades of successful efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB, according to the editors of a new collection of journal articles. >> Full article Related news: Q and A with world-renowned malaria research expert Dr Chris Plowe NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects The NIH and the South African Medical Research Council have jointly awarded 31 grants to support research targeting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and HIV-related comorbidities and cancers. >> Full article Fogarty web tools facilitate collaboration To make it easier for Fogarty grantees to share information and identify possible collaborators, the Center has launched on its website a new searchable database of all current projects. >> Full article Profile: Fogarty Fellow assesses HIV impact in utero in Cameroon As a Fogarty Fellow in Cameroon, Dr. Anna Babakhanyan studied whether HIV-free babies born to mothers with the virus receive normal or lower levels of the maternal antibodies that protect newborns from malaria. >> Full article NIH encourages veterinarians to consider research careers A recent NIH stakeholder meeting considered how to improve health for people, animals and the environment, and how veterinarian-scientists can be better integrated into biomedical research. >> Full article NIH marks 20 years of advancing behavioral and social sciences The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research is celebrating 20 years of accomplishments in the U.S. and globally. >> Full article Related news: Behavioral, social sciences are vital to global health, Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass

Also in This Issue Fogarty posts concepts for new LMIC training grant and several existing programs New TB hospital and research center opens in Haiti Burkitt's lymphoma studies may also advance research on other cancers, HIV, malaria People in the news Global health briefs E-news exclusives NIAID helps launch first "African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics" (ACE) in Mali NIAID/NIH news, April 29, 2015 Americas region is declared the world’s first to eliminate rubella Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) news, April 29, 2015 NIH launches largest clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease, with roughly 100 sites in Canada, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US NHLBI/NIH news, April 15, 2015 How to make an impact in global mental health Pamela Collins, director, NIMH Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health at Duke Global Health Institute, with recorded webcast Duke Global Health Institute news, April 14, 2015 NIH research: think globally NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., address the importance of continuing to pursue research on a global scale amid fiscal constraints. Science, April 10, 2015 Stay Connected with Fogarty  Fogarty on Facebook  Fogarty on Twitter  Fogarty News - Email notifications of breaking global health research news related to Fogarty, NIH, and other global health leaders. > Subscribe Now  Funding News - Email notifications of new and updated global health research funding opportunities from Fogarty, NIH and other global health leaders. > Subscribe Now

Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (Bioethics) Application deadline: May 22, 2015 Japanese Researcher Fellowships at NIH (Intramural) Application deadline: May 29, 2915 Korean Visiting Scientist Training Award Updated application deadline: June 17, 2015 Global Infectious Disease Research Administration Development Award for Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at NIH Application deadline: July 15, 2015 Global Infectious Diseases (GID) Application deadline: July 29, 2015 Fogarty HIV Research Training Application deadline: July 30, 2015 Fulbright-Fogarty Postdoctoral Research Grants in Public Health Application deadline: August 3, 2015 All Fogarty funding opportunities Subscribe to NIH global health funding opportunities email alerts

Upcoming Events June 12 - 15, 2015 NIDA International Forum Phoenix, AZ June 23 - 25, 2015 OBSSR 20th Anniversary Celebration NIH campus Bethesda, MD Portions of the events will be webcast live and recorded. July 18 - 23, 2015 Alzheimer's Association International Conference Washington, DC July 19 - 22, 2015 IAS 2015: Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention from the International AIDS Society (IAS) Vancouver, Canada July 26 - 31, 2015 Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health from Kaiser Permanente and the Cancer Research Network, with support from NIH Pasadena, CA July 29, 2015,11:30 a.m. David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture Presented by Rwandan Minister of Health Dr. Agnes Binagwaho Masur Auditorium, Building 10 NIH Campus Bethesda, MD The lecture will be webcast live and recorded. August 24 - 28, 2015 mHealth Summer Training Institute University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus Los Angeles, CA September 15, 2015 Fogarty Advisory Board Meeting NIH campus Bethesda, MD September 28 - 30, 2015 Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference Oxford, United Kingdom October 7 - 11, 2015 IDWeek - Annual conference on prevention, diagnosis, treatment and epidemiology of infectious diseases San Diego, CA October 17 - 21, 2014 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Chicago, IL October 25 - 29, 2015 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting Philadelphia, PA November 8 - 11, 2015 mHealth Summit and Global mHealth Forum National Harbor, MD Submissions for presentations due June 8, 2015 Fogarty Calendar of Events