Fogarty/NIH news: Focus on big data, Paul Farmer, trauma and injury grants

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January / February 2017 Humanitarian Paul Farmer discusses global health equity Fogarty invests $10M in trauma, injury training Fogarty Director Glass looks forward with optimism Q and A with former Fogarty trainee Dr Soumya Swaminathan Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Emmanuel Balandya studies sickle cell immunity Focus: Big data for infectious disease surveillance, modeling Also in this issue: More articles E-news extras Stay connected with Fogarty Funding opportunities: Upcoming deadlines Upcoming events

Humanitarian Paul Farmer discusses global health equity Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, addressed global health equity as he presented the Barmes Global Health Lecture at NIH in December 2016. >> Full article Fogarty invests $10M in trauma, injury training ​Fogarty is funding projects to train investigators in low- and middle-income countries to research the most effective ways to prevent and treat injuries. >> Full article Looking forward to 2017 with optimism ​Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass is feeling energized to begin the new year, with so many opportunities to advance global health on the horizon. >> Full article Q and A with former Fogarty trainee Dr Soumya Swaminathan Former Fogarty trainee Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, now Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, discusses the impact of Fogarty on her career, and the future of U.S.-India research collaborations. >> Full article Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Emmanuel Balandya studies sickle cell immunity Dr. Emmanuel Balandya hopes data from his research in Tanzania as a Fogarty Global Health Fellow on immune cells in sickle cell disease will bring more interventions to Africa. >> Full article Focus: Big data for infectious disease surveillance, modeling A team of scientists led by the NIH reviewed the growing body of research on big data and has published its analyses in a special issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. >> Full article

Also in this issue Analysis shows return on investment for global health R&D Updates from the Center for Global Health Studies at Fogarty People in the news Global health briefs E-news extras Science advances Implementation science to accelerate clean cooking for public health Environmental Health Perspectives, January 2017 Final trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides high protection against disease WHO news, December 23, 2016 Related publication: Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine in preventing Ebola virus disease: final results from the Guinea ring vaccination, open-label, cluster-randomised trial (Ebola Ça Suffit!) The Lancet, December 22, 2016 NIH global health research news Raising the curtain on cerebral malaria's deadly agents NINDS/NIH news, December 6, 2016 Challenges remain in HIV care in Africa University of Rochester Medical Center news, December 21, 2016 Other global health research news Africa's future depends on its scientists. Time to stop the brain drain World Economic Forum news, January 18, 2017 Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives WHO news release, January 10, 2017 Report: The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control (Monograph 21) from the WHO and the National Cancer Institute at NIH, released January 10, 2017 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 Planning Grant for Emerging Epidemic Virus Research Training for West African Countries with Widespread Transmission of Ebola (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) Application deadline: February 22, 2017 Global Noncommunicable Diseases and Injury Research Application deadline: February 22, 2017 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Japan Application deadline: March 1, 2017 International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) for US scientists Application deadline: March 2, 2017 Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training Application deadline: March 14, 2017 U.S.-Cuba Collaborative Arbovirus Research Initiative, jointly funded by NIAID and CRDF Global Application deadline: March 16, 2017 Implementation Science for the Prevention and Treatment of Mental and/or Substance Use Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Application deadline: April 7, 2017 International Bioethics Training Application deadline: May 18, 2017 Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program Application deadline: July 27, 2017 All Fogarty funding opportunities Subscribe to NIH global health funding opportunities email alerts

Upcoming events February 27, 2017 Rare Disease Day at NIH NIH Campus Bethesda, MD April 7 - 9, 2017 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Annual Global Health Conference Washington, DC April 22 - 23, 2017 Global Health and Innovation Conference presented by Unite for Sight New Haven, CT April 24 - 26 2017 Annual Conference on Vaccine Research supported by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) Bethesda, MD May 3 - 5, 2017 NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration New Orleans, LA May 8 - 9, 2017 World Health Summit Regional Meeting - North America Montreal, Canada May 22 - 31, 2017 World Health Organization's World Health Assembly Geneva, Switzerland June 16 - 19, 2017 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Forum Montreal, Canada Fogarty calendar of events