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November 2017
- Emerging global health leaders receive $5M in research support
Fogarty news, November 16, 2017 - Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, NIH study suggests
NICHD/NIH news, November 16, 2017 - Early-career scientists receive $3.3M to help establish independent research careers
Fogarty news, November 15, 2017 - What recent history has taught us about responding to emerging infectious disease threats, co-authored by NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
Annals of Internal Medicine, November 14, 2017 - Imagine a disease-free world
Blog post by Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass for Public Health Thank You Day
Research!America news, November 13, 2017 - National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) selects Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass to receive 2018 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award
NFID news, November 9, 2017 - NSF, NIH and USDA make new awards to combat infectious diseases
National Science Foundation news, November 3, 2017 - Grantee news: Teen childbirth linked to increased risk for heart disease
American Heart Association news, November 1, 2017
October 2017
- NIH study identifies new targets for anti-malaria drugs
NICHD/NIH news, October 26, 2017 - Grantee news: US helps Pakistan, Afghanistan improve trauma care
Saudi Gazette, October 24, 2017 - High doses of vitamin D3 may decrease bone loss associated with anti-HIV drug
NICHD/NIH news, October 20, 2017 - Medical education in decentralized settings: how [MEPI] medical students contribute to health care in 10 sub-Saharan African countries
Academic Medicine, October 17, 2017 - Grantees assess long-term benefits of Fogarty training during session at global AIDS meeting
- Q and A with former Fogarty trainee, Dr Linda-Gail Bekker, President of the International AIDS Society
- NIH-supported HIV research spawns new hope
- US Senate proposes $2M funding increase for Fogarty
- Fogarty funds additional grants to support research training in Ebola-affected countries
- How can we conduct research in humanitarian crises?
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Dorothy Dow studies suicide prevention in teens with HIV in Tanzania
- Focus: Preventing childhood obesity in Latin America
- Tech designed for Africa helps US fight disease, save money
- Funding partners relaunch World Report
- Four new members join Fogarty advisory board
- Fogarty grantee icddr,b receives Hilton Humanitarian Prize
- People in the news - October 2017
- Global health briefs - October 2017
- Experimental Ebola vaccines elicit year-long immune response
NIAID/NIH news, October 11, 2017 - Findings from MAL-ED: The significant role of malnutrition, intestinal infection and disease on child developmentQ and A with Michael Gottlieb, Ph.D., FNIH deputy director of science
Foundation for NIH news, October 11, 2017 - Global health: what’s in it for us? by former Fogarty Fellow Dr. Satish Gopal
JAMA, October 10, 2017 - Multiple research approaches are key to pandemic preparedness, NIAID officials say
NIAID/NIH news, October 5, 2017 - Grantee news: UTHealth researchers receive $2.6 million to study gene-environment interactions in cocaine addiction
Univerity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston news, October 2, 2017 - Global Environmental Health Day emphasizes community involvement
NIEHS/NIH news, October 2017 - Geospatial analysis of household spread of Ebola virus in a quarantined village - Sierra Leone, 2014
Epidemiology and Infection, October 2017
September 2017
- HIV research training grantees receive supplements to focus on behavioral, social sciences
Fogarty news, September 28, 2017 - Disease resistance successfully spread from modified to wild mosquitoes
NIAID/NIH news, September 28, 2017 - Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass to receive 2018 Advocacy Award from Research!America
Research!America news, September 26, 2017 - Fogarty awards $5M for bioinformatics research training in Africa
Fogarty news, September 25, 2017 - Fogarty awards $10.7M to build tobacco control and prevention research capacity in developing countries
Fogarty news, September 20, 2017 - Grantee news: NIH supports Emory tobacco control models in Eastern Europe
Emory news, September 27, 2017 - Grantee news: Loma Linda University researchers awarded $1.4 million NIH grant to study tobacco control in Asia
Loma Linda University Health news, September 19, 2017 - Three-in-one antibody protects monkeys from HIV-like virus
NIAID/NIH news, September 20, 2017 - $11.5M awarded from Fogarty to train HIV researchers
Fogarty news, updated September 18, 2017 - 100 years after the lethal 1918 flu pandemic, we are still vulnerable
Scientific American, September 15, 2017 - Medical Education Partnership Initiative gives birth to AFREhealth
The Lancet Global Health, September 15, 2017 (online) - In Haiti, a building fights cholera, featuring Fogarty grantee Dr. Bill Pape of GHESKIO and Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass
New York Times, September 12, 2017 - Congress rejects president's FY 2018 proposals to cut health research funds
New York Times, September 11, 2017 - Grantee news: Purdue researchers receive grant to improve mobile testing for anemia
Purdue University news, September 8, 2017 - Editorials from the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, September 2017:
- The Fogarty International Center is essential to global health security
by the Honorable John Edward Porter - Let's eliminate diseases, not Institutes: the case for the Fogarty International Center
by Dr. Philip J. Rosenthal, Karen A. Goraleski, Dr. N. Regina Rabinovich and Dr. Patricia F. Walker - Congressman John E. Fogarty: a champion for global health
by Mary Fogarty McAndrew - Advocating for the Fogarty International Center: an unsung hero for global health research and development
by Jamie Bay Nishi of the Global Health Technologies Coalition - Global Brain Disorders grantee news from The Lancet Global Health, September 2017:
- Comment: Cassava, konzo, and neurotoxicity
- Article: Cognitive and motor performance in Congolese children with konzo during 4 years of follow-up: a longitudinal analysis
- Related Fogarty newsletter article: Cassava root causes cognitive damage in Congolese villages
Jan/Feb 2014 Global Health Matters - CWRU and University Hospitals Physician-Researcher Martha Sajatovic receives international brain health grant
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine news, September 6, 2017 - Drug combination reduces risk of HIV infection among teen males
NICHD/NIH news, September 5, 2017 - Zika virus selectively infects and kills glioblastoma cells in mice
NIAID/NIH news, September 5, 2017 - GloCal fellows: Getting into the trenches for global health research
University of California Global Health Institute news, September 1, 2017
August 2017
- NIAID scientists illuminate mechanism of increased cardiovascular risks with HIV
NIAID/NIH news, August 30, 2017 - Probiotic prevents infant infections in rural India
NIH Research Matters, August 29, 2017 - Grantee news: Untangled web: Mapping environmental, economic and health factors may point the way to sustainable development
Harvard Medical School news, August 7, 2017 - WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus consults with NIH during US tour
- US House of Representatives proposal preserves Fogarty, boosts NIH by $1B
- NIH CTSA Program may benefit from global health research collaborations
- Focus on the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) program
- Fogarty investment in early-career scientists pays off
- IRSDA alumna Dr Marcy Balunas explores marine life to find new cancer drugs
- Fogarty support launches career in infectious diseases for Dr Jeffrey Bethony
- Cardiologist Dr Thomas Gaziano examines cost-effective strategies
- How can we encourage female leaders in global health?
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - US university consortia receive $26M to train early-career global health researchers
- Q and A with Dr Peter Singer of Grand Challenges Canada
- First fellow graduates from NIH-Rwanda program
- NIMH's Dr Pamela Collins leaves NIH to head global mental health at University of Washington
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Lily Gutnik boosts breast cancer screening in Malawi
- CDC exhibit explores Ebola outbreak, aftermath
- People in the news - August 2017
- Global health briefs - August 2017
- Pioneering HIV researchers tell how public health leadership started with Fogarty fellowships from the International AIDS Society (IAS) 2017 conference
Science Speaks, August 1, 2017 - Cuts to NIH program could disrupt infectious disease research at Mass General and around the world
Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute news, August 2017
July 2017
- Closing the NIH Fogarty Center threatens US and global health
The Lancet, July 29, 2017 - Ending AIDS through research training and capacity building in low- and middle-income countries: lessons learned and future directions [Video]
Fogarty@50 session at the International AIDS Symposium (IAS), July 25, 2017 - Experimental HIV vaccine regimen is well-tolerated, elicits immune responses
NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2017 - Drug interaction concerns may negatively affect HIV treatment adherence among transgender women
NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2017 - Child living with HIV maintains remission without drugs since 2008
NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2017 - US university consortia receive $26M to train early-career global health researchers
Fogarty news, July 17, 2017 - NIH renews funding for Fogarty training consortium, led by UW
Unviersity of Washington Department of Global Health news, August 07, 2017 - NIH renews UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellows Program
UNC Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, July 2017 - Fogarty program bolsters research network for students
Tulane University news, July 25, 2017 - Experimental Zika virus vaccines restrict in utero virus transmission in mice
NIAID/NIH media advisory, July 13, 2017 - NIH-funded team uses smartphone data in global study of physical activity
NIBIB/NIH news, July 10, 2017 - Related publication: Large-scale physical activity data reveal worldwide activity inequality
Nature, July 10, 2017 (online) - NIH launches prospective study of Zika and HIV co-infection during pregnancy
NICHD/NIH news, July 10, 2017 - Malaria drug protects fetal mice from Zika virus, NIH-funded study finds
NICHD/NIH news, July 10, 2017 - Related publication: Inhibition of autophagy limits vertical transmission of Zika virus in pregnant mice
The Journal of Experimental Medicine, July 10, 2017 - Preserving the Fogarty International Center - benefits for Americans and the world, co-authored by former Fogarty Scholar and Fogarty Fellow, and current Fogarty grantee
New England Journal of Medicine Perspective, July 6, 2017
June 2017
- Congressional appropriators consider Fogarty's impact
- Fogarty cheered by supporters at CUGH annual meeting
- FOCUS: how Americans benefit from global health research
- Zika vaccine trial site in Peru led by Fogarty trainee
- Fogarty-supported Chagas, dengue researchers redirect efforts to tackle Zika virus
- HIV research by Fogarty trainees brings changes to US treatment protocols
- Fogarty trainees study Colombian family for clues to prevent Alzheimer's
- Related news: Can Alzheimer's be prevented? An extended family in Colombia with a genetic mutation causing Alzheimer's may help scientists prevent the disease someday
60 Minutes, July 9, 2017 - Fogarty protects US by strengthening pandemic response in West Africa
- Opinion: Empowering developing countries to direct their own research
by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Co-founder of Fogarty’s RAPIDD modeling program Dr Ellis McKenzie is remembered
- Q and A with Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, former Fogarty trainee and Ugandan Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
- People in the news - June 2017
- Global health briefs - June 2017
- The impact of Fogarty training has been extraordinary
Science Speaks, June 22, 2017 - Study to examine effects of Zika infection in Guatemalan infants and children
NIAID/NIH news, June 19, 2017 - Exhibit: Ebola: People + Public Health + Political Will
at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, opened June 19, 2017 - US stands to lose as much as Africa if Fogarty closes
University World News, June 16, 2017 - Grantee news: Plant compound more powerful than AZT against HIV, supported in part by the NIH and NSF International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)
University of Illinois, Chicago news, June 14, 2017 - Grantee news: New York State International Training and Research Program receives $1.5M to conduct HIV research training program in Ukraine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center news, June 13, 2017 - Grantee news: YSPH grant to train health professionals in China in bioethics renewed
Yale School of Public Health news, June 13, 2017 - NIH cuts proposed in president’s budget would extend far beyond US by Fogarty grantee Dr. Andrew Dykens
Kansas City Star, June 11, 2017 - Fund global health: Save lives and money co-authored by Fogarty grantees
Science, June 9, 2018 - Fogarty International Center, a linchpin of global health research
JAMA, June 6, 2017 - The Fogarty International Center, a national treasure for global health
JAMA Forum, April 27, 2017 - NIAID-sponsored trial of experimental chikungunya vaccine begins
NIAID/NIH news, June 5, 2017 - Details of Lassa virus structure could inform development of vaccines, therapies
NIAID/NIH news, June 2, 2017 - Global health experts call on Trump to protect the Fogarty Center from elimination
Devex news, June 1, 2017
May 2017
- Preserving the Fogarty International Center - benefits for Americans and the world
co-authored by former Fogarty Scholar and Fogarty Fellow, and current Fogarty grantee
New England Journal of Medicine Perspective, May 24, 2017 (online) - Zika virus spread undetected for many months, NIH-supported study finds
NIAID/NIH news, May 24, 2017 - Related publications co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Andrew Rambaut
Nature, May 24, 2017: - Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas
- Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States
- Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas
- Statement of the ASM on the administration's FY 2018 budget to Congress
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) statement, May 23, 2017 - Key Republican wants to honor legacy of late Representative John Edward Fogarty
Bloomberg news, May 19, 2017 - Fogarty-supported Chagas, dengue research teams help tackle Zika outbreak
Fogarty news, May 16, 2017 - HIV treatment approach in US result of global research conducted by Fogarty trainees
Fogarty news, May 26, 2017 - NIH malaria research benefits from Fogarty training programs
Fogarty news, May 16, 2017 - Americans lose when funds for global health research are cut
Opinion by Dr. Jennifer Slyker of the University of Washington
The Seattle Times, May 14, 2017 - Fogarty trainee heads Zika vaccine trial site in Peru
Fogarty news, May 9, 2017 - Fogarty trainees study Colombian family for clues to prevent Alzheimer's
Fogarty news, May 1, 2017
April 2017
- Zika virus persists in the central nervous system and lymph nodes of Rhesus monkeys
NIAID/NIH news, April 28, 2017 - NIH funds seven International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research that work in 14 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America
NIAID/NIH news, April 21, 2017 - Why President Trump should use foreign aid for health [including NIH research] to make America great, co-authored by Dr. Sten Vermund, Fogarty grantee and Fogarty Advisory Board member emeritus
Health Affairs blog, April 17, 2017 - Academia takes on global health
Research and Evaluation (R&E) Search for Evidence blog, April 12, 2017 - Cutting collaborations will not put 'America first'
Nature, April 11, 2017 - CUGH 2017: The lessons of global health come home in Fogarty fellow stories, questions, plans
Science Speaks, April 10, 2017 - Value of the Fogarty Fellowship: When it comes to taking care of patients, Tanzania and North Carolina have a lot in common
Duke Global Health Institute news, April 10, 2017 - Fogarty's essential role in implementation by Dr. Arthur Ammann
PLOS Blogs, April 6, 2017 - Fogarty protects Americans by building pandemic response capacity in Ebola-hit West Africa
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Gilberte Bastien tackles Ebola's unseen mental scars in Liberia
- NIH leaders, grantees to present at Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2017 meeting
- Viewpoint: Dr Ruth Nduati, University of Nairobi
- Viewpoint: Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, Uganda Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
- International scientific teams find potential approach against parasites
NCATS/NIH news, April 3, 2017 - We must protect the Fogarty International Center - it is a truly exceptional global health resource
Nature Microbiology, April 1, 2017
March 2017
- Phase 2 Zika vaccine trial begins in U.S., Central and South America
NIAID/NIH news, March 31, 2017 - Scientific drought, golden eggs, and global leadership - Why Trump's NIH funding cuts would be a disaster
New England Journal of Medicine, March 29, 2017 (online) - This NIH program is crucial to global health. And its future is in danger
by Dr. Arthur L. Reingold, Fogarty grantee, and Dr. Madhukar Pai, Fogarty trainee
Stat, March 29, 2017 - Global health leadership role at risk in Trump budget
by Fogarty Advisory Board members Drs. Michele Barry and Derek Yach
USA Today, March 28, 2017 - Trump proposes shuttering NIH program that promotes medical research overseas
Stat, March 16, 2017 - Trump plan eliminates a global sentinel against disease, experts warn
New York Times, March 16, 2017 - Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiative fosters collaboration
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, March 23, 2017 - Rwandan physician will bring home lessons learned at NIH
NIH Catalyst, March-April 2017
February 2017
- Open Science Prize announces epidemic tracking tool as grand prize winner
NLM/NIH news, February 28, 2017 - Grantee news: [Johns Hopkins] health systems program receives NIH grant for mHealth project in Uganda
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, February 27, 2017 - NIH begins study of vaccine to protect against mosquito-borne diseases
NIAID/NIH news, February 21, 2017 - Experimental PfSPZ malaria vaccine provides durable protection against multiple strains in NIH clinical trial
NIAID/NIH news, February 21, 2017 - Related publication: PfSPZ vaccine induces strain-transcending T cells and durable protection against heterologous controlled human malaria infection
PNAS, February 21, 2017 (online) - Investigational PfSPZ malaria vaccine demonstrates considerable protection in Malian adults for duration of malaria season
NIAID/NIH news, February 16, 2017 - Related publication: Safety and efficacy of PfSPZ Vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum via direct venous inoculation in healthy malaria-exposed adults in Mali: a randomised, double-blind phase 1 trial
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, February 15, 2017 (online) - International study suggests Nodding syndrome caused by response to parasitic protein
NINDS/NIH news, February 15, 2017 - Related publication: Nodding syndrome may be an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus
Science Translational Medicine, February 15, 2017 - Rare disease mystery: Nodding syndrome may be linked to parasitic worm
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, February 28, 2017 - Disease ‘superspreaders’ accounted for nearly two-thirds of Ebola cases, study finds
Washington Post, February 13, 2017 - Related publication: Spatial and temporal dynamics of superspreading events in the 2014–2015 West Africa Ebola epidemic, co-authored by Fogarty Scientist
PNAS, February 13, 2017 (online) - The vital case for global health investments by the United States government
by Dr. Sten H. Vermund, current Fogarty grantee and emeritus member of the Fogarty Advisory Board
Clinical Infectious Diseases, February 2, 2017
January 2017
- New awards provide mentored career development for promising global health researchers
Fogarty news, January 31, 2017 - Humanitarian Paul Farmer discusses global health equity
- Focus: Big data for infectious disease surveillance, modeling
- Fogarty invests $10M in trauma, injury training
- Grantee news: Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit receives NIH Grant on Trauma and Injury Research Training in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit news, February 6, 2017 - Looking forward to 2017 with optimism
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Q and A with former Fogarty trainee Dr Soumya Swaminathan of the Indian Council of Medical Research
- Profile: Fogarty Global Health Fellow Dr Emmanuel Balandya studies sickle cell immunity
- Analysis shows return on investment for global health R&D
- People in the news - January 2017
- Global health briefs - January 2017
- Final rule enhances protections for research participants, modernizes oversight system
HHS news, January 18, 2017 - Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
Federal Register, January 19, 2017 - 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 - The global economic burden of tobacco: An interview with Dr. Mark Parascandola
Cancer Currents blog, January 18, 2017 - Updates from the Center for Global Health Studies
Fogarty news, January 5, 2017 - Implementation science to accelerate clean cooking for public health
Environmental Health Perspectives, January 2017
December 2016
- Final trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides high protection against disease
WHO news release, December 23, 2016 - Grantee news: Challenges remain in HIV care in Africa
University of Rochester Medical Center news, December 21, 2016 - What are the top global health research stories of 2016?
Fogarty news, December 15, 2016 - Global health community pays tribute to NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins
- Recognizing NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, a global health hero
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins discusses the value of global health research and training
- Fogarty provides support to Ebola-affected countries
- Focus on the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS):
- Developing neurological research capacity in LMICs
- Chagas disease studies inform Zika research in Brazil
- NIH funds research network to reduce stroke in Africa
- NIH-funded trial to assess benefits of clean cookstoves
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Laura Lewandowski studies lupus in South African children
- Global research funders launch World Report tool to aid funding analysis
- NIH gathers experts to discuss Zika and child development
- People in the news - December 2016
- Global health briefs - December 2016
- Building regional capacity for environmental and occupational health research in West Africa
NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health newsletter, December 2016
November 2016
- First new HIV vaccine efficacy study in seven years has begun
South Africa hosts historic NIH-supported clinical trial
NIAID/NIH news, November 28, 2016 - Birth year predicts bird flu risk
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, November 22, 2016 - Related publication: First flu is forever, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
Science, November 11, 2016 - Related publication: Potent protection against H5N1 and H7N9 influenza via childhood hemagglutinin imprinting
Science, November 11, 2016 - Your flu risk may be linked to the year you were born, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
CNN, November 10, 2016 - New study finds clean cookstoves may improve women's heart health
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves news, November 21, 2016 - NIH-led effort examines use of big data for infectious disease surveillance
Fogarty/NIH news, November 14, 2016 - Related publication: Big Data for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Modeling
Supplement to the Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 1, 2016 - Georgetown Unviersity Medical Center selects global health champion [Fogarty Director] Roger I Glass as recipient of highest award
Georgetown Unviersity Medical Center news, November 11, 2016 - The promise of a strong US-Cuba health partnership
State Department DipNote blog post by HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, November 7, 2016 - Testing of investigational inactivated Zika vaccine in humans begins
NIAID/NIH news, November 7, 2016 - Ebola virus glycoprotein with increased infectivity dominated the 2013–2016 epidemic (supported by NIH)
Cell, November 3, 2016 - Timing and periodicity of influenza epidemics
co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), November 3, 2016 (online) - Fogarty awards $3.8M in exploratory grants for chronic disease and injury research
Fogarty news, November 3, 2016 - Five viruses added to HHS report on carcinogens
NIH news, November 3, 2016 - Grantee news: Mexico's soda tax could reduce diabetes, heart disease and health costs, new study [supported in part by Fogarty] finds
University of California San Francisco news, November 1, 2016
October 2016
- Grantee news: Data indicate significant impact of NIH African bioethics training programs
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics news, Oct 31, 2016 - Related publication: Bioethics training programmes for Africa: evaluating professional and bioethics-related achievements of African trainees after a decade of Fogarty NIH investment
BMJ Open, September 15, 2016 - Ebola-affected countries receive NIH support to strengthen research capacity
Fogarty/NIH news, October 26, 2016 - Charles A Sanders Partnership Award recipients [Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Pfizer] announced
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health news, October 19, 2016 - NIH contributes to global effort to prevent and manage lung diseases
NIH-funded trial will measure health benefits of clean cookstoves
Fogarty/NIH news, October 19, 2016 - NIH awards $30M to Emory, Johns Hopkins, Colorado State for household air pollution study
Emory University news, October 18, 2016 - Emory, Johns Hopkins researchers get $30M to study household air pollution
Atlanta Business Chronicle, October 26, 2016 - Hopkins to use $30 million grant to study impact of cooking methods on air pollution
Baltimore Sun, November 7, 2016 - Women report vaginal ring for preventing HIV [as part of NIAID-supported trial] had little effect on sexual intercourse
NIAID/NIH news, October 18, 2016 - National Academy of Medicine elects 79 new members, including former Fogarty grantees Dr. Patricia J. Garcia and Dr. Prabhat Jha
National Academy of Medicine news, October 17, 2016 - US and EU sign implementing arrangement on Horizon 2020
US Mission to the European Union news, October 17, 2016 - NIH project focuses on integration of HIV and NCD care
The Lancet, October 15, 2016 - Study finds Ebola treatment ZMapp holds promise, although results not definitive
NIAID/NIH news, October 13, 2016 - A path to global health security
HHS Blog, October 12, 2016 - Event: Development is not destiny: Launching the 2015 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), October 7, 2016 - Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2015
Special issue of The Lancet, October 8, 2016 - Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST) signs MoU [with NIH] to support Ugandan scientists, research
New Vision - Uganda, October 5, 2016
September 2016
- US-India joint effort targets genes and traits to improve glaucoma screening, prevention and treatment
National Eye Institute news, September 29, 2016 - Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases tackles the global burden of lung diseases
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, September 27, 2016 - African medical education program enters next phase
- Continuing to strengthen science capacity in Africa
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Fogarty awards $3M to support emerging research leaders in developing countries
- HHS makes progress on Zika, yellow fever vaccines
- Focus on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at 70:
CDC celebrates 70 years of global health leadership - Cuba is new site for NIH-funded research training program
- Fogarty program develops bioethics expertise in Uganda
- Q and A with Fabio Mesquita: Building global HIV research capacity
- Profile: Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow Dr Brie Falkard studies cholera in children in Bangladesh
- Fogarty posts mHealth training materials
- Child dehydration diagnostic tool validated
- NIH Director advises Fogarty Fellows and Scholars
- People in the news - September 2016
- Global health briefs - September 2016
- Planning grants for global noncommunicable disease research centers announced by National Cancer Institute
NCI Center for Global Health news, September 21, 2016 - HHS takes steps to provide more information about clinical trials to the public
NIH news, September 16, 2016 - Federal prize competition seeks innovative ideas to combat antimicrobial resistance
NIH news, September 8, 2016 - HHS accelerates development of mRNA-based Zika vaccine
HHS news, September 7, 2016
August 2016
- NIH collaboration helps advance potential Zika treatments
NIH news, August 29, 2016 - Progress and challenges in scaling up laboratory monitoring of HIV treatment
co-authored by Fogarty Deputy Director Dr. Peter Kilmarx
PLOS Medicine, August 23, 2016 - Related publication: Availability and use of HIV monitoring and early infant diagnosis technologies in WHO member states in 2011–2013: Analysis of annual surveys at the facility levelPLOS Medicine, August 23, 2016
- Addressing NCDs through research and capacity building in LMICs: lessons learned from tobacco control
Global Health Action, August 19, 2016 - NIAID scientists explore connection between Ebola survival and co-infection with malaria parasites
NIAID/NIH news, August 16, 2016 - Related publication: Plasmodium Parasitemia Associated with Increased Survival in Ebola Virus-Infected Patients
Clinical Infectious Diseases, August 15, 2016 (online) - NIH awards $3M to support emerging research leaders in developing countries
Fogarty news, August 4, 2016 - NIH begins testing investigational Zika vaccine in humans
NIAID/NIH, August 3, 2016
July 2016
- HHS forges unprecedented partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance
HHS news, July 28, 2016 - NIH launches early-stage yellow fever vaccine trial
NIAID/NIH news, July 27, 2016 - HIV therapy for breastfeeding mothers can virtually eliminate transmission to babies
NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, July 18, 2016 - Fogarty awards $13M to train HIV researchers in LMICs
- Case Western Reserve Researcher Receives NIH grant for HIV Research in Uganda
Drs. Henry Boom at CWRU and Moses Joloba at Makerere University will direct effort
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine news, July 21, 2016 - University at Albany, Downstate Medical combat AIDS epidemic in Republic of Georgia
University at Albany news, June 6, 2016 - UB partners with University of Zimbabwe to launch $1.3 million HIV research program
University at Buffalo news, May 19, 2016 - New York State International Training and Research Program (NYS-ITRP) receives $1.5M from NIH to conduct HIV research training in Kazakhstan
SUNY Downstate Medical Center news, May 9, 2016 - New grants will help develop expertise in research ethics
- Dartmouth receives renewal grant for international research ethics training
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine news, June 22, 2016 - Focus: Using implementation science to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
- Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV TransmissionJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, June 30, 2016 (online)
- Fogarty training will expand mHealth research capacity
- Partnerships are essential to Fogarty's success
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Q and A with Dr Peter Mason:
Training researchers in Zimbabwe - Profile: Fogarty Dental Fellow Lilliam Pinzón studies Mexican children with HIV
- Fogarty trains Pakistani scientists in biorisk management
- People in the news - July 2016
- Global health briefs - July 2016
- NIH expands investment in HIV cure research
Six research teams to lead collaborative investigations worldwide
NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2016 - International collaboration to create new cancer models to accelerate research
NCI/NIH news, July 11, 2016 - NIH launches largest-ever study of breast cancer genetics in African-ancestry populations
NCI/NIH news, July 6, 2016 - PREVAIL treatment trial for men with persistent Ebola viral RNA in semen opens in Liberia
NIAID/NIH news, July 5, 2016 - NIH funds Zika virus study involving U.S. Olympic team:
Researchers will monitor potential infections among group of U.S. athletes traveling to Brazil
NICHD/NIH news, July 5, 2016
June 2016
- NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
NIH/Fogarty news, June 30, 2016 - Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV TransmissionJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, June 30, 2016 (online)
- Analysis of 1976 Ebola outbreak holds lessons relevant today
Fogarty news, June 29, 2016 - Related publication: Discovery and description of Ebola Zaire Virus in 1976 and relevance to the West African epidemic during 2013-2016
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 29, 2016 - History credits [Dr Peter Piot] with discovering Ebola on his own. History is wrong
STAT, July 14, 2014 - Zika vaccines protect mice from infection
NIH-funded research suggests human vaccine is possible
NIAID/NIH news, June 28, 2016 - Related publication: Vaccine protection against Zika virus from Brazil
Nature, June 28, 2016 - Researchers discover the 2009 swine flu pandemic originated in Mexico
Mount Sinai Hospital news, June 27, 2016 - Related publication: Origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in swine in Mexico, co-authored by Fogarty scientists
eLife, June 28, 2016 - Grantee news: Study: One-third of hospitals in developing world lack running water
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, June 22, 2016 - NIH launches large [international] study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika virus
NIAID/NIH news, June 21, 2016 - Single IRB policy to streamline reviews of multi-site research
NIH news, June 21, 2016 - HHS engages in historic health collaboration with Cuba
HHS news, June 13, 2016 - Building global capacity and training to support household air pollution research
NIEHS Global Environmental Health newsletter, June 2016
May 2016
- Grantee news: Unmet surgical needs high for world’s 60 million refugees
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, May 26, 2016 - World leaders and advocates unite in Washington, DC for one mission: Make mental health a global priority
NIMH/NIH news, May 20, 2016 - Universities consider sustainable future in global health
- Academic partnerships key to success, study says
- Bill Gates visits NIH for ongoing talks
- Fogarty's RAPIDD program has catalyzed the field of infectious disease modeling
- Focus on the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA):
- Advancing research on alcohol abuse and dependence
- Studying alcohol and HIV: a dangerous combination
- NIAAA advances fetal alcohol exposure research
- Urgent vs Important global health issues
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Q and A with Dr Alain Beaudet of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases
- Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Andrew Gardner casts light on alcohol injuries in Ghana
- Japanese fellows contribute to NIH research for more than 20 years
- MenAfriVac vaccine slashes meningitis cases in Africa
- Cuban delegation makes historic visit to NIH
- People in the news - May 2016
- Global health briefs - May 2016
- Investigational malaria vaccine protects healthy U.S. adults for more than one year
NIAID/NIH news, May 9, 2016
April 2016
- NIH creates Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations
NIH / NHGRI news, April 29, 2016 - A Big 'Woo-Hoo' for Europe on World Malaria Day: No New Cases in 2015 featuring Fogarty Senior Scientist Emeritus Dr Joel Breman
NPR Goats and Soda blog, April 25, 2016 - Establishing an African association for health professions education and research
The National Academies Press, April 19, 2016
March 2016
- Cuban delegation visits NIH
Fogarty news, March 30, 2016 - NIH-funded scientists develop mouse model for Zika:
Journal article: Characterization of a Novel Murine Model to Study Zika Virus
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 28, 2016 (online) - NIAID's Fauci urges continued global vigilance on Zika, other diseases
Fogarty news, March 23, 2016 - Experimental dengue vaccine [developed by NIH and FDA scientists] protects all recipients in virus challenge study
NIH news, March 16, 2016 - Ebola, Zika modelers aim to inform policy decisions
- PAHO's Dr Marcos Espinal on global partnerships to fight Zika, Ebola and other diseases
- Commission considers how to improve global disease outbreak response
- Focus on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS):
50 years of research and training to improve global health - Scientists study aflatoxins, foodborne carcinogens
- School program in rural Bangladesh reduces arsenic exposure, study shows
- Researchers help prevent heat-related deaths in India
- Profile: Fogarty engineering fellow Dr Arti Kundu tests water purity in India
- We have much to learn from research in Haiti
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Poll says supporting global health is the right thing to do
- HHS revises global health strategy
- People in the news - March 2016
- Global health briefs - March 2016
- Grantee news: Building capacity in implementation science research training at the University of Nairobi
Implementation Science, March 8, 2016 - HHS revises global health strategy
Fogarty news, March 4, 2016 - Global partnerships for global health
Blog post by HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, March 4, 2016
February 2016
- Ebola research news from NIAID:
- Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys: Antibody isolated from Ebola survivor can advance to clinical trials
NIAID/NIH news, February 25, 2016 - Ebola survivor study yields insights on complications of disease: Other findings may have implications for potential sexual transmission of Ebola
NIAID/NIH news, February 23, 2016 - Vaginal ring provides partial protection from HIV in large multinational trial
NIAID/NIH news, February 22, 2016 - NIH seeks research applications to study Zika in pregnancy, developing fetus
NICHD/NIAID media advisory, February 5, 2016 - Related resource: Zika virus information and resources from Fogarty
- FAPESP and NIH announce new [parallel funding] research opportunity to support research collaboration between investigators in the U.S. and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
FAPESP news, February 2, 2016 - Related NIH funding opportunity: Parallel Funding Initiative for Collaborative Research Between Investigators in the USA and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil (NOT-TW-16-001) released Jan 12, 2016
- Related FAPESP funding opportunity: FAPESP and NIH Collaborative Research Opportunity - Call for Proposals released Feb 2, 2016
January 2016
- What dose of medication is best to prevent the evolution of drug resistance?
Penn State news, January 28, 2016 - Related journal article: Does High-Dose Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Prevent the Evolution of Resistance?
PLOS Computational Biology, January 28, 2016 - Zika virus: an emerging health threat
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, January 26, 2016 - Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
Authors supported in part by Fogarty
The Lancet, January 14, 2016 (online) - Zika virus in the Americas - yet another arbovirus threat
co-authored by NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
New England Journal of Medicine, January 13, 2016 - PEPFAR’s Dr Deborah Birx urges sharper focus to halt HIV globally
- New Fogarty programs build capacity, spur research
- Focus on Global Burden of Disease study: Dr Chris Murray discusses findings and future of GBD at NIH
- Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases partners publish hypertension findings
- The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: a partnership blossoms
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Testing curbs malaria drug misuse in Kenya
- Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr John Stanifer studies kidney disease in Tanzania
- Value of Fogarty-supported research training
Q and A with Dr Peter Cherutich - South African cohort studies yield key health insights
- NIH unveils Strategic Plan for 2016-2020
- People in the news - January 2016
- Global health briefs - January 2016
- NIH experts offer lessons learned from the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak
NIAID/NIH news, January 14, 2016 - Special issue on EbolaClinical Trials, January 14, 2016 (online)
- Dengue vaccine [developed at NIH] enters phase 3 trial in Brazil
NIAID/NIH news, January 14, 2016
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