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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
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
Global health briefs
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
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