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Fogarty International Center newsletter articles and press releases - 2012

December 2012

• Grantee news: Fogarty grantee at University of Maryland School of Medicine to conduct malaria research and training in Burma - December 17, 2012
• Top ten news stories from Fogarty in 2012
• NIH holds cookstove research training workshop
• FDA evolves to meet global regulatory challenges
• US-Iran scientific partnerships hold promise
• Focus on the National Eye Institute (NEI) at NIH
• Battling global blindness, eye disease through research
• Research shows the path toward trachoma elimination
• Background: Blindness from trachoma and trichiasis
• Vision research leads to new theories on brain plasticity
• Turmeric may treat eye disease
• Q and A with NEI's Dr John Prakash
• Fogarty fellow researches inherited childhood glaucoma in Nigeria
• H3Africa begins building Africa's genomics expertise:
  opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• NIGMS celebrates 50 years of basic science discoveries
• Improving treatment of Burkitt's lymphoma and saving children's lives
• Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine can protect women with HIV
• Global health briefs - December 2012
• People in the news - December 2012
• Fogarty-supported research: Intracranial pressure monitoring for traumatic brain injury questioned - University of Washington News, December 12, 2012

November 2012

• Counterfeit antimalarial drugs in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, November 2012, supporting analysis by Fogarty researchers of poor quality of antimalarial drugs
• Fogarty-supported research at Georgia Tech shows Corals Attacked by Toxic Seaweed Use Chemical 911 to Summon Help - Georgia Institute of Technology News, November 8, 2012
• Fogarty grantees at Wake Forest Baptist Research [Go] Global With Genetic Center in India - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center News, November 7, 2012

October 2012

• NIH holds cookstove research training workshop - Fogarty News, October 26, 2012
• Fogarty launches GEOHealth environmental and occupational research and training hubs
• Grantee news: University of Southern California receives grant for work in Ethiopia - USC Daily Trojan, October 9, 2012
• Focus on transforming Africa's medical education with MEPI
• Africa transforms its medical education - page 1 of 2
• Continued > Africa transforms its medical education - page 2 of 2
• Building a health care workforce in Africa: opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Fogarty celebrates accomplishments of 25-year-old HIV/AIDS program
• HIV/AIDS research must focus on a vaccine or cure
• Q and A with Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, MD
• $14M awarded for chronic disease research training through NCD-Lifespan program
• NIH and Wellcome Trust fund $38M in African genomics studies through H3Africa
• Science makes headway in Africa: Local brain power used to find African cures for Africa's diseases - City Press, South Africa, November 11, 2012
• First recipients of H3Africa research grants to support genomic studies in Africa announced, National Human Genome Research Institute / NIH News, October 8, 2012
• Resistance to malaria drugs is a growing concern
• Faster new test can prevent tuberculosis deaths
• Fogarty Framework grants to spur global health innovations
• Grant [to Vanderbilt University] helps expand health care, education programs in Zambia - Vanderbilt University Medical Center News, October 4, 2012
• Research evidence key to health policy decisions
• Bollywood, like Hollywood, raises risk of teen smoking
• Coca-Cola funds Russian scientists to study at NIH
• Global health briefs - October 2012
• People in the news - October 2012
• Wiping Out Polio: How The U.S. Snuffed Out A Killer, with input from Fogarty's Dr. Joel Breman - NPR, October 16, 2012
• New database aims to capture international Alzheimer’s disease research efforts - National Institute on Aging (NIA) News, October 10, 2012
• Fogarty launches environmental and occupational research and training hubs - October 9, 2012
• Fogarty Brain Disorders grantee Dr. Benjamin Warf wins MacArthur award [Video] - MacArthur Fellows Program, October 1, 2012

September 2012

• Controlling the Spread of Diseases Among Humans, Other Animals and the Environment - National Science Foundation (NSF) Press Release on joint NIH-NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Initiative (EEID) program, September 27, 2012
• Fogarty authors contribute to The Fate of Historical Death Certificates: The Silent Burning of Another Library of Alexandria, American Journal of Public Health, September 19, 2012
• New awards provide $14M to address chronic, non-communicable diseases in developing countries - Fogarty News, September 18, 2012
• Emory gets $1.1M [NCDs] grant; launches training institute - Atlanta Business Chronicle, September 28, 2012

August 2012

• Meeting Report on Fogarty and NIAID conference on artemisinin-resistant malaria: Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria: Research Challenges, Opportunities, and Public Health Implications - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, August 2012
• NIH Study shows equatorial regions in Brazil less affected by 2009 influenza pandemic - Fogarty News, August 1, 2012
• Related publication: Were Equatorial Regions Less Affected by the 2009 Influenza Pandemic? The Brazilian Experience - PLoS ONE, August 1, 2012

July 2012

• The Coca-Cola Company Supports Two Fellowships with the U.S.-Russia Collaboration in the Biomedical Sciences Fellowship Program - Foundation for the NIH, July 27, 2012
• Dr. Maria C. Freire Named President of The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health - FNIH News, July 24, 2012
• The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: PEPFAR's Effort To Boost Health Worker Education To Strengthen Health Systems - Health Affairs, July 2012
• African Bioethics Program receives NIH continuation grant - JHU Gazette, July 9, 2012
• Latest science advances discussed at AIDS 2012 international conference
• Focus on Fogarty's AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP)
• Celebrating 25 years of research training to combat HIV/AIDS
• Scientific findings by NIH-funded studies featuring former AITRP trainees
• Shifting Pakistan's approach to HIV/AIDS
• Combating AIDS in Malawi
• Preventing HIV in Uganda
• Fogarty trainees making a difference
• Q and A with Dr Ken Bridbord
• USAID, NIH launch program to improve child health
• Answering the call to action with science: opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• NIBIB commemorates decade of innovation
• Silk product may eliminate need for vaccine cold chain
• NIH marks 125th anniversary with tribute to founder
• Vaccines must reach more children
• Research!America promoting global health research
• Global health briefs - July 2012
• People in the new - July 2012
• USAID-NIH Collaboration Brings Research into Practice for Child Survival - USAID News, July 6, 2012

June 2012

• Introducing: Fulbright-Fogarty Opportunities for Postdocs
  Fulbright Scholar Blog, June 28, 2012
• Biodiversity and Health documentary [VIDEO] on biodiversity and medicine development features Fogarty biodiversity program manager Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, produced by LinkTV
• The Foundation for the NIH Supports Research to Combat Global Malnutrition
  Foundation for the National Institutes of Health news, June 20, 2012
• MEPI sites awarded $2.3 M to strengthen research management
  Fogarty news, June 2012
• HHS/India Joint Statement on Diabetes Research
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) News, June 2012
• A call to action: Ending preventable child death in a generation
• Ending Preventable Child Death in a Generation
  AMA online, June 13, 2012
• Fogarty director Dr Roger I Glass joins US health delegation to Burma
• Focus on US economic impact of global health research
• US economy benefits from global health research
• New York's economy profits from Fogarty support
• NIH funding helps drive innovation in California
• Q and A with Mary Woolley, President of Research!America
• Focus on Strategic Planning
• Planning to meet future global health needs: opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Fogarty seeks input to update its strategic plan
• Fogarty study shows poor quality and fake malaria drugs pose threat
• Leprosy's tragic past recalled in NIH exhibit
• Genetic link discovered in tropical foot disease
• Fogarty changes country eligibility for research training programs
• Fogarty awards bioethics grants
• Indiana University and Moi University in Kenya Renew Bioethics Program Partnership
  Indiana University News, June 20, 2012
• Global health briefs June 2012
• People in the news June 2012

May 2012

• NIH study shows poor quality malaria drugs pose threat, Drug resistance a growing concern in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
  NIH News, May 21, 2012
• Poor-quality antimalarial drugs in southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2012
• Fake drugs threaten gains made in war on malaria
  Reuters, May 21, 2012
• Third of malaria drugs 'are fake'
  BBC News, May 21, 2012
• Malaria: Fake and Substandard Drugs Grow as Threat to Fight Disease
  The New York Times, May 21, 2012
• Shoddy Drugs Threaten Malaria Treatment
  NPR, May 22, 2012
• Experts Say Poor Quality Drugs Hamper Malaria Fight [VIDEO]
  Voice of America May 29, 2012
• Report: Counterfeit Anti-Malaria Drugs Common in Africa, Asia
  Voice of America May 22, 2012
• China's mental health services lacking, Fogarty training grant helps build research capacity
  China Daily, May 16, 2012
• First-ever Alzheimer's prevention trial to take place in Colombia
  Fogarty news, May 15, 2012
• Glass Honored for Global Health Contributions
  NIH Record, May 2012

April 2012

• Smallpox Eradication Continues to Inspire Innovations in Global Health - Sabin Vaccine Institute News via PR Newswire, April 24, 2012
• $20M awarded to establish research training network
• Building the next generation of global health leaders: opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Focus on Fulbright-Fogarty Fellows
• Fogarty partnership with Fulbright provides new overseas training opportunities
• Tracking drug-resistant TB in Malawi
• Studying social networks to combat HIV in South Africa
• Serving individuals while developing lab skills
• Vet uses fellowship to map future course
• White House encourages global health innovations
• US agencies integrating science into development
• Exploring the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health
• Child health expert Dr Alejandro Cravioto stresses early interventions
• Microbicides provide new hope for HIV prevention in women
• What we're reading: Global Justice and Bioethics
• Global health briefs - April 2012
• People in the news - April 2012
• NIH awards $20M to train next generation of global health researchers - Fogarty News, April 4, 2012
• UNC-led consortium awarded $4 million to train next generation of global health researchers, October 16, 2012
  Global health researchers at Emory receive NIH funds to mentor young scientists - Emory News Center, April 4, 2012
• UW leads NIH-funded consortium to train global health researchers - University of Washington News, April 4, 2012
• UC Berkeley leads $4 million program to train health researchers - University of California, Berkeley News, April 4, 2012
• U-M shares in $5 million grant to train global health researchers, Medical School partners in Ghana and China are among the training sites - University of Michigan News, April 4, 2012
• VU a leader in new global health training program - Vanderbilt University Reporter, April 5, 2012
• Duke Awarded Funding to Train Global Health Researchers - Duke Global Health Institute News, April 9, 2012
• Tulane will share in funding to mentor global health scientists - Tulane News, April 2012
• NIH funds UCGHI GloCal Health Fellowship - UCLS Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) News, April 5, 2012
• National Institutes of Health awards $20 mn to train next generation of global health researchers - Pharmabiz.com News, April 9, 2012
• With Fogarty support, researchers use a game to change how scientists study outbreaks - Public Library of Science (PLoS) News, April 3, 2012
• Related journal article: How to Make Epidemiological Training Infectious - PLoS Biology, April 3, 2012

March 2012

• Tuberculosis (TB) Information and Resources from Fogarty, for World TB Day on March 24, 2012
• Fogarty researchers on past influenza pandemics: The Brazilian Navy faces its worst enemy in WWI: The Spanish flu - Eureka Alert, March 14, 2012
• Related journal article: Exceptionally high mortality rate of the 1918 influenza pandemic in the Brazilian naval fleet, Journal of Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, February 15, 2012

February 2012

• Africa’s medical journals see rapid recovery - Research Africa, February 13, 2012
• Guest Commentary by Dr. Nils Daulaire, Director, HHS Office of Global Affairs: Global Health through Collaboration and Leadership - NCI Cancer Bulletin, February 7, 2012

January 2012

• NIH research essential to global AIDS relief efforts
• NIH Director Francis Collins tours India research sites
• Budget set for NIH, new translational center launched
• USAID introduces strategic framework for global health
• Plan drafted for USAID university engagement program
• Research plays key role in new HHS global health strategy
• NIH-supported biodiversity project is first to receive Nagoya funding
• Q and A with Dr Ted Trimble, Director of NCI's Center for Global Health
• US-Irish cancer collaboration agreement is renewed
• Emerging economies provide new opportunities for research collaborations:
  opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• FOCUS on mHealth
• Mobile health research agenda continues to evolve
• Electronic protocols improve child health in Tanzania
• Managing diabetes with mobile health tools
• Mobile phones help to prevent HIV transmission in breast milk
• Global health briefs - January 2012
• People in the news - January 2012
• GEF Announces Approval of first project under Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund - News from Global Environment Facility (GEF), January 12, 2012
• Roger Glass named recipient of the 2012 Programme for Global Paediatric Research Award for Outstanding Contributions to Global Child Health - News from the Programme for Global Paediatric Research (PGPR), January 6, 2012

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