Director's Archive

Opinions, articles, and other news on global health research issues from Dr. Peter Kilmarx, Acting Director of the Fogarty International Center, Acting Associate Director for Global Health Research at the National Institutes of Health NIH.

Photo credit: Fogarty International CenterDr. Peter Kilmarx

Archive of Statements and Blog Posts

• Memory of Joel Breman
  Fogarty Director’s blog, April 9, 2024
• Striving for equity in global health research partnerships
  Fogarty Director’s blog, March 5, 2024
• Seeing is believing: My year helming the Fogarty International Center
  Fogarty Director’s blog, February 8, 2024
• In Memoriam: Robert B. Eiss — November 22, 2023
• The collateral benefits of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — September 29, 2023
• Building health research resilience: Fogarty's impact in Eastern Europe and Central Asia — July 27, 2023
• Celebrating 55 years of advancing science for global health — June 30, 2023
• Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion beyond borders — May 15, 2023
• How a single year can have such a profound influence — March/April 2023
• Fogarty emphasizes core programs & core values during its transition — January/ February 2023
  
• Dr. Peter Kilmarx steps in as Acting Fogarty Director — January 17, 2023
  

Archive of Articles and Other News

• Climate change and health: boosting resilience via adaptation science, interview with Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx
  Environmental Factor, April 2024
  
• Researchers optimize genetic tests for diverse populations to tackle health disparities
  NIH news, February 20, 2024
  • Related commentary: The All of Us Research Program is an opportunity to enhance the diversity of US biomedical research, co-authored by leaders across NIH, including Fogarty Acting Director Peter Kilmarx
    Nature Medicine, February 19, 2024
• Building Research Capacity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons Learned and Future Directions, co-authored by Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx, former Fogarty Advisory Board Member Karen A. Goraleski, and Fogarty grant recipients John F. Lindo and Nancy Gore Saravia
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 23, 2024
• Viewpoint: Global HIV control: is the glass half empty or half full?, co-authored by Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx and Fogarty grantees Jean Nachega and Frederick Altice
  The Lancet HIV, July 25, 2023
• The epidemiology of HIV population viral load in twelve sub-Saharan African countries, co-authored by Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx
  PLOS One , June 26, 2023
• Increasing Effectiveness and Equity in Strengthening Health Research Capacity Using Data and Metrics: Recent Advances of the ESSENCE Mechanism , co-authored by Fogarty Acting Director Peter Kilmarx and Fogarty’s Janelle Cruz and Linda Kupfer
  Annals of Global Health, June 2, 2023
• Advancing Adolescent HIV Prevention and Care Through Implementation Science: An Agenda for Combating the Global AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, authored by former U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby, Fogarty board member Judith Wasserheit, former Fogarty Director Roger Glass, and Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx
  AIDS and Behavior, March 24, 2023
  
• Bibliometric Analysis of Authorship of Publications about Sub-Saharan Africa Published in the Journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2011-2020 , co-authored by former Fogarty staff member Ezinne Akudinobi and Fogarty Acting Director Peter Kilmarx
  Sexually Transmitted Diseases, March 22, 2023
  
• PubMed Citations for Peter Kilmarx, M.D.

Previous Director: Roger Glass

2022

• Roger Glass will step down as Director of Fogarty International Center and Associate Director for International Research at NIH in January 2023.
  Fogarty news, December 7, 2022
  
• Let’s not forget our pandemic achievements as we prepare for a new year — December 2022
• Oral health researchers welcome here! — October 2022
  
• Fogarty’s continuing support of Ebola research is a point of pride  — August 2022
  
• To improve global health, we need to invest in people  — June 2022
  
• Health disparities research provides lessons for U.S. and LMICs — April 2022
• Pandemic truths: “none are safe until all are safe” — February 2022

2021

• COVID-19 renews interest in reciprocal innovation — December 2021
  
• Investing in Africa will improve economy and health — October 2021
  
• Research vital to inform humanitarian crises response — August 2021
  
• Observing four decades of progress on HIV/AIDS — June 2021
  
• NIH and Fogarty stand against structural racism in biomedical research — April 2021
• Hoping for a healthier and more equitable future — February 2021

2020

• How the global research community is benefiting from virtual engagement — December 2020
• Now is the time to catalyze data science and health innovation in Africa — October 2020
• Decolonizing and democratizing global health are difficult, but vital goals — August 2020
• Together, we must work to end racism and promote equality — June 2020
• COVID-19: working together as one to speed science — April 2020
• Building trust in vaccines is essential for global health — February 2020
  

2019

• Reflecting on service to others this holiday season — December 2019
• Celebrating 30 years of capacity building in Rakai, Uganda to advance research discoveries — October 2019
• Diversity strengthens global health science — August 2019
  
• Statement: Increasing diversity in the global health workforce — July 2019
• Academia can benefit from engaging in global health - June 2019
• New energy for global health is blossoming across NIH - April 2019
• Failure can teach valuable lessons, lead to opportunities - February 2019
  

Updated April 11, 2024