In partnership with NIH Institutes and Centers, the
Center for Global Health Studies (CGHS) identifies emerging research priorities and stimulates new scientific directions in global health, and supports multidisciplinary collaboration and short-term training to address pressing global health problems, complementing the strategic guidance efforts of Fogarty's
Division of International Science Policy, Planning and Evaluation (DISPPE).
The Center convenes program implementers, policymakers and leading scientists from the NIH, low- and middle-income countries and the U.S. to discuss critical research priorities, opportunities and synergies around specific global health challenges. CGHS also moves the implementation science agenda forward by promoting relevant research methods and frameworks, and fostering the development of new approaches and skills to translate scientific evidence into health policy and practice. Supported projects aim to generate practical, science-based deliverables, such as publications in reputable scientific journals, training materials and tool kits.
Current Projects
Topic: Humanitarian Crises
Advancing Health Research in Humanitarian Crises
Collaboration
Convening researchers, humanitarian organizations and policymakers to share learning and strategies on conducting global health research in the context of humanitarian crises, such as armed conflict, natural disasters, forced displacement and disease outbreaks.
Topic: Global Health Reciprocal Innovation
The Global Health Reciprocal Innovation project
Collaboration
The Global Health Reciprocal Innovation project seeks to highlight how health innovations that have been researched, developed and implemented in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can be adapted and adopted to address similar challenges in U.S. settings utilizing scientific methods such as implementation science. This area of research is sometimes referred to as “reverse innovation" or “global-to-local innovation." While this field was used in business first, it has now found its way into health care. Fogarty is working with 8 other ICOs on this project.
Topic: HIV-NCDs
Enhancing HIV/AIDS Platforms to Address NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa
Collaboration | Journal Publication
An NIH / PEPFAR / LMIC collaboration of researchers, implementers and government representatives joining together to articulate goals, approaches and a research agenda to incorporate prevention, care and treatment for NCDs into HIV/AIDS platforms in LMICs.
Topic: Global Collaboration
ESSENCE on Health Research
Collaboration
Helps donors and funders identify synergies, establish coherence and increase the value of resources and action for health research.
Topic: Household Air Pollution
Clean Cooking Implementation Science Network
Collaboration | Journal Publication | Research Projects
A partnership to advance the science of uptake and scale-up of clean cooking technology in the developing world.
Past Projects
Topic: Emergency Care
Advancing Emergency Care Research in LMICs
Workshop | Journal Publication
Articulating barriers and solutions to conducting research in emergency or acute care settings in low- and middle-income countries.
Topic: Childhood Obesity
Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Latin America: Opportunities in Science and Policy
Workshop | Journal Publication
A workshop to address factors relating to childhood obesity in Latin America; and a writing retreat to work toward a series of articles addressing the state of the science, pressing research questions, models for translation of evidence into policy and program, and research capacity building priorities.
Topic: mHealth
Global mHealth Research Training Institute
Training
An in-person, scenario-based training institute to promote multidisciplinary research, implementation science and novel research methodologies to a cohort of researchers from diverse fields.
Topic: Scientific Journals
African Journal Partnership Program (AJPP)
Collaboration
Partnering African journals with U.S. and U.K. journals to strengthen the ability of African journal editors to disseminate scientific findings more broadly.
About the Center Facilities
The Center for Global Health Studiesis located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Center facilities host in-person and virtual, distance-based trainings and collaborations for supported projects.
The building has three floors of office and meeting space, including a conference room with state-of-the-art videoconferencing capabilities.
Inquiries
Nalini Anand, J.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Global Health Studies
Fogarty International Center
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Email:
Nalini.Anand@nih.gov
Phone: 301-402-7348
Rachel Sturke, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.I.A.
Deputy Director, Center for Global Health Studies
Fogarty International Center
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Email:
Rachel.Sturke@nih.gov
Phone: 301-496-1491
Fogarty Advisory Board Subcommittee
A subcommittee of the
Fogarty Advisory Board provides strategic direction for the Center's projects and programs.
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Gbenga Ogedegbe, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.
Dr. Adolph and Margaret Berger Professor of Population Health and Medicine
Chief, Division of Health and Behavior
Director, Center for Healthful Behavior Change
New York University School of Medicine -
Steffanie Strathdee, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Professor
University of California San Diego Department of Medicine
Co-Director, Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) -
Judith N. Wasserheit, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Global Health
Chair, Global Health
Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
University of Washington
Updated October 13, 2021