Planning Grant: Etiology of Nodding Syndrome: an Epileptic Disorder of East African Children
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
Global Brain Disorders Research
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Etiology of Nodding Syndrome: an Epileptic Disorder of East African Children
Principal Institution
Oregon Health and Science University
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Spencer, Peter S; Mwaka, Deogratius Amos
Project Contact Information
Email: spencer@ohsu.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2018-2023
Country
Uganda
Collaborators
Makerere University
NIH Partners
NINDS
Project Description
This is a capacity-building project in Uganda's flagship health sciences university that will enable collaborative parallel research in Uganda and U.S. to activate testing of a novel viral hypothesis for Nodding syndrome (NS), an epileptic disorder of unknown cause responsible for epidemics of brain disease in East African children. Research Fellows will be equipped in Uganda and trained in both countries to carry out field and laboratory- based studies applicable to the etiology of NS and brain diseases of potential viral origin endemic to the region.
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