Enabling Infectious Disease Research Capacity in the Peruvian Amazon
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 Infectious Diseases (GID)
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Enabling Infectious Disease Research Capacity in the Peruvian Amazon
Principal Institution
University of Virginia
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Kosek, Margaret N; Paredes Olortegui, Maribel
Project Contact Information
Email:
mkosek@virginia.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2018-2027
Country
Peru
Collaborators
Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
Tulane University
Project Description
Peru is a global center of training in public health and research in tropical medicine and the study of emerging diseases, but training and leadership is exclusively concentrated in the capital city of Lima and access to the training has largely bypassed academic institutions and professionals in Loreto, the largest department in the Peruvian Amazon. This program seeks to continue to build research capacity to correct this disparity in opportunity by offering a collaborative research training program in partnership with the Universidad Nacional de La Amazonia Peruana (UNAP) complemented by skills training and research mentorship provided by the University of Virginia, Tulane University, and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. The goal of this training program is to train health researchers capable of leading research to diminish the burden of endemic and emerging infectious diseases in one of the highest burden areas for tropical and neglected diseases in the Americas.
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