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University of Pittsburgh HIV-Comorbidities Research Training Program in South Africa
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
Fogarty HIV Research Training
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
University of Pittsburgh HIV-Comorbidities Research Training Program in South Africa
Principal Institution
University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Nachega, Jean Bisimwa; Seedat, Soraya
Project Contact Information
Email: jbn16@pitt.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2019-2024
Country
South Africa
Collaborators
Stellenbosch University
University of Cape Town
Johns Hopkins University
Harvard University
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, Los Angeles
Project Description
Clinical research career tracks are lacking at many universities in sub-Saharan Africa. Pitt-HRTP-SA aims to build career opportunities for promising junior South African faculties and postdocs to prevent the “brain drain” and increase the number and quality of the next generation of independent investigators focused on 3 HIV-comorbidities (Cardiovascular, Chronic Kidney Disease and Neuropsychiatry) in South Africa; taking advantage of the combined outstanding intellectual resources and research infrastructures at Stellenbosch University and collaborating institutions. Given the limited expertise in these 3 NIH priority selected priority areas, we anticipate that this program will fill have a high impact by filling an important expertise gap and ultimately contribute further to decreasing morbidity, mortality and societal costs associated with these major emerging health threats as HIV become a chronic disease in the successful ART era.
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