Tanzania AIDS Malignancies Training and Research Program (TAMTRP)
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
Tanzania AIDS Malignancies Training and Research Program (TAMTRP)
Principal Institution
LSU Health Sciences Center
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Wood, Charles; Mwaiselage, Julius David
Project Contact Information
Email:
cwoo12@lsuhsc.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2022–2027
Country
Tanzania
Collaborators
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center (SSSCC)
Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI)
NIH Partners
NCI
Project Description
While cancers are a major cause of death around the globe in people living with HIV infection, those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, are much more likely to die from cancer due to shortages of trained cancer researchers, oncologists, and a lack of healthcare infrastructure and expertise in preventing, diagnosing and treating HIV-infection associated cancers. The Tanzania AIDS Malignancies Training and Research Program (TAMTRP) seeks to address these challenges to enhance the cancer research infrastructure of our partnering organization, the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by training a cadre of Tanzanian fellows, researchers and practitioners with career interest in HIV associated malignancies. The TAMTRP program will enable the trainees to develop skills necessary to further both partners' research agenda in clinical research, public health, cancer biology and genomics/bioinformatics, which will translate to better clinical care for HIV-infected cancer patients globally.
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