Expanding Capacity Building in Non-Communicable Diseases: The Scholars in HeAlth Research Program (SHARP) at the American University in Beirut
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Funding Fogarty Program
Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Expanding Capacity Building in Non-Communicable Diseases: The Scholars in HeAlth Research Program (SHARP) at the American University in Beirut
Principal Institution
American University of Beirut
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Fuleihan, Ghada El-Hajj
Project Contact Information
Email: gf01@aub.edu.lb
Year(s) Awarded
2012–2025
Country
Lebanon
Collaborators
Society of Thoracic Surgeons Research Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Sidra Medicine
Project Description
Noncommunicable diseases (NCD) continue to dominate as a major cause of health-related morbidity, chronic disabilities, and mortality, exceeding 50% worldwide. The Middle East and North Africa region are no exception. The Scholars in Health Research Program is an interfaculty collaborative initiative that provides short-, intermediate-, and long-term training, to health professionals engaged in population-based and clinical translational NCD research. Its multidisciplinary and cross-cutting approach integrates a solid curriculum in quantitative skills, advances in science and technology, hands-on applied training, thus providing the basis for effective public heath interventions to promote health across the life course.
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