UN meeting highlights NCDs

A U.N. High-level Meeting on chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will address the threat caused by these ailments, which increasing strain developing countries.
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Focus on Chronic Diseases

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Dr Shweta Bansal intently works a complex math problem with chalk on a blackboard

Solving a puzzle to stop infectious disease

Research by computational mathematician Dr. Shweta Bansal focuses on how humans interact with social and natural environments, and how that impacts infectious disease transmission.
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Fogarty supports zoonotic disease research

Fogarty and NIH, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, support Duke University's groundbreaking research on diseases that can jump from animals to humans.
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Lessons learned from flu pandemics

An examination of historical influenza pandemics guest edited by Fogarty scientists shows how past influenza pandemics have much to teach today’s scientists about future outbreaks.
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The promise of rotavirus vaccine in developing nations

Call for new research to slow drug-resistant diseases

Italy and US reach drug abuse research accord

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Upcoming Events

World Health Summit
October 23-26, 2011 - Berlin, Germany
2011 Global Health Conference
November 13-15, 2011 - Montreal, Canada
Jointly presented by the Canadian Society for International Health, the Consortium of Universities for Global Health and the Global Health Education Consortium.
60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
December 4-8, 2011 - Philadelphia, PA
mHealth Summit
December 5-7, 2011 - National Harbor, MD
NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
March 19-20, 2012 - Bethesda, MD
Call for proposals: Proposals for sessions and presentations due November 10, 2011.
Forum 2012, presented by the Global Forum for Health Research
April 24-26, 2012 - Cape Town, South Africa
International AIDS Conference
July 22-27, 2012 - Washington, DC
Fogarty Calendar of Events

Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines

Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN)
Full awards (D43) and planning grants (D71)
Deadline: September 21, 2011
Global Health Fellows and Scholars Support Centers
Deadline: October 14, 2011

Information for Applicants to the 2012-2013 Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars (Postdoctoral and Doctoral Students).

Administrative Supplements for the Initiative on Research and Innovation Management (iRIM)
Note: Applications limited to currently funded IEARDA and MEPI institutions.
Deadline: October 14, 2011
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships in Public Health
NOTE: Expanded to include countries in Asia and Latin America
Deadline: October 17, 2011
Ecology of Infectious Diseases Initiative (EID)
This joint NIH-National Science Foundation program is currently being competed under NSF program announcement (NSF 10-616).
Deadline: December 14, 2011
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (GID)
Full awards (D43) and planning grants (D71)
Updated Deadline: May 21, 2012
All Fogarty Funding Opportunities
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Global Nurse Capacity Building Program (NEPI)
Deadline: October 17, 2011
Establishing an evidence base for e-health, a call for papers from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Evidence is needed to promote equity of access to information and health services, and to strengthen activities and programmes that support local, regional, national and global health communities.
Deadline: November 20, 2011
Human Health and Heredity in Africa (H3Africa)
Deadlines: December 2, 2011

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