NIH Director's Blog: Zooming in on Global Health Research
July / August 2021 | Volume 20 Number 4
.jpg)
Courtesy of NIH
In past years, Roger Glass (top left), director of NIH’s Fogarty International
Center (FIC), and I have taken an in-person group photo with the FIC
fellows and scholars. This year, due to the international health and travel
challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, a Zoom composite of
some of the young researchers will have to do! I spoke to the group on the
morning of July 13 as part of FIC’s week-long Global Health Program for
Fellows and Scholars. The program provides collaborative, mentored global
health research training in low- and middle-income countries. Individual
students, postdoctoral fellows, or faculty from the U.S. and abroad apply
for a 12-month placement at a participating global institution. The meeting
has brought together 122 fellows and scholars (U.S. and international),
seven Fulbright Fogarty Fellows, 16 alumni, and many others to the event.
As you can see in my photo, I had to be out of town this year, and I spoke
to everyone buckled up while returning to the Washington, D.C. area. But
I didn’t want to miss this opportunity to share my vision for global health
research and point to some of the many opportunities available in global
health for young academics from the U.S. and other nations.
More Information
To view Adobe PDF files,
download current, free accessible plug-ins from Adobe's website.