March / April 2018

Also in this issue

• Advancing research in Peru: Q and A with Dr Patricia Garcia Dr. Garcia of Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia discusses how Fogarty shaped her career, and fostering research collaborations in-country and across the globe.

• Profile: Armed with career development award, former Fogarty Fellow fights rheumatic heart disease in Malawi Five years after completing a Fogarty global health fellowship in pediatric cardiology, Dr. Amy Sims Sanyahumbi has returned to Malawi.

• Research!America honors Fogarty Director Roger Glass Dr. Glass was presented the 2018 Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award for his research and advocacy efforts in global health.

• People in the news:

  • Infectious diseases expert Dr. Robert Redfield leading CDC
  • Dr. Josephine Olsen appointed Peace Corps director
  • Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves has new CEO Dymphna van der Lans
  • Dr. Jeremy Farrar to continue as Wellcome Trust director
  • CUGH recognizes Dr. Michael Merson global health leadership
  • Dr. Clement Adebamowo recognized by clinical oncology society
  • Longtime Fogarty grantee Dr. Peter Mason dies
  • Details: People in the news

• Global health briefs:

  • NIH unveils plan for universal flu vaccine
  • NIA-Alzheimer's Association framework to spur Alzheimer's research
  • NIH releases adolescent brain data
  • New mental health data tools are available from NIHMH
  • Nursing Now campaign launched
  • Violence and mental health report released
  • Details: Global health briefs

Fogarty in the news

• The Fogarty International Center at 50: accomplishments and priorities for the next 50 years by Dr. Paul K. Drain, former Fogarty Scholar, and King K. Holmes, Fogarty Advisory Board member
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 31, 2018

E-news extras

• News & publications featuring Fogarty staff:
  • Funding innovation in neglected diseases, co-authored by Fogarty Deputy Director Dr. Peter H. Kilmarx
    BMJ, March 20, 2018
  • Infection forecasts powered by big data, featuring Fogarty scientist Dr. Cecile Viboud
    Nature Outlook, March 7, 2018
• Fogarty grantee news
  • Texting can enhance medical education in resource-limited settings
    Boston University School of Public Health news, February 27, 2018
• NIH global health research news
  • NIH experts call for transformative research approach to end tuberculosis
    NIAID/NIH news, March 9, 2018
  • Antiviral drug not beneficial for reducing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B when added to existing preventatives: NIH-funded study [in Thailand] observes no significant reduction of infection rates at age 6 months
    NICHD/NIH news, March 7, 2018
  • High uptake and use of vaginal ring for HIV prevention observed in open-label study
    NIAID/NIH news, March 6, 2018
  • One-month tuberculosis prophylaxis as effective as nine-month regimen for people living with HIV
    NIAID/NIH news, March 5, 2018
  • NIAID unveils strategic plan for developing a universal influenza vaccine
    NIAID/NIH news, February 28, 2018
  • Related publication: A Universal Influenza Vaccine: The Strategic Plan for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    The Journal of Infectious Diseases, February 28, 2018
• More global health research news from Fogarty

Funding opportunities

• African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI), a partnership of the African Academy of Sciences, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and NIH
  Application deadline: May 11, 2018

• International Bioethics Training
  Application deadline: May 17, 2018

• Global Infectious Disease Research Training
  Application deadline: July 26, 2018

• Reducing Stigma to Improve HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care in LMICs
  Application deadline: August 1, 2018

• Fogarty HIV Research Training
  Application deadline: August 23, 2018

• Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries
  Application deadline: August 31, 2018

• All Fogarty funding opportunities

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Upcoming events

• Fogarty@50 event: May 1, 2018
  Fogarty 50th Anniversary Symposium:
  What are the new frontiers in global health research?
  Bethesda, MD
• Webcast live from NIH (with captions)
• Webcast on Facebook Live
• Follow on Twitter: #Fogarty50

• May 2 - 4, 2018
  NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration
  Washington, DC

• June 6, 2018
  Global Environmental Health Day
  hosted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) at NIH
  Research Triangle Park, NC, with free live webcast

• June 8 - 11, 2018
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Forum
  San Diego, CA

• Fogarty calendar of events

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