June 2026 will be remembered as a month of leadership transition at the Fogarty International Center. Following the resignation of Dr. Peter Kilmarx—deputy director since 2015 and acting director since 2025—Dr. Steven Schiff has become Fogarty’s newest director. Global Health Matters bids Dr. Kilmarx the fondest of farewells as it welcomes Dr. Schiff.
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At the CUGH 2026 annual conference, Michael Herce, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina and a recipient of Fogarty’s International Research Scientist Development Award, described how he translated strategies from Zambia to North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr. Preeti Manavalan, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease and Global Medicine at the University of Florida, investigated and addressed hypertension among people living with HIV in Moshi, Tanzania, for her Fogarty LAUNCH project.
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Cheryl Moyer, PhD, a Professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, has served as an investigator for the Northern Pacific Global Health Leadership, Education, and Development for Early-Career Researchers consortium since 2011. Her current project is focused on early detection of neonatal jaundice, a condition that develops shortly after a baby is born.
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Steven Schiff, MD, PhD, joined the Fogarty International Center as its Director in June. He has also been appointed Associate Director for International Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A pediatric neurosurgeon, Schiff is interested in neural control engineering, sustainable health engineering, and global health.
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Peter Kilmarx, MD, an expert on infectious disease research and HIV/AIDS prevention, retired from government service on May 30. He served as acting director of the Fogarty International Center and acting associate director for international research at the National Institutes of Health during two periods: from April 2025 through May 2026 and from January 2023 to May 2024. He originally joined Fogarty in 2015 to serve as deputy director.
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Fogarty’s training programs in Ukraine face profound challenges due to the ongoing war. Yet in late March, Ukrainian Catholic University hosted a three-day workshop in Lviv on HIV and mental health research, epidemiology, and bioethics. The meeting brought together Fogarty trainees, faculty, and other partners who remain dedicated to building rigorous, ethical, and local research capacity in the embattled country.
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A medical mystery on the island of Guam has perplexed investigators for more than half a century. In a recent National Institutes of Health lecture, Daniel Perl, MD, posits that renewed investigations of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and dementia on Guam could lead to therapies or cures for patients with related neurological disorders.
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