Fogarty International Center newsletter articles and press releases - 2009

December 2009

• 2009 Barmes Global Health Lecture by Dr. Julio Frenk videocast now available
• FOCUS on Mobile Health
• Mobile communications technology revolutionizes global health programs
• Mobile health: a high-tech innovation ideal for low-resource settings
• Hopkins program taps Uganda's tech resources
• Army employs text messages to help treat wounded soldiers
• Experts try to predict the future apps of mobile health
• Guest Opinion: PEPFAR committed to mobile health solutions
• Iran's health houses provide model for Mississippi Delta
• Fogarty Awards $13 million in Recovery Act Funds
• US-India research collaborations celebrated
• US-India research collaboration addresses HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases
• NIH hosts Indo-US Science and Technology Meeting
• NIH leaders celebrate 30 years of research with China
• Multilateral Initiative on Malaria convenes in Kenya
• US, Russia agree to form research partnerships
• Global Health Briefs - December 2009
• People in the News - December 2009
• NIH hosts American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month program

November 2009

• Register for New Intro to Global Health Course
• mHealth Summit Webcasts now available

October 2009

• Trans-NIH effort launched on global health
• Focus on Global Health on Campus
• "Stars are aligned" for global health programs at universities
• Global Health on campus gains enthusiasm
• Collaborations spur biomedical innovations
• USC tries video games as teaching tool
• What is CUGH?
• Guest Opinion by CUGH university presidents: Making a difference in global health
• Deadly malaria parasite came from chimps
• Child health authority Alexander joins Fogarty
• Polio vaccine figure Ruth Kirschstein dies
• NIH grant application forms revised and shortened
• Causes of suicide differ based on development levels
• Antiretroviral therapy (ART) proves successful in Haiti
• Europe prepares for research "Renaissance"
• Global Health Briefs - October 2009
• People in the News - October 2009
• HIV/AIDS funding to UB will help Zimbabwe dramatically increase research and treatment capacity
  University at Buffalo news, October 20, 2009
• Fogarty awards new grants to build capacity in informatics in global health
  Fogarty/NIH news, October 14, 2009
• Ecology of Infectious Disease grants awarded by NSF, NIH
  National Science Foundation (NSF) news, October 7, 2009

August 2009

• Collins says global health is one of his top priorities
• Fall flu outbreak of concern to NIH, Fogarty experts
• Summit planned on mobile technology and public health
• Recovery funding provides summer jobs for students interested in global health
• US partnering with other nations on global health
• NIH donates journals to Baghdad medical school
• Fogarty scientists model path of rotavirus outbreaks
• Fogarty, NIH involved in Alaska mental health study
• Reviews favor stigma program, epidemiology unit
• Guest Opinion by Bjarte Reve: Cancer, the silent scourge of the developing world
• Global Health Briefs - August 2009
• People in the News - August 2009
• Focus on Chronic Diseases
• Chronic diseases: a 21st century epidemic
• Fogarty program aids study of chronic illnesses
• NHLBI launches chronic diseases training network
• Chronic diseases take economic toll
• Diseases of aging on the rise
• Focus on the Fogarty Scholars Program
• Scholars program broadens view
• Refugee returns to Vietnam in hope of saving lives
• New career trajectories - studying disease overseas

July 2009

• Recovery Act Funding Supports 21 Foreign Fellowships for Early Career Scientists
• Fogarty Scientists Collaborate on Rotavirus Transmission Research
  Fogarty/NIH news, July 16, 2009

June 2009

• World Health Assembly told U.S. will take holistic approach
• Past pandemics may offer clue to A/H1N1 response
• Obama pledges $63 billion in global health funding
• Biodiversity partners link research, development and conservation
• Fogarty in Fiji: Searching for new drugs under the sea
• Potential cancer drug discovered by Fogarty grantees in Panama
• Experiments in the red soils of Jordan identify potential cures for skin infections
• Capacity, partnerships cited as key to global health
• Sachs urges systems approach to global health
• Panel offers definition of "global health"
• Poll shows U.S. support for global health aid
• Malaria solutions are available, Breman declares
• Diaspora scientists can benefit U.S. programs
• State Department to ease visa delays
• World Health Organization publishes revised disease-protection guide
• Fogarty's Johnson goes to Hill to promote research
• Guest Opinion by Dr. Peter Hotez: Renewed U.S. effort on NTDs a welcome move
• Global Health Briefs
• People in the News
• Look to African universities, says Whitworth
• Brazilian NIH alumni organize
• US and Chile Partner to Battle Cancer
  Fogarty/NIH news, June 23, 2009

May 2009

• Recovery Act Funding Bolsters Global Health Programs on US Campuses
  Fogarty/NIH news, May 12, 2009
• New NIH award to expand global health programs at Dartmouth
  Dartmouth News, May 12, 2009
• Fogarty awards grants to fund international research collaborations
  Fogarty/NIH news, May 4, 2009

April 2009

• Gates grant launches nutrition study
• Recovery Act boosts global health
• Fogarty role cited in Haiti
• Question and Answer with Dr. Jean William (Bill) Pape
• Haiti's new research corps - building on past successes
• Grief provides motivation for master's student
• Fogarty scholar does more than research — she runs a charity
• Guest Opinion: Gordon Brown
• Sustainability key to malaria fight
• Fogarty welcomes new advisory board members
• Acoustic fan could ease pollution
• Mentoring women in research
• Rotavirus vaccines show promise in U.S. but questions remain for rest of world
• Rights advocate works for scientists
• UK devises five-year global health strategy
• President orders scientific integrity strategy
• Top health positions being filled
• Global Health Briefs
• People in the News
• Fogarty announces $12M in grants to train AIDS and TB researchers
  Fogarty/NIH news, April 16, 2009
• Fogarty awards AIDS training grants for projects in 15 countries
  Fogarty/NIH news, April 14, 2009

March 2009

• Jeffrey Sachs as Fogarty International Center Scholar-in-Residence at NIH
• FNIH and NIH Announce Major Study of Childhood Malnutrition and Intestinal Infections
  Fogarty/NIH news, March 30, 2009

January 2009

• Stimulus to aid Fogarty grantees
• Global health linked to U.S. security
• Conference focuses on local approach to implementing change
• Fogarty, NCI team up against cancer in Latin America
• Harvard entrepreneur works to improve Tanzanian health system
• Microbicide gel shows promise against HIV
• JAMA cites Fogarty's plan
• Publishing in local journals may be best for sub-Saharan researchers
• NIH disease spending data available
• Abstracts sought for Luso-American conference
• Viral traits may predict host-jumping
• Cholera linked to climate change, says Colwell
• Cash grants improve birth outcomes
• Elderly in Ecuador at risk for respiratory infections
• Childhood trauma linked to adult headaches
• Genetic link to alcoholism relapse found
• NIH welcomes new Japanese scholars
• Malaria prevention goes online
• Sub-Saharan African research collaborations encouraged
• Guest Opinion by President Barack Obama
• Global Health Briefs - January 2009
• People in the News - January 2009