Fogarty International Center newsletter articles and press releases - 2015

December 2015

• Translational cancer research comes of age in Latin America: Investigators of the U.S.-Latin America Cancer Research Network
  Science Translational Medicine, December 23, 2015
• Top global health research stories of 2015 from Fogarty
  Fogarty news, December 17, 2015
• Grantee news: Combating Uganda’s HIV, TB epidemic by Dr Chris Whalen
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 16, 2015
• Poverty may slightly increase childhood risk of neurological impairment, NIH study suggests
  NICHD/NIH news, December 16, 2015
• Grantee news: The Einstein-Brazil Fogarty: A decade of synergy
  Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, December 2015

November 2015

• NIH-led effort details global brain disorders research agenda in Nature supplement
  Fogarty news, November 18, 2015
• Related publication: Brain disorders across the lifespan: Research to achieve nervous system health worldwide
  Nature supplement, November 19, 2015 (online)
• US scientists explore research partnerships with Cuba
• H3Africa spurs range of genomic research, training
• Q and A with Dr Nicola Mulder on bioinformatics and H3Africa
• NIH aims to increase collaboration on chronic diseases
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Akwi W. Asombang advances cancer research in Zambia
• Setting sustainable global health goals
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• NIH makes Rep John E Fogarty's papers available online
• People in the news
• Global health briefs
• Grantee news: UGA receives $1.49 million grant for HIV, TB research training in Uganda
  University of Georgia news, November 10, 2015
• Behaviour change strategies for reducing blood pressure-related disease burden: findings from a global implementation research programme
  Implementation Science, November 9, 2015
• Grantee news: New smartphone attachment detects sickle cell disease
  Yale news, November 3, 3015

October 2015

• Report: Ebola R&D landscape of clinical candidates and trials
  WHO, October 2015
• New [global] prize competition seeks innovative ideas to advance open science
  NIH news, October 20, 2015
• US and Canada partner to invest $21 million for environmental and occupational health research hubs in developing countries
  Fogarty news, October 8, 2015
• icddr,b and University of Chicago win joint grant worth USD 1.5 million for new GEOHealth Hub
  ICDDR,B news October 19, 2015
• AAU and partner receive $3 million for research and training
  Addis Ababa University new, October 19, 2105
• USC to partner on air pollution and health study in Eastern Africa
  University of Southern California news, October 13, 2015
• Rollins researchers receive global environmental research and training award
  Emory University news, October 12, 2015
• Tulane awarded $3 million to study impact of pollutants in Caribbean countries
  Tulane University news, October 9, 2015

September 2015

• Scientists create world’s largest catalog of human genomic variation
  NHGRI news, September 30, 2015
• Drug used to treat HIV linked to lower bone mass in newborns
  NICHD news, September 30, 2015
• NLM adds papers of Congressman John E. Fogarty to Profiles in Science
  National Library of Medicine news, September 24, 2015
• The John E Fogarty Papers
  National Library of Medicine's Profiles in Science
• Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist, Dr Joseph Millum
  The BMJ, September 23, 2015
• NIH awards $36M to train junior faculty in Africa through MEPI program
• Rwandan Minister of Health Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses country's health advances
• Focus on research in China:
• Research advances in China improve health globally
• Chinese researchers discovered effectiveness of artemisinin against malaria
• Arsenic added to cancer therapy after studies in China
• Benzene research in China informs EPA regulation
• Asian diet examined for clues to improve health
• Chinese study shows folic acid helps reduce stroke risk
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Emily Vogtmann studies cancer threats
• Q and A with Dr Roger Detels on HIV/AIDS research and training
• Former Fogarty trainees help eliminate hepatitis C in Georgia
• Fogarty aims to inspire future global health leaders
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• HHS announces proposed changes to Common Rule
• Queen of Spain visits NIH to discuss cancer research
• People in the news
• Global health briefs
• Characterizing Ebola transmission patterns based on Internet news reports, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 15, 2015 (published online September 3, 2015)

August 2015

• Grantee news: Foes can become friends on the coral reef
  Georgia Tech news, August 25, 2015
• Undergrad biomedical engineering teams win NIH’s DEBUT Challenge for design of creative new devices focused on global health and point-of-care technologies
  NIBIB/NIH news, August 21, 2015
• Grantee news: New diagnostic tools for dehydration severity in children
  Brown University news, August 21, 2015
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) members [including NIH] fund landmark research into prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes
  Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, August 20, 2015
• Grantee news: Grants bolster HIV-focused research capacity
  Vanderbilt University news, August 20, 2015
• Large percentage of youth with HIV may lack immunity to measles, mumps, rubella:
  NIH study finds those vaccinated before starting modern HIV therapy may be at risk
  NICHD/NIH news, August 13, 2015
• Scientists adopt new strategy to find Huntington's disease therapies
  Large, international NIH-supported study uses precision medicine to tackle neurological disorders
  NINDS/NIH news, August 7, 2015

July 2015

• Dr Peter Kilmarx appointed Fogarty Deputy Director
  Fogarty news, July 30, 2015
• Young South African women can adhere to daily PrEP regimen as HIV prevention:
  NIH-funded study finds men in Bangkok, Harlem also successful in taking daily dose
  NIAID/NIH news, July 21, 2015
• Early antiretroviral therapy prevents non-AIDS outcomes in HIV-infected people
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2025
• Related publication: Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
  New England Journal of Medicine, July 20, 2015
• HIV control through treatment durably prevents heterosexual transmission of virus
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2015
• Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED)
  The Lancet Global Health, September 2015 (published online July 19, 2015)
• US-China renew commitment to global health security
• Fogarty to award nearly $3M to advance ICT for research and training
• New career development program launched for LMIC scientists
• Scientists aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
• Focus on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at NIH:
• Drug abuse institute marks 20 years of global forum
• Researchers slow HIV spread among drug users in Vietnam
• Scientists tackle disease in Kazakhstan drug injectors
• NIDA, Fogarty work to reduce smoking in Argentina
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Jennifer Syvertsen documents drugs and HIV risk in Kenya
• Q and A with Dr Nelson Sewankambo on research and training in Uganda
• Diplomacy: a powerful force to improve global health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Trainee music video urges malaria prevention
• People in the news - July 2015
• Global health briefs - July 2015
• Investigational aerosolized Ebola vaccine shows promise in nonhuman primates
  NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2015
• Related publication: Aerosolized Ebola vaccine protects primates and elicits lung-resident T cell responses
  Journal of Clinical Investigation, July 13, 2015
• MEPI grantee publication: Medical education departments: a study of four medical schools in Sub-Saharan Africa
  BME Medical Education, July 1, 2015
• Valuing Stillbirths, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist, Dr Joseph Millum
  Bioethics, July 2015 (published online November 14, 2014)

June 2015

• Fogarty and National Library of Medicine (NLM) supported The African Journal Partnership Project: Raising the visibility of African medical publishing and research
  The BMJ, June 25, 2015
• U.S. and China: a strong partnership in health
  HHS blog, June 24, 2015
• Study of Ebola survivors opens in Liberia: Trial to examine long-term health effects of Ebola virus disease
  NIAID/NIH news, June 17, 2015

May 2015

• Stemming the tide of fake medicines
  New York Times editorial, May 18, 2015
• Rwandan Health Minister Dr Agnes Binagwaho presents NIH global health lecture
• NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects
• Focus on the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research:
• NIH marks 20 years of advancing behavioral and social sciences
• Behavioral, social sciences are vital to global health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Q and A with world-renowned malaria research expert Dr Chris Plowe
• Fogarty web tools facilitate collaboration
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Anna Babakhanyan in Cameroon assesses HIV impact in utero
• NIH encourages veterinarians to consider research careers
• Fogarty posts concepts for new LMIC training grant and several existing programs
• New TB hospital and research center opens in Haiti
• Burkitt's lymphoma studies may also advance research on other cancers, HIV, malaria
• People in the news - May 2015
• Global health briefs - May 2015

April 2015

• NIAID helps launch first "African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics" (ACE) in Mali
  NIAID/NIH news, April 29, 2015
• Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say
  Fogarty/NIH news, April 20, 2015
• Related publications: The Global Pandemic of Falsified Medicines: Laboratory and Field Innovations and Policy Perspectives
  June 2015 supplement to the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, published online April 20, 2015
• Stemming the tide of fake medicines
  New York Times editorial, May 18, 2015
• Fake medicines do real damage: Thousands die, superbugs get stronger according to Fogarty Senior Scientist Emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  NPR Goats and Soda blog, April 24, 2015
• Why researchers say fake and low-quality drugs are a 'global pandemic'
  Washington Post, April 20, 2015
• Substandard drugs, not fakes, undermine fight against malaria
  Reuters Health, April 20, 2015
• Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass receives 2015 Albert B Sabin Gold Medal Award
  Fogarty news, April 15, 2015
• NIH launches largest clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease, with roughly 100 sites in Canada, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US
  NHLBI/NIH news, April 15, 2015
• NIH, South African Medical Research Council award $8 million in HIV, TB grants
  NIAID/NIH news, April 13, 2015
• Awards list: South Africa-US Program for Collaborative Biomedical Research grant awards from NIAID
• NIH research: Think globally
  NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., address the importance of continuing to pursue research on a global scale amid fiscal constraints.
  Science, April 10, 2015
• Brain program catalyzes research, builds capacity
• Brain disorders research: a decade of progress
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Lack of adherence in HIV trial has broad implications
• NIH meeting advances Alzheimer's research agenda
• Focus on infectious diseases
• Global swine trade facilitates evolution, spread of flu
• Scientists work to eliminate disease carried by pigs
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Rockefeller Oteng studies trauma, injury in Ghana
• Q and A with outgoing USAID Administrator Dr Rajiv Shah
• HHS expands public access to research
• NIH examines lead’s impact on dementia, bone density
• People in the news - April 2015
• Global health briefs - April 2015
• Experimental Ebola vaccine safe, prompts immune response: Results from US government-sponsored phase 1 trial of VSV vaccine reported
  NIAID/NIH news, April 1, 2015

March 2015

• Global swine trade facilitates evolution, spread of flu
  Fogarty news, March 27, 2015
• Related publication: Global migration of influenza A viruses in swine
  Nature Communications (online), March 27, 2015
• Ebola test vaccines appear safe in Phase 2 Liberian clinical trial: Liberia-US partnership planning Phase 3 trial and study of Ebola survivors
  NIAID/NIH news, March 26, 2015
• For most children with HIV and low immune cell count, cells rebound after treatment: NIH-funded study finds T-cell level returns to normal with time
  NICHD/NIH news, March 23, 2015
• Anti-herpes drug may help control HIV, NIH study finds
  NICHD/NIH news, March 13, 2015

February 2015

• Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership opens trial to test Ebola treatments: Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp
  NIAID/NIH news, February 27, 2015
• Grantee news: Strong Connection between Violence and Mental Illness in Guatemala During Civil War Lessens in Postwar Period, Penn Study Finds
  Penn Medicine news, February 26, 2015
• Ethics and Ebola: Public Health Planning and Response [Archive]
  Archive of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, released February 26, 2015
• NIH-funded scientists create potential long-acting HIV therapeutic
  NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
• Study suggests alternative approach to AIDS vaccine
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, February 24, 2015
• NIH-sponsored HIV vaccine trial launches in South Africa
  NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
• Grantee news: Malaria vaccine candidate produced from algae
  UC San Diego News, February 18, 2015
• Related publication: Algae-produced malaria transmission-blocking vaccine candidate Pfs25 formulated with a human use-compatible potent adjuvant induces high affinity antibodies that block Plasmodium falciparum infection of mosquitoes
  Infection and Immunity from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), February 17, 2015 (online)
• HHS Secretary says US plays key role in global health
• NIH Ebola vaccine trial gets underway in Liberia
• Medical Education Partnership Initiative aids Ebola response
• Focus on nursing research:
• Nursing research and training spur global health gains
• Sari cloth can filter cholera from water, research shows
• Lab-on-a-chip provides speedy disease diagnoses
• Research aims to curb mental, emotional pain of HIV
• Study finds mothers can help reduce daughters' risk of HIV infection in Jamaica
• Role of nursing research in global health: Q and A with NINR Director Dr Patricia A Grady
• Profile: Fogarty nursing fellow Faith Beulah oversees HIV trials in India
• Measuring health impact of indoor air pollution is key
• Evaluating the health benefits of clean cooking adoption: Indicators and biomarkers of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
  Meeting report and presentations from the December 2014 Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves / NIH household air pollution workshop
• Injuries cause 5 million global deaths each year
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Sub-Saharan Africa genomics study gives clues about disease
• NIH, Brazil launch novel funding program
• People in the news - February 2015
• Global health briefs - February 2015
• Journal article: International Research Ethics Education, co-authored by Fogarty staff
  JAMA, February 3, 2015

January 2015

• Former NIAID Director [and Fogarty senior scientific advisor] Dr Richard Krause Dies at 90
  NIAID news, January 9, 2015
• NIH-supported tailor-made vaccine set to banish Africa's meningitis epidemics
  Reuters, January 9, 2015
  
  

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