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Fogarty International Center newsletter articles and press releases - 2016

December 2016

• Final trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides high protection against disease
  WHO news release, December 23, 2016
• Grantee news: Challenges remain in HIV care in Africa
  University of Rochester Medical Center news, December 21, 2016
• What are the top global health research stories of 2016?
  Fogarty news, December 15, 2016
• Global health community pays tribute to NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins
• Recognizing NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, a global health hero
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins discusses the value of global health research and training
• Fogarty provides support to Ebola-affected countries
• Focus on the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS):
• Developing neurological research capacity in LMICs
• Chagas disease studies inform Zika research in Brazil
• NIH funds research network to reduce stroke in Africa
• NIH-funded trial to assess benefits of clean cookstoves
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Laura Lewandowski studies lupus in South African children
• Global research funders launch World Report tool to aid funding analysis
• NIH gathers experts to discuss Zika and child development
• People in the news - December 2016
• Global health briefs - December 2016
• Building regional capacity for environmental and occupational health research in West Africa
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health newsletter, December 2016

November 2016

• First new HIV vaccine efficacy study in seven years has begun
  South Africa hosts historic NIH-supported clinical trial
  NIAID/NIH news, November 28, 2016
• Birth year predicts bird flu risk
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, November 22, 2016
• Related publication: First flu is forever, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Science, November 11, 2016
• Related publication: Potent protection against H5N1 and H7N9 influenza via childhood hemagglutinin imprinting
  Science, November 11, 2016
• Your flu risk may be linked to the year you were born, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  CNN, November 10, 2016
• New study finds clean cookstoves may improve women's heart health
  Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves news, November 21, 2016
• NIH-led effort examines use of big data for infectious disease surveillance
  Fogarty/NIH news, November 14, 2016
• Related publication: Big Data for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Modeling
  Supplement to the Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 1, 2016
• Georgetown Unviersity Medical Center selects global health champion [Fogarty Director] Roger I Glass as recipient of highest award
  Georgetown Unviersity Medical Center news, November 11, 2016
• The promise of a strong US-Cuba health partnership
  State Department DipNote blog post by HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, November 7, 2016
• Testing of investigational inactivated Zika vaccine in humans begins
  NIAID/NIH news, November 7, 2016
• Ebola virus glycoprotein with increased infectivity dominated the 2013–2016 epidemic (supported by NIH)
  Cell, November 3, 2016
• Timing and periodicity of influenza epidemics
  co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), November 3, 2016 (online)
• Fogarty awards $3.8M in exploratory grants for chronic disease and injury research
  Fogarty news, November 3, 2016
• Five viruses added to HHS report on carcinogens
  NIH news, November 3, 2016
• Grantee news: Mexico's soda tax could reduce diabetes, heart disease and health costs, new study [supported in part by Fogarty] finds
  University of California San Francisco news, November 1, 2016

October 2016

• Grantee news: Data indicate significant impact of NIH African bioethics training programs
  Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics news, Oct 31, 2016
• Related publication: Bioethics training programmes for Africa: evaluating professional and bioethics-related achievements of African trainees after a decade of Fogarty NIH investment
  BMJ Open, September 15, 2016
• Ebola-affected countries receive NIH support to strengthen research capacity
  Fogarty/NIH news, October 26, 2016
• Charles A Sanders Partnership Award recipients [Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Pfizer] announced
  Foundation for the National Institutes of Health news, October 19, 2016
• NIH contributes to global effort to prevent and manage lung diseases
  NIH-funded trial will measure health benefits of clean cookstoves
  Fogarty/NIH news, October 19, 2016
• NIH awards $30M to Emory, Johns Hopkins, Colorado State for household air pollution study
  Emory University news, October 18, 2016
• Emory, Johns Hopkins researchers get $30M to study household air pollution
  Atlanta Business Chronicle, October 26, 2016
• Hopkins to use $30 million grant to study impact of cooking methods on air pollution
  Baltimore Sun, November 7, 2016
• Women report vaginal ring for preventing HIV [as part of NIAID-supported trial] had little effect on sexual intercourse
  NIAID/NIH news, October 18, 2016
• National Academy of Medicine elects 79 new members, including former Fogarty grantees Dr. Patricia J. Garcia and Dr. Prabhat Jha
  National Academy of Medicine news, October 17, 2016
• US and EU sign implementing arrangement on Horizon 2020
  US Mission to the European Union news, October 17, 2016
• NIH project focuses on integration of HIV and NCD care
  The Lancet, October 15, 2016
• Study finds Ebola treatment ZMapp holds promise, although results not definitive
  NIAID/NIH news, October 13, 2016
• A path to global health security
  HHS Blog, October 12, 2016
• Event: Development is not destiny: Launching the 2015 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
  Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), October 7, 2016
• Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2015
  Special issue of The Lancet, October 8, 2016
• Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST) signs MoU [with NIH] to support Ugandan scientists, research
  New Vision - Uganda, October 5, 2016

September 2016

• US-India joint effort targets genes and traits to improve glaucoma screening, prevention and treatment
  National Eye Institute news, September 29, 2016
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases tackles the global burden of lung diseases
  Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, September 27, 2016
• African medical education program enters next phase
• Continuing to strengthen science capacity in Africa
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Fogarty awards $3M to support emerging research leaders in developing countries
• HHS makes progress on Zika, yellow fever vaccines
• Focus on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at 70:
  CDC celebrates 70 years of global health leadership
• Cuba is new site for NIH-funded research training program
• Fogarty program develops bioethics expertise in Uganda
• Q and A with Fabio Mesquita: Building global HIV research capacity
• Profile: Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow Dr Brie Falkard studies cholera in children in Bangladesh
• Fogarty posts mHealth training materials
• Child dehydration diagnostic tool validated
• NIH Director advises Fogarty Fellows and Scholars
• People in the news - September 2016
• Global health briefs - September 2016
• Planning grants for global noncommunicable disease research centers announced by National Cancer Institute
  NCI Center for Global Health news, September 21, 2016
• HHS takes steps to provide more information about clinical trials to the public
  NIH news, September 16, 2016
• Federal prize competition seeks innovative ideas to combat antimicrobial resistance
  NIH news, September 8, 2016
• HHS accelerates development of mRNA-based Zika vaccine
  HHS news, September 7, 2016

August 2016

• NIH collaboration helps advance potential Zika treatments
  NIH news, August 29, 2016
• Progress and challenges in scaling up laboratory monitoring of HIV treatment
  co-authored by Fogarty Deputy Director Dr. Peter Kilmarx
  PLOS Medicine, August 23, 2016
• Related publication: Availability and use of HIV monitoring and early infant diagnosis technologies in WHO member states in 2011–2013: Analysis of annual surveys at the facility level
  PLOS Medicine, August 23, 2016
• Addressing NCDs through research and capacity building in LMICs: lessons learned from tobacco control
  Global Health Action, August 19, 2016
• NIAID scientists explore connection between Ebola survival and co-infection with malaria parasites
  NIAID/NIH news, August 16, 2016
• Related publication: Plasmodium Parasitemia Associated with Increased Survival in Ebola Virus-Infected Patients
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, August 15, 2016 (online)
• NIH awards $3M to support emerging research leaders in developing countries
  Fogarty news, August 4, 2016
• NIH begins testing investigational Zika vaccine in humans
  NIAID/NIH, August 3, 2016

July 2016

• HHS forges unprecedented partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance
  HHS news, July 28, 2016
• NIH launches early-stage yellow fever vaccine trial
  NIAID/NIH news, July 27, 2016
• HIV therapy for breastfeeding mothers can virtually eliminate transmission to babies
  NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, July 18, 2016
• Fogarty awards $13M to train HIV researchers in LMICs
• Case Western Reserve Researcher Receives NIH grant for HIV Research in Uganda
  Drs. Henry Boom at CWRU and Moses Joloba at Makerere University will direct effort
  Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine news, July 21, 2016
• University at Albany, Downstate Medical combat AIDS epidemic in Republic of Georgia
  University at Albany news, June 6, 2016
• UB partners with University of Zimbabwe to launch $1.3 million HIV research program
  University at Buffalo news, May 19, 2016
• New York State International Training and Research Program (NYS-ITRP) receives $1.5M from NIH to conduct HIV research training in Kazakhstan
  SUNY Downstate Medical Center news, May 9, 2016
• New grants will help develop expertise in research ethics
• Dartmouth receives renewal grant for international research ethics training
  Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine news, June 22, 2016
• Focus: Using implementation science to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
• Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV Transmission
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, June 30, 2016 (online)
• Fogarty training will expand mHealth research capacity
• Partnerships are essential to Fogarty's success
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Q and A with Dr Peter Mason:
  Training researchers in Zimbabwe
• Profile: Fogarty Dental Fellow Lilliam Pinzón studies Mexican children with HIV
• Fogarty trains Pakistani scientists in biorisk management
• People in the news - July 2016
• Global health briefs - July 2016
• NIH expands investment in HIV cure research
  Six research teams to lead collaborative investigations worldwide
  NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2016
• International collaboration to create new cancer models to accelerate research
  NCI/NIH news, July 11, 2016
• NIH launches largest-ever study of breast cancer genetics in African-ancestry populations
  NCI/NIH news, July 6, 2016
• PREVAIL treatment trial for men with persistent Ebola viral RNA in semen opens in Liberia
  NIAID/NIH news, July 5, 2016
• NIH funds Zika virus study involving U.S. Olympic team:
  Researchers will monitor potential infections among group of U.S. athletes traveling to Brazil
  NICHD/NIH news, July 5, 2016

June 2016

• NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
  NIH/Fogarty news, June 30, 2016
• Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV Transmission
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, June 30, 2016 (online)
• Analysis of 1976 Ebola outbreak holds lessons relevant today
  Fogarty news, June 29, 2016
• Related publication: Discovery and description of Ebola Zaire Virus in 1976 and relevance to the West African epidemic during 2013-2016
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 29, 2016
• History credits [Dr Peter Piot] with discovering Ebola on his own. History is wrong
  STAT, July 14, 2014
• Zika vaccines protect mice from infection
  NIH-funded research suggests human vaccine is possible
  NIAID/NIH news, June 28, 2016
• Related publication: Vaccine protection against Zika virus from Brazil
  Nature, June 28, 2016
• Researchers discover the 2009 swine flu pandemic originated in Mexico
  Mount Sinai Hospital news, June 27, 2016
• Related publication: Origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in swine in Mexico, co-authored by Fogarty scientists
  eLife, June 28, 2016
• Grantee news: Study: One-third of hospitals in developing world lack running water
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, June 22, 2016
• NIH launches large [international] study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika virus
  NIAID/NIH news, June 21, 2016
• Single IRB policy to streamline reviews of multi-site research
  NIH news, June 21, 2016
• HHS engages in historic health collaboration with Cuba
  HHS news, June 13, 2016
• Building global capacity and training to support household air pollution research
  NIEHS Global Environmental Health newsletter, June 2016

May 2016

• Grantee news: Unmet surgical needs high for world’s 60 million refugees
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, May 26, 2016
• World leaders and advocates unite in Washington, DC for one mission: Make mental health a global priority
  NIMH/NIH news, May 20, 2016
• Universities consider sustainable future in global health
• Academic partnerships key to success, study says
• Bill Gates visits NIH for ongoing talks
• Fogarty's RAPIDD program has catalyzed the field of infectious disease modeling
• Focus on the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA):
• Advancing research on alcohol abuse and dependence
• Studying alcohol and HIV: a dangerous combination
• NIAAA advances fetal alcohol exposure research
• Urgent vs Important global health issues
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Q and A with Dr Alain Beaudet of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Andrew Gardner casts light on alcohol injuries in Ghana
• Japanese fellows contribute to NIH research for more than 20 years
• MenAfriVac vaccine slashes meningitis cases in Africa
• Cuban delegation makes historic visit to NIH
• People in the news - May 2016
• Global health briefs - May 2016
• Investigational malaria vaccine protects healthy U.S. adults for more than one year
  NIAID/NIH news, May 9, 2016

April 2016

• NIH creates Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations
  NIH / NHGRI news, April 29, 2016
• A Big 'Woo-Hoo' for Europe on World Malaria Day: No New Cases in 2015 featuring Fogarty Senior Scientist Emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  NPR Goats and Soda blog, April 25, 2016
• Establishing an African association for health professions education and research
  The National Academies Press, April 19, 2016

March 2016

• Cuban delegation visits NIH
  Fogarty news, March 30, 2016
• NIH-funded scientists develop mouse model for Zika:
  Journal article: Characterization of a Novel Murine Model to Study Zika Virus
  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 28, 2016 (online)
• NIAID's Fauci urges continued global vigilance on Zika, other diseases
  Fogarty news, March 23, 2016
• Experimental dengue vaccine [developed by NIH and FDA scientists] protects all recipients in virus challenge study
  NIH news, March 16, 2016
• Ebola, Zika modelers aim to inform policy decisions
• PAHO's Dr Marcos Espinal on global partnerships to fight Zika, Ebola and other diseases
• Commission considers how to improve global disease outbreak response
• Focus on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS):
  50 years of research and training to improve global health
• Scientists study aflatoxins, foodborne carcinogens
• School program in rural Bangladesh reduces arsenic exposure, study shows
• Researchers help prevent heat-related deaths in India
• Profile: Fogarty engineering fellow Dr Arti Kundu tests water purity in India
• We have much to learn from research in Haiti
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Poll says supporting global health is the right thing to do
• HHS revises global health strategy
• People in the news - March 2016
• Global health briefs - March 2016
• Grantee news: Building capacity in implementation science research training at the University of Nairobi
  Implementation Science, March 8, 2016
• HHS revises global health strategy
  Fogarty news, March 4, 2016
• Global partnerships for global health
  Blog post by HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, March 4, 2016

February 2016

• Ebola research news from NIAID:
• Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys: Antibody isolated from Ebola survivor can advance to clinical trials
  NIAID/NIH news, February 25, 2016
• Ebola survivor study yields insights on complications of disease: Other findings may have implications for potential sexual transmission of Ebola
  NIAID/NIH news, February 23, 2016
• Vaginal ring provides partial protection from HIV in large multinational trial
  NIAID/NIH news, February 22, 2016
• NIH seeks research applications to study Zika in pregnancy, developing fetus
  NICHD/NIAID media advisory, February 5, 2016
• Related resource: Zika virus information and resources from Fogarty
• FAPESP and NIH announce new [parallel funding] research opportunity to support research collaboration between investigators in the U.S. and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
  FAPESP news, February 2, 2016
• Related NIH funding opportunity: Parallel Funding Initiative for Collaborative Research Between Investigators in the USA and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil (NOT-TW-16-001) released Jan 12, 2016
• Related FAPESP funding opportunity: FAPESP and NIH Collaborative Research Opportunity - Call for Proposals released Feb 2, 2016

January 2016

• What dose of medication is best to prevent the evolution of drug resistance?
  Penn State news, January 28, 2016
• Related journal article: Does High-Dose Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Prevent the Evolution of Resistance?
  PLOS Computational Biology, January 28, 2016
• Zika virus: an emerging health threat
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, January 26, 2016
• Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
  Authors supported in part by Fogarty
  The Lancet, January 14, 2016 (online)
• Zika virus in the Americas - yet another arbovirus threat
  co-authored by NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
  New England Journal of Medicine, January 13, 2016
• PEPFAR’s Dr Deborah Birx urges sharper focus to halt HIV globally
• New Fogarty programs build capacity, spur research
• Focus on Global Burden of Disease study: Dr Chris Murray discusses findings and future of GBD at NIH
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases partners publish hypertension findings
• The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: a partnership blossoms
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Testing curbs malaria drug misuse in Kenya
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr John Stanifer studies kidney disease in Tanzania
• Value of Fogarty-supported research training
  Q and A with Dr Peter Cherutich
• South African cohort studies yield key health insights
• NIH unveils Strategic Plan for 2016-2020
• People in the news - January 2016
• Global health briefs - January 2016
• NIH experts offer lessons learned from the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak
  NIAID/NIH news, January 14, 2016
• Special issue on Ebola
  Clinical Trials, January 14, 2016 (online)
• Dengue vaccine [developed at NIH] enters phase 3 trial in Brazil
  NIAID/NIH news, January 14, 2016
  
  

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