Fogarty International Center newsletter articles and press releases - 2017

December 2017

• Zika remains a research and public health challenge, say NIAID scientists
  NIAID/NIH news, December 21, 2017
• Zika virus: A new threat emerges
  Supplement to The Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 15, 2017
• Grantee news: One-time hydrocephalus operation, alternative to shunting, brings good outcomes for babies
  Boston Children's Hospital Vector blog, December 21, 2017
• Proceedings from the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR)’s “Ethics of Research in Pregnancy” meeting
  Supplement to Reproductive Health, December 14, 2017
• Clean cooking and the SDGs: Integrated analytical approaches to guide energy interventions for health and environment goals co-authored by Fogarty scientists
  Energy for Sustainable Development via ScienceDirect, December 8, 2017 (online)
• Top global health research stories of 2017
  Fogarty news, December 7, 2017
• Grantee news: Brazil's babies [Fogarty grantee Dr Albert Ko redirects leptospirosis research to study Zika]
  Yale School of Public Health news, December 6, 2017
• Gene-based Zika vaccine is safe and immunogenic in healthy adults
  NIAID/NIH news, December 4, 2017
• Trials show inactivated Zika virus vaccine is safe and immunogenic, results support further clinical development
  NIAID/NIH news, December 4, 2017
• NIH Statement on World AIDS Day 2017
  NIAID/NIH news, December 1, 2017

November 2017

• NIH and partners launch HIV vaccine efficacy study, Public-private partnership begins clinical trial in sub-Saharan Africa
  NIAID/NIH news, November 30, 2017
• NIH launches HIV prevention trial of long-acting injectable medication in sexually active women
  NIAID/NIH news, November 30, 2017
• Combination HIV prevention reduces new infections by 42 percent in Ugandan district: NIH-supported study provides evidence for implementing approach broadly
  NIAID/NIH news, November 29, 2017
• Scientists gather to celebrate Fogarty’s Global Infectious Disease research training program
• Some Fogarty applicants tripped up by NIH appendix policy
• NIH urges grantees to publish only in credible journals
• Focus: Fogarty is building research capacity to fight noncommunicable diseases
• Customizing stroke prevention research in Pakistani population
• Energizing psychiatric research in Egypt, India
• Training Africans to fight NCDs in Africa
• Examining diet's role in NCDs in Nigeria
• Studying food industry’s impact on obesity in Latin America
• Grateful for progress toward a disease-free world
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Mohammad Aminul Islam battles antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh
• Q and A with Dr John Nkengasong, director of Africa CDC and former Fogarty trainee
• Global Health Technology Coalition unveils fact sheets
• People in the news - November 2017
• Global health briefs - November 2017
• Emerging global health leaders receive $5M in research support
  Fogarty news, November 16, 2017
• Grantee news: Fogarty grantee Dr Najeeha Iqbal is stopping malnutrition in its tracks
  Aga Khan University news, November 27, 2017
• Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, NIH study suggests
  NICHD/NIH news, November 16, 2017
• Early-career scientists receive $3.3M to help establish independent research careers
  Fogarty news, November 15, 2017
• What recent history has taught us about responding to emerging infectious disease threats, co-authored by NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
  Annals of Internal Medicine, November 14, 2017
• The critical role of biomedical research in pandemic preparedness, co-authored by NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
  JAMA Viewpoint, November 14, 2017
• Imagine a disease-free world
  Blog post by Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass for Public Health Thank You Day
  Research!America news, November 13, 2017
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) selects Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass to receive 2018 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award
  NFID news, November 9, 2017
• Cellphone-based microscope leads to possible strategy for treating river blindness
  NIAID/NIH news, November 8, 2017
• Lower-income countries that face the most rapid shift in noncommunicable disease burden are also the least prepared
  Health Affairs, November 6, 2017
• NSF, NIH and USDA make new awards to combat infectious diseases
  National Science Foundation news, November 3, 2017
• Grantee news: Teen childbirth linked to increased risk for heart disease
  American Heart Association news, November 1, 2017

October 2017

• NIH study identifies new targets for anti-malaria drugs
  NICHD/NIH news, October 26, 2017

• High doses of vitamin D3 may decrease bone loss associated with anti-HIV drug
  NICHD/NIH news, October 20, 2017
• Medical education in decentralized settings: how [MEPI] medical students contribute to health care in 10 sub-Saharan African countries
  Academic Medicine, October 17, 2017
• Grantees assess long-term benefits of Fogarty training during session at global AIDS meeting
• Q and A with former Fogarty trainee, Dr Linda-Gail Bekker, President of the International AIDS Society
• NIH-supported HIV research spawns new hope
• US Senate proposes $2M funding increase for Fogarty
• Fogarty funds additional grants to support research training in Ebola-affected countries
• How can we conduct research in humanitarian crises?
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Dorothy Dow studies suicide prevention in teens with HIV in Tanzania
• Focus: Preventing childhood obesity in Latin America
• Tech designed for Africa helps US fight disease, save money
• Funding partners relaunch World Report
• Four new members join Fogarty advisory board
• Fogarty grantee icddr,b receives Hilton Humanitarian Prize
• People in the news - October 2017
• Global health briefs - October 2017
• Experimental Ebola vaccines elicit year-long immune response
  NIAID/NIH news, October 11, 2017
• Findings from MAL-ED: The significant role of malnutrition, intestinal infection and disease on child development
  Q and A with Michael Gottlieb, Ph.D., FNIH deputy director of science
  Foundation for NIH news, October 11, 2017
• Global health: what’s in it for us? by former Fogarty Fellow Dr. Satish Gopal
  JAMA, October 10, 2017
• Multiple research approaches are key to pandemic preparedness, NIAID officials say
  NIAID/NIH news, October 5, 2017
• Grantee news: UTHealth researchers receive $2.6 million to study gene-environment interactions in cocaine addiction
  Univerity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston news, October 2, 2017
• Global Environmental Health Day emphasizes community involvement
  NIEHS/NIH news, October 2017
• Geospatial analysis of household spread of Ebola virus in a quarantined village - Sierra Leone, 2014
  Epidemiology and Infection, October 2017

September 2017

• HIV research training grantees receive supplements to focus on behavioral, social sciences
  Fogarty news, September 28, 2017
• Disease resistance successfully spread from modified to wild mosquitoes
  NIAID/NIH news, September 28, 2017
• Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass to receive 2018 Advocacy Award from Research!America
  Research!America news, September 26, 2017
• Fogarty awards $5M for bioinformatics research training in Africa
  Fogarty news, September 25, 2017
• Fogarty awards $10.7M to build tobacco control and prevention research capacity in developing countries
  Fogarty news, September 20, 2017
• Grantee news: NIH supports Emory tobacco control models in Eastern Europe
  Emory news, September 27, 2017
• Grantee news: Loma Linda University researchers awarded $1.4 million NIH grant to study tobacco control in Asia
  Loma Linda University Health news, September 19, 2017
• Three-in-one antibody protects monkeys from HIV-like virus
  NIAID/NIH news, September 20, 2017
• $11.5M awarded from Fogarty to train HIV researchers
  Fogarty news, updated September 18, 2017
• 100 years after the lethal 1918 flu pandemic, we are still vulnerable
  Scientific American, September 15, 2017
• Medical Education Partnership Initiative gives birth to AFREhealth
  The Lancet Global Health, September 15, 2017 (online)
• In Haiti, a building fights cholera, featuring Fogarty grantee Dr. Bill Pape of GHESKIO and Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass
  New York Times, September 12, 2017
• Congress rejects president's FY 2018 proposals to cut health research funds
  New York Times, September 11, 2017
• Grantee news: Purdue researchers receive grant to improve mobile testing for anemia
  Purdue University news, September 8, 2017
• Editorials from the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, September 2017:
• The Fogarty International Center is essential to global health security
  by the Honorable John Edward Porter
• Let's eliminate diseases, not Institutes: the case for the Fogarty International Center
  by Dr. Philip J. Rosenthal, Karen A. Goraleski, Dr. N. Regina Rabinovich and Dr. Patricia F. Walker
• Congressman John E. Fogarty: a champion for global health
  by Mary Fogarty McAndrew
• Advocating for the Fogarty International Center: an unsung hero for global health research and development
  by Jamie Bay Nishi of the Global Health Technologies Coalition
• Global Brain Disorders grantee news from The Lancet Global Health, September 2017:
• Comment: Cassava, konzo, and neurotoxicity
• Article: Cognitive and motor performance in Congolese children with konzo during 4 years of follow-up: a longitudinal analysis
• Related Fogarty newsletter article: Cassava root causes cognitive damage in Congolese villages
  Jan/Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
• CWRU and University Hospitals Physician-Researcher Martha Sajatovic receives international brain health grant
  Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine news, September 6, 2017
• Drug combination reduces risk of HIV infection among teen males
  NICHD/NIH news, September 5, 2017
• Zika virus selectively infects and kills glioblastoma cells in mice
  NIAID/NIH news, September 5, 2017
• GloCal fellows: Getting into the trenches for global health research
  University of California Global Health Institute news, September 1, 2017

August 2017

• NIAID scientists illuminate mechanism of increased cardiovascular risks with HIV
  NIAID/NIH news, August 30, 2017
• Probiotic prevents infant infections in rural India
  NIH Research Matters, August 29, 2017
• Grantee news: Untangled web: Mapping environmental, economic and health factors may point the way to sustainable development
  Harvard Medical School news, August 7, 2017
• WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus consults with NIH during US tour
• US House of Representatives proposal preserves Fogarty, boosts NIH by $1B
• NIH CTSA Program may benefit from global health research collaborations
• Focus on the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) program
• Fogarty investment in early-career scientists pays off
• IRSDA alumna Dr Marcy Balunas explores marine life to find new cancer drugs
• Fogarty support launches career in infectious diseases for Dr Jeffrey Bethony
• Cardiologist Dr Thomas Gaziano examines cost-effective strategies
• How can we encourage female leaders in global health?
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• US university consortia receive $26M to train early-career global health researchers
• Q and A with Dr Peter Singer of Grand Challenges Canada
• First fellow graduates from NIH-Rwanda program
• NIMH's Dr Pamela Collins leaves NIH to head global mental health at University of Washington
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Lily Gutnik boosts breast cancer screening in Malawi
• CDC exhibit explores Ebola outbreak, aftermath
• People in the news - August 2017
• Global health briefs - August 2017
• Pioneering HIV researchers tell how public health leadership started with Fogarty fellowships from the International AIDS Society (IAS) 2017 conference
  Science Speaks, August 1, 2017
• Cuts to NIH program could disrupt infectious disease research at Mass General and around the world
  Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute news, August 2017

July 2017

• Closing the NIH Fogarty Center threatens US and global health
  The Lancet, July 29, 2017
• Ending AIDS through research training and capacity building in low- and middle-income countries: lessons learned and future directions [Video]
  Fogarty@50 session at the International AIDS Symposium (IAS), July 25, 2017
• Experimental HIV vaccine regimen is well-tolerated, elicits immune responses
  NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2017
• Drug interaction concerns may negatively affect HIV treatment adherence among transgender women
  NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2017
• Child living with HIV maintains remission without drugs since 2008
  NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2017
• US university consortia receive $26M to train early-career global health researchers
  Fogarty news, July 17, 2017
• NIH renews funding for Fogarty training consortium, led by UW
  Unviersity of Washington Department of Global Health news, August 07, 2017
• NIH renews UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellows Program
  UNC Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, July 2017
• Fogarty program bolsters research network for students
  Tulane University news, July 25, 2017
• Experimental Zika virus vaccines restrict in utero virus transmission in mice
  NIAID/NIH media advisory, July 13, 2017
• NIH-funded team uses smartphone data in global study of physical activity
  NIBIB/NIH news, July 10, 2017
• Related publication: Large-scale physical activity data reveal worldwide activity inequality
  Nature, July 10, 2017 (online)
• NIH launches prospective study of Zika and HIV co-infection during pregnancy
  NICHD/NIH news, July 10, 2017
• Malaria drug protects fetal mice from Zika virus, NIH-funded study finds
  NICHD/NIH news, July 10, 2017
• Related publication: Inhibition of autophagy limits vertical transmission of Zika virus in pregnant mice
  The Journal of Experimental Medicine, July 10, 2017
• Preserving the Fogarty International Center - benefits for Americans and the world, co-authored by former Fogarty Scholar and Fogarty Fellow, and current Fogarty grantee
  New England Journal of Medicine Perspective, July 6, 2017
• Interview with Dr. Paul Drain on proposed NIH budget cuts, including elimination of Fogarty [podcast]

June 2017

• Congressional appropriators consider Fogarty's impact
• Fogarty cheered by supporters at CUGH annual meeting
• FOCUS: how Americans benefit from global health research
• Zika vaccine trial site in Peru led by Fogarty trainee
• Fogarty-supported Chagas, dengue researchers redirect efforts to tackle Zika virus
• HIV research by Fogarty trainees brings changes to US treatment protocols
• Fogarty trainees study Colombian family for clues to prevent Alzheimer's
• Related news: Can Alzheimer's be prevented? An extended family in Colombia with a genetic mutation causing Alzheimer's may help scientists prevent the disease someday
  60 Minutes, July 9, 2017
• Fogarty protects US by strengthening pandemic response in West Africa
• Opinion: Empowering developing countries to direct their own research
  by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Co-founder of Fogarty’s RAPIDD modeling program Dr Ellis McKenzie is remembered
• Q and A with Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, former Fogarty trainee and Ugandan Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
• People in the news - June 2017
• Global health briefs - June 2017
• The impact of Fogarty training has been extraordinary
  Science Speaks, June 22, 2017
• Study to examine effects of Zika infection in Guatemalan infants and children
  NIAID/NIH news, June 19, 2017
• Exhibit: Ebola: People + Public Health + Political Will
  at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, opened June 19, 2017
• US stands to lose as much as Africa if Fogarty closes
  University World News, June 16, 2017
• Grantee news: Plant compound more powerful than AZT against HIV, supported in part by the NIH and NSF International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)
  University of Illinois, Chicago news, June 14, 2017
• Grantee news: New York State International Training and Research Program receives $1.5M to conduct HIV research training program in Ukraine
  SUNY Downstate Medical Center news, June 13, 2017
• Grantee news: YSPH grant to train health professionals in China in bioethics renewed
  Yale School of Public Health news, June 13, 2017
• NIH cuts proposed in president’s budget would extend far beyond US by Fogarty grantee Dr. Andrew Dykens
  Kansas City Star, June 11, 2017
• Fund global health: Save lives and money co-authored by Fogarty grantees
  Science, June 9, 2018
• Fogarty International Center, a linchpin of global health research
  JAMA, June 6, 2017
• The Fogarty International Center, a national treasure for global health
  JAMA Forum, April 27, 2017
• NIAID-sponsored trial of experimental chikungunya vaccine begins
  NIAID/NIH news, June 5, 2017
• Details of Lassa virus structure could inform development of vaccines, therapies
  NIAID/NIH news, June 2, 2017
• Global health experts call on Trump to protect the Fogarty Center from elimination
  Devex news, June 1, 2017

May 2017

• Preserving the Fogarty International Center - benefits for Americans and the world
  co-authored by former Fogarty Scholar and Fogarty Fellow, and current Fogarty grantee
  New England Journal of Medicine Perspective, May 24, 2017 (online)
• Zika virus spread undetected for many months, NIH-supported study finds
  NIAID/NIH news, May 24, 2017
• Related publications co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Andrew Rambaut
  Nature, May 24, 2017:
• Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas
• Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States
• Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas
• Statement of the ASM on the administration's FY 2018 budget to Congress
  American Society for Microbiology (ASM) statement, May 23, 2017
• Key Republican wants to honor legacy of late Representative John Edward Fogarty
  Bloomberg news, May 19, 2017
• Fogarty-supported Chagas, dengue research teams help tackle Zika outbreak
  Fogarty news, May 16, 2017
• HIV treatment approach in US result of global research conducted by Fogarty trainees
  Fogarty news, May 26, 2017
• NIH malaria research benefits from Fogarty training programs
  Fogarty news, May 16, 2017
• Americans lose when funds for global health research are cut
  Opinion by Dr. Jennifer Slyker of the University of Washington
  The Seattle Times, May 14, 2017
• Fogarty trainee heads Zika vaccine trial site in Peru
  Fogarty news, May 9, 2017
• Fogarty trainees study Colombian family for clues to prevent Alzheimer's
  Fogarty news, May 1, 2017

April 2017

• Zika virus persists in the central nervous system and lymph nodes of Rhesus monkeys
  NIAID/NIH news, April 28, 2017
• NIH funds seven International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research that work in 14 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America
  NIAID/NIH news, April 21, 2017
• Why President Trump should use foreign aid for health [including NIH research] to make America great, co-authored by Dr. Sten Vermund, Fogarty grantee and Fogarty Advisory Board member emeritus
  Health Affairs blog, April 17, 2017
• Academia takes on global health
  Research and Evaluation (R&E) Search for Evidence blog, April 12, 2017
• Cutting collaborations will not put 'America first'
  Nature, April 11, 2017
• CUGH 2017: The lessons of global health come home in Fogarty fellow stories, questions, plans
  Science Speaks, April 10, 2017
• Value of the Fogarty Fellowship: When it comes to taking care of patients, Tanzania and North Carolina have a lot in common
  Duke Global Health Institute news, April 10, 2017
• Fogarty's essential role in implementation by Dr. Arthur Ammann
  PLOS Blogs, April 6, 2017
• Fogarty protects Americans by building pandemic response capacity in Ebola-hit West Africa
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Gilberte Bastien tackles Ebola's unseen mental scars in Liberia
• NIH leaders, grantees to present at Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2017 meeting
• Viewpoint: Dr Ruth Nduati, University of Nairobi
• Viewpoint: Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, Uganda Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
• International scientific teams find potential approach against parasites
  NCATS/NIH news, April 3, 2017
• We must protect the Fogarty International Center - it is a truly exceptional global health resource
  Nature Microbiology, April 1, 2017

March 2017

• Phase 2 Zika vaccine trial begins in U.S., Central and South America
  NIAID/NIH news, March 31, 2017
• Scientific drought, golden eggs, and global leadership - Why Trump's NIH funding cuts would be a disaster
  New England Journal of Medicine, March 29, 2017 (online)
• This NIH program is crucial to global health. And its future is in danger
  by Dr. Arthur L. Reingold, Fogarty grantee, and Dr. Madhukar Pai, Fogarty trainee
  Stat, March 29, 2017
• Global health leadership role at risk in Trump budget
  by Fogarty Advisory Board members Drs. Michele Barry and Derek Yach
  USA Today, March 28, 2017
• Trump proposes shuttering NIH program that promotes medical research overseas
  Stat, March 16, 2017
• Trump plan eliminates a global sentinel against disease, experts warn
  New York Times, March 16, 2017
• Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiative fosters collaboration
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, March 23, 2017
• Rwandan physician will bring home lessons learned at NIH
  NIH Catalyst, March-April 2017

February 2017

• Open Science Prize announces epidemic tracking tool as grand prize winner
  NLM/NIH news, February 28, 2017
• Grantee news: [Johns Hopkins] health systems program receives NIH grant for mHealth project in Uganda
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, February 27, 2017
• NIH begins study of vaccine to protect against mosquito-borne diseases
  NIAID/NIH news, February 21, 2017
• Experimental PfSPZ malaria vaccine provides durable protection against multiple strains in NIH clinical trial
  NIAID/NIH news, February 21, 2017
• Related publication: PfSPZ vaccine induces strain-transcending T cells and durable protection against heterologous controlled human malaria infection
  PNAS, February 21, 2017 (online)
• Investigational PfSPZ malaria vaccine demonstrates considerable protection in Malian adults for duration of malaria season
  NIAID/NIH news, February 16, 2017
• Related publication: Safety and efficacy of PfSPZ Vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum via direct venous inoculation in healthy malaria-exposed adults in Mali: a randomised, double-blind phase 1 trial
  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, February 15, 2017 (online)
• International study suggests Nodding syndrome caused by response to parasitic protein
  NINDS/NIH news, February 15, 2017
• Related publication: Nodding syndrome may be an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus
  Science Translational Medicine, February 15, 2017
• Rare disease mystery: Nodding syndrome may be linked to parasitic worm
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, February 28, 2017
• Disease ‘superspreaders’ accounted for nearly two-thirds of Ebola cases, study finds
  Washington Post, February 13, 2017
• Related publication: Spatial and temporal dynamics of superspreading events in the 2014–2015 West Africa Ebola epidemic, co-authored by Fogarty Scientist
  PNAS, February 13, 2017 (online)
• The vital case for global health investments by the United States government
  by Dr. Sten H. Vermund, current Fogarty grantee and emeritus member of the Fogarty Advisory Board
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, February 2, 2017

January 2017

• New awards provide mentored career development for promising global health researchers
  Fogarty news, January 31, 2017
• Humanitarian Paul Farmer discusses global health equity
• Focus: Big data for infectious disease surveillance, modeling
• Looking forward to 2017 with optimism
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Q and A with former Fogarty trainee Dr Soumya Swaminathan of the Indian Council of Medical Research
• Profile: Fogarty Global Health Fellow Dr Emmanuel Balandya studies sickle cell immunity
• Analysis shows return on investment for global health R&D
• People in the news - January 2017
• Global health briefs - January 2017
• Final rule enhances protections for research participants, modernizes oversight system
  HHS news, January 18, 2017
• Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
  Federal Register, January 19, 2017
• Africa's future depends on its scientists. Time to stop the brain drain
  World Economic Forum news, January 18, 2017
• Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives
  WHO news release, January 10, 2017
• Report: The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control (Monograph 21)
  from the WHO and the National Cancer Institute at NIH, released January 10, 2017
• The global economic burden of tobacco: An interview with Dr. Mark Parascandola
  Cancer Currents blog, January 18, 2017
• Updates from the Center for Global Health Studies
  Fogarty news, January 5, 2017
• Implementation science to accelerate clean cooking for public health
  Environmental Health Perspectives, January 2017
  
  

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