Fogarty International Center newsletter articles and press releases - 2018

December 2018

• Grantee news: University of Arizona teams building better endoscopes to detect gynecological cancers
  Arizona Daily Star, December 14, 2018
• Control HIV by treating schistosomiasis, new study [supported in part by Fogarty/NIH] suggests
  PLOS news via EurekAlert, December 13, 2018
• Related publication: Schistosomiasis is associated with incident HIV transmission and death in Zambia
  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, December 13, 2018
• New journal: Scientific African, an open access, pan-African scientific journal
• Top global health research stories of 2018 from Fogarty and NIH
  Fogarty news, December 11, 2018
• Four small cities may have played an outsize role in spreading deadly flu
  Science, December 4, 2018
• Related publication: Geographic transmission hubs of the 2009 influenza pandemic in the United States [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Epidemics, October 10, 2018
• NIH researcher presents encouraging results for gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease
  NHLBI/NIH news, December 4, 2018
• NIEHS doctoral Fellow Dr Adaeze Wosu explores air pollution impacts in Uganda
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health Newsletter, December 2018

November 2018

• NIH statement on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2018
  NIAID/NIH news, November 30, 2018
• Meeting the challenge of engaging men in HIV prevention and treatment
  NIAID/NIH news, November 29, 2018
• Clinical trial of investigational Ebola treatments begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  NIAID/NIH news, November 27, 2018
• NIH, Fogarty receive funding increase for Fiscal Year 2019
• Fogarty awards $4.4 million to advance mobile health
• New data for 2017 from NIH and other partners now available in World Report
• Disease modelers mark Fogarty’s 50th anniversary
• Related publication: Fogarty International Center collaborative networks in infectious disease modeling: Lessons learnt in research and capacity building
  Epidemics via PubMed, October 23, 2018 (online)
• Focus on suicide: NIH-supported research targets global suicide burden
  • Research boosts mental health task-shifting, innovative approaches
  • Frugal innovation fights India’s high suicide burden
  • Global studies help bring down China’s suicide rate
• NIH weighs new opportunities in global health research
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa: Q and A with Dr Glenda Gray
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Cameron Gaskill studies HIV referral patterns in Ghana
• US First Lady Melania Trump supports USAID programs in Africa
• People in the news - November 2018
• Global health briefs - November 2018
• Grantee news: Three joint winners of million dollar 2018 Al Sumait Prize for Health announced
  Fogarty collaborator Rakai Health Sciences Program among recipients
  Africanews, November 21, 2018
• Making the case for health research in humanitarian crises: a call for case examples by Fogarty scientists
  Evidence Aid blog, November 20, 2018
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) announces the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2017
  Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation news, November 8, 2018
• The Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
  The Lancet, November 10, 2018
• Grantee news: Big boost for infectious diseases research
  University of the West Indies, State University of New York at Buffalo awarded US$1 million to train 15 young scientists
  Jamaica Observer, November 7, 2018
• Grantee news: [GSU professor] receives diversity research supplement [to Fogarty tobacco grant] to study smoking cessation in China, Vietnam
  Georgia State University news, November 6, 2018
• Video: Could the 1918 influenza pandemic happen again?
  NIAID Now blog, November 1, 2018

October 2018

• Final HIV prevention research highlights from HIV R4P 2018
  NIAID Now blog, October 25, 2018
• Using World Report to measure how much HPV-related research is being funded throughout the world
  NCI Center for Global Health CGH Spotlight blog, October 19, 2018
• Genomic analysis [supported in part by NIAID, NHGRI and NIH Common Fund's H3Africa] offers insight into 2018 Nigeria Lassa fever outbreak
  NIAID/NIH news, October 18, 2018
• Grantee news: New center to jumpstart point-of-care technologies for HIV treatment in Africa with support from NIH Office of AIDS Research, NIBIB and Fogarty
  Northwestern University news, October 17, 2018
• The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: Strengthening Human Resources to End AIDS and Improve Health in Africa, co-authored by Fogarty leadership
  Academic Medicine courtesy of PubMed, October 16, 2018
• Scientists develop novel vaccine for Lassa fever and rabies
  NIAID/NIH news, October 11, 2018
• Grantee news: New grant to build research capacity in infectious diseases
  Aga Khan University news, October 8, 2018
• Cities’ population, transportation patterns affect how flu epidemics play out
  Oregon State University news, October 3, 2018
• Related publications:
  Urbanization and humidity shape the intensity of influenza epidemics in U.S. cities, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Science, October 5, 2018
  Perspective: Metropolitan versus small-town influenza
  Science, October 5, 2018
• Related news: City structure and flu epidemics, featuring research by Fogarty collaborator Dr Ben Dalziel
  The Corvallis Advocate, March 9, 2019
• Fogarty website improves security, users must update older web browsers
  Fogarty news, October 1, 2018

September 2018

• Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) cycle 7 grant recipients, including grants supported by NIH
  U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, September 2018
• Africa’s health, research workforce gets $26M boost
• Prof. Sewankambo, Prof. Kiguli win 5-year Fogarty International Center awards
  Makerere University College of Health Sciences news, October 17, 2018
• MUHAS receives Fogarty grant for transforming health professions education in Tanzania
  Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) news, October 2, 2018
• AAU receives over $3.5 million USD for Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI) through the US government fund
  Addis Ababa University news, September 26, 2018
• NIH trying to change science culture, boost women’s role
• Fogarty-supported research revolutionizes hydrocephalus care
• Focus on Alzheimer's disease and dementia:
• Tackling the growing, global burden of dementia
• Study in India sets stage for US tests of screening tool for cognitive impairment
• Fogarty grantees receive supplemental funding for training in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
• As dementia rises in Africa, urgent need for research
• Encouraging research innovations that improve health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Leading the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cambodia
  Q and A with Dr Vonthanak Saphonn
• First Fogarty ophthalmology Fellow Dr Fran Wu studies rare pediatric cancer in Ethiopia
• Fogarty trainees in Dhaka collaborate on diarrheal diseases
• People in the news - September 2018
• Global health briefs - September 2018
• Combination HIV antibody infusions safely maintain viral suppression in select individuals
  NIAID/NIH news, September 26, 2018
• NIH releases strategic plan to address tuberculosis research
  NIAID/NIH news, September 26, 2018
• AAU receives over $3.5M for Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI) through the US government fund
  Addis Ababa University news, September 26, 2018
• SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute launched at the 2018 Scientific Congress
  Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Medical School news, September 21, 2018
• NIH launches study to test combination antibody treatment for HIV infection
  NIAID/NIH news, September 20, 2018
• NIH funds study to prevent, treat HIV among adolescents in poor countries
  Study seeks to identify high-risk youth and get them into medical care
  NICHD/NIH news, September 19, 2018
• Changing the culture of science to end sexual harassment
  Statement by NIH Director Dr Francis S. Collins
  NIH news, September 17, 2018
• Gene variations linked to severity of Zika-related birth defects, small NIH study suggests
  NICHD/NIH news, September 17, 2018
• Grantee news: Physical activity associated with cognitive benefits in women living with HIV
  Infectious Disease Advisor, September 17, 2018
• NIH launches initiative to accelerate genetic therapies to cure sickle cell disease
  NHLBI/NIH news, September 13, 2018
• Early stage clinical trial of antimalarial drug begins
  NIAID/NIH news, September 10, 2018

August 2018

• HIV/AIDS research yields dividends across medical fields
  NIAID/NIH news, August 28, 2018
• Related publciation: The extended impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS research [Free access]
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 28, 2018
• Rapid development in Central Africa increases the risk of infectious disease outbreaks
  Scientists call for proactive investments in health care infrastructure
  NIAID/NIH new release, August 23, 2018
• Related publication: Perspective: Outbreaks in a rapidly changing Central Africa - lessons from Ebola
  New England Journal of Medicine, August 22, 2018
• Grantee news: New NIH grant to focus on electronic cigarette use and policies in Latin America
  University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health news, August 23, 2018
• Grantee news: Científico del Instituto Leloir recibe subsidio internacional para estudiar la plasticidad y el envejecimiento cerebral
  Fundación Instituto Leloir news, August 22, 2018
• Viewpoint: Oral rehydration therapy for diarrheal diseases: a 50-year perspective co-authored by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  JAMA, August 17, 2018
• Fogarty launches program to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma, lower disease transmission
• $17M is awarded to support HIV, disease ecology, mHealth projects
• Focus on cancer:
• NIH supports cancer research to reduce disease burden
• Research, technology fight cancer in LMIC women
• Vietnam project studies text messages to curb smoking
• Global studies show single dose of HPV vaccine provides protection
• Fogarty and NIH have catalyzed cancer research in Malawi
• Training cancer researchers in Malawi:
  Q and A with Dr Tamiwe Tomoka
• Study explores how to repurpose HIV platform to combat NCDs
• Implementing clean cookstoves is ongoing challenge
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Profile: First Fogarty dermatology Fellow Dr Aileen Chang studies Kaposi’s sarcoma in Uganda
• Fogarty Fellows and Scholars welcomed by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins
• Fogarty awards new Clayton-Dedonder mentorship grants to support HIV/AIDS research and training
• People in the news - August 2018
• Global health briefs - August 2018
• NIH study shows how MERS coronavirus evolves to infect different species
  NIAID/NIH news, August 14, 2018
• Experts highlight Ebola vaccine progress and suggest next steps
  NIAID/NIH news, August 13, 2018
• Related publication: Prevention of Ebola virus disease through vaccination: where we are in 2018
  The Lancet, August 10, 2018
• New study finds fake, low-quality medicines prevalent in the developing world
  UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health news, August 12, 2018
• NIH researchers discover highly infectious vehicle for transmission of viruses among humans
  NIAID/NIH news, August 8, 2018
• Obesity extends duration of influenza A virus shedding, research supported by NIAID and Fogarty
  NIAID news, August 2, 2018
• Influenza: Adults who are obese may be contagious longer [Video]
  University of Michigan news, August 3, 2018

July 2018

• Strengthening health research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa: mapping the 2012–2017 landscape of externally funded international postgraduate training at institutions in the region [using World Report]
  Globalization and Health, July 31, 2018
• Are we doing enough for malaria research? - using World Report to investigate
  Malaria.com blog, July 31, 2018
• Q&A: HIV and the gut microbiome
  NIAID Now blog, July 30, 2018
• Eliminating poor quality medicines: ‘Caveat emptor, Caveat venditor’ (buyer beware, seller beware) by Dr Joel Breman, Fogarty senior scientific adviser emeritus
  International Health, July 28, 2018
• Scaling up clean fuel cooking programs [Open access] edited by Fogarty scientists
  Energy for Sustainable Development special issue, July 25, 2018 (online)
• Multi-disease health fairs, universal “test and treat” help East African communities achieve HIV benchmarks
  NIAID/NIH news, July 25, 2018
• Fauci at International AIDS Conference: HIV remission free of antiretroviral therapy is a feasible goal
  NIAID/NIH news, July 25, 2018
• Grantee news: Estimated prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders is nearly 1 in 8 among children in India
  PLOS Medicine news, July 24, 2018
• Second NIH Rwandan Fellow Dr J Damascene Kabakambira works to prevent diabetes in Africa
  NIMHD/NIH news, July 24, 2018
• Genetic diversity of noroviruses circulating in a pediatric cohort in Bangladesh, co-authored by Fogarty scientists
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 23, 2018
• Fogarty awards new Clayton-Dedonder mentorship grants to support HIV/AIDS research and training
  Fogarty news, July 19, 2018
• Yale joins the ‘surge’ to prepare African scientists to lead HIV treatment and prevention
  Yale news, July 18, 2018
• Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals
  International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission, July 19, 2018
• Cancer scientists have ignored African DNA in the search for cures, featuring the NIH-supported Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) program
  Newsweek, July 18, 2018
• Broadly acting antibodies found in plasma of Ebola survivors
  NIAID/NIH news, July 17, 2018
• Grantee news: Deaths from cardiovascular disease rising in India, [Fogarty-supported] study finds
  St. Michael's Hospital news, July 16, 2018
• Making implementation science work for children and adolescents living with HIV co-authored by Fogarty staff
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, July 12, 2018 (online)
• NIAID scientists create 3D structure of 1918 influenza virus-like particles
  NIAID/NIH news, July 11, 2018
• NIH researchers identify sequence leading to release of malaria parasites from red blood cells
  NICHD/NIH news, July 11, 2018
• Building bioethics capacity: the Johns Hopkins Fogarty African Bioethics Consortium
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health blog, July 6, 2018
• Pregnancy loss occurs in 26 percent of Zika-infected monkeys
  NIAID/NIH news, July 2, 2018
• Research to guide practice: enhancing HIV/AIDS platform to address non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa [Open access], generated by a project led by Fogarty’s Center for Global Health Studies
  Supplement to AIDS, July 1, 2018

June 2018

• Grantee news: Georgia CTSA-supported research confirms cost-effectiveness of WHO-recommended algorithms for tuberculosis screening in Ethiopia
  Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance news, June 27, 2018
• NIAID responds to Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  NIAID Now blog, June 25, 2018
• Focus on Fogarty at 50:
  • Fogarty marks 50 years of global health partnerships, considers future directions
  • Considering the new frontiers of global health research
    Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  • Viewpoints of Fogarty at 50
• The power of multigenerational mentorship at Makerere University in Uganda: Q and A with Dr Mark Kaddumukasa
• Profile: Dr Vivek Naranbhai enters global network via Fogarty fellowship program
• Fogarty’s Glass receives Carter humanitarian award
• People in the news - June 2018
• Global health briefs - June 2018
• Ethical guidelines for genomic research in Africa from the H3Africa consortium
  JAMA, June 19, 2018
• Grantee news: Geisel receives Fogarty grant to fund research collaboration in East Africa
  Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine news, June 13, 2018
• Delay in HIV treatment associated with brain atrophy:
  Findings indicate the importance of early diagnosis and treatment
  NIMH/NIH news, June 13, 2018
• Rapid growth of biomedical research in Peru [Open access]
  The Lancet Global Health, June 12, 2018 (online)
• HIV infection in patients with sexually transmitted infections in Zimbabwe - Results from the Zimbabwe STI etiology study [Open access] co-authored by Fogarty Deputy Director Dr Peter H Kilmarx
  PLOS ONE, June 11, 2018
• Emergence and evolution of novel reassortant influenza A viruses in canines in southern China, led by Fogarty scientists Drs. Nidia Trovao and Martha Nelson
  mBio, June 5, 2018
• Related news: Dogs carry a surprising variety of flu viruses
  Science News, June 5, 2018
• Related news: Dogs can be a potential risk for future influenza pandemic
  American Society for Microbiology news, June 5, 2018
• HIV vaccine elicits antibodies in animals that neutralize dozens of HIV strains
  NIH study results represent major advance for structure-based HIV vaccine design
  NIAID/NIH news, June 4, 2018

May 2018

• Tracing spread of Zika virus in the Americas
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, May 29, 2018
• NIH begins testing Ebola treatment in early-stage trial
  NIAID/NIH news, May 23, 2018
• Strong clinical research capacity in at-risk countries key to global epidemic prevention
  The World Bank news, May 22, 2018
• NIH-funded researchers identify target for chikungunya treatment
  NIAID/NIH news, May 21, 2018
• In utero exposure to carbon monoxide increases infants' risk of poor lung function co-authored by Fogarty scientist Dr Ashlinn Quinn
  American Thoracic Society news, May 20, 2018
• NIH statement on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
  NIAID/NIH news, May 18, 2018
• Experimental MERS treatments enter clinical trial
  NIAID/NIH news, May 18, 2018
• Tagging essential malaria genes to advance drug development
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S. Collins, May 15, 2018
• Roger Glass: celebrating the Fogarty at 50
  The Lancet, May 5, 2018
• NIAID-sponsored trial of a universal influenza vaccine begins
  NIAID/NIH news, May 4, 2018
• Essential malaria parasite genes revealed
  NIAID/NIH news, May 3, 2018
• Whole-exome sequencing reveals uncaptured variation and distinct ancestry in the southern African population of Botswana from the H3Africa Consortium
  American Journal of Human Genetics courtesy of PubMed, May 3, 2018
• Fogarty's 50 years and new frontiers
  Global Health NOW, May 2, 2018
• Grantee news: Nurse-led task shifting an effective strategy to control hypertension in Ghana
  NYU School of Medicine news, May 1, 2018
• Related publciatoin: Health insurance coverage with or without a nurse-led task shifting strategy for hypertension control: A pragmatic cluster randomized trial in Ghana supported by NHLBI as a part of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) network
  PLOS Medicine, May 1, 2018
• Issue: The Path to US-Cuba Health and Science Cooperation [Open Access], including articles on collaboration and cooperation with NIH
  MEDICC Review: International Journal of Cuban Health and Medicine, April 2018

April 2018

• Special Issue on the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI)
  Annals of Global Health, April 30, 2018
• Grantee news: UB receives $1.1 million to improve study of Zika, dengue, HIV, hepatitis and other viruses in Jamaica
  University at Buffalo news, April 24, 2018
• On 50th anniversary, Fogarty reviews progress
• NIH, Fogarty discuss health inequities at Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual meeting
• We have come so far, yet much remains to be done
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Focus on adolescent health research:
• Fogarty's adolescent research key to future good health
• Teen pregnancy can impact health for a lifetime
• Healthy habits in teens help reduce noncommunicable disease burden
• HIV/AIDS a key battleground for teen health researchers
• Low-cost mental health innovation enables access to care in Africa, US
• Advancing research in Peru: Q and A with Dr Patricia Garcia
• Profile: Armed with career development award, former Fogarty Fellow fights rheumatic heart disease in Malawi
• Research!America honors Fogarty Director Roger Glass
• People in the news - April 2018
• Global health briefs - April 2018
• Japanese and US researchers celebrate partnerships at 2018 JSPS-NIH Forum
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) news, April 23, 2018
• Celebrating global health with Fogarty International Center
  Johns Hopkins Nursing magazine, April 17, 2018
• Genetically altered broadly neutralizing antibodies protect monkeys from HIV-like virus
  NIAID/NIH news, April 16, 2018
• Grantee news: Higher cigarette prices would save millions of people from extreme poverty and poor health around the world
  St. Michael's Hospital, April 12, 2018
• Air-pollution trackers seek to fill Africa’s data gap with support from the GEOHealth program
  Nature, April 11, 2018
• New biological research framework for Alzheimer's to spur discovery
  NIA/NIH news, April 10, 2018
• Bacteria and fungi play key roles in social insect colonies, the results of a research partnership supported by FAPESP and NIH
  São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) news, April 4, 2018
• Research offers clues for improved influenza vaccine design
  NIAID/NIH media advisory, April 6, 2018

March 2018

• Research!America honors Fogarty Director Roger Glass
  Fogarty news, March 23, 2018
• NIH scientists say advanced vaccines could limit future outbreaks
  NIAID/NIH news, March 22, 2018
• Funding innovation in neglected diseases, co-authored by Fogarty Deputy Director Dr. Peter H. Kilmarx
  BMJ, March 20, 2018
• Newly described human antibody prevents malaria in mice
  NIAID/NIH news, March 19, 2018
• Fogarty- and NIH-related sessions at 2018 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual meeting
  Fogarty news, March 12, 2018
• NIH experts call for transformative research approach to end tuberculosis
  NIAID/NIH news, March 9, 2018
• Monoclonal antibodies crucial to fighting emerging infectious diseases, say NIH officials
  NIAID/NIH news, March 8, 2018
• Antiviral drug not beneficial for reducing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B when added to existing preventatives: NIH-funded study [in Thailand] observes no significant reduction of infection rates at age 6 months
  NICHD/NIH news, March 7, 2018
• Infection forecasts powered by big data, featuring Fogarty scientist Dr. Cecile Viboud
  Nature Outlook, March 7, 2018
• High uptake and use of vaginal ring for HIV prevention observed in open-label study
  NIAID/NIH news, March 6, 2018
• How historical disease detectives are solving mysteries of the 1918 flu, co-authored by Fogarty-affiliated Dr. Gerardo Chowell, and Fogarty Senior Research Scientist Dr. Cecile Viboud
  The Conversation, March 5, 2018
• One-month tuberculosis prophylaxis as effective as nine-month regimen for people living with HIV
  NIAID/NIH news, March 5, 2018

February 2018

• NIAID unveils strategic plan for developing a universal influenza vaccine
  NIAID/NIH news, February 28, 2018
• A Universal Influenza Vaccine: The Strategic Plan for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases, February 28, 2018
• A review of the 1918 herald pandemic wave: importance for contemporary pandemic response strategies, co-authored by Fogarty scientists
  Annals of Epidemiology, February 27, 2018
• Grantee news: Texting can enhance medical education in resource-limited settings
  Boston Unviersity School of Public Health news, February 27, 2018
• Fogarty continues to advance African health education
• Making the case for African investment in research
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Focus on multigenerational research training:
• Multigenerational research in South Africa leads to HIV discoveries
• Generations of mentorship improve health in Haiti
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr. Brian Hall studied health of African migrants to China
• Q and A with Dr Andrew Dykens: Collaboration with Peace Corps in Senegal enhances Fogarty career development award
• NIH scientists update Congress on global Alzheimer’s disease epidemic
• TDR survey shows effectiveness of training program
• Innovation and global health leadership celebrated with Global Health Technologies Coalition award
• Fogarty provides training to build expertise in managing disease outbreaks
• People in the news - February 2018
• Global health briefs - February 2018
• Grantee news: Children in developing countries can benefit from proton therapy
  medicalphysicsweb, February 22, 2018
• NIEHS and Fogarty program support research to improve global brain health
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health newsletter, February 2018
• Building capacity in Africa for genomics and environmental health research
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health newsletter, February 2018
• Genomics centre in Cape Town to decode genes
  South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) news, February 14, 2018
• Open data sharing and the Global South - Who benefits?
  Science, February 9, 2018
• Ebola virus infects reproductive organs in monkeys
  NIAID/NIH news, February 8, 2018
• Grantee news: [NIH funded] research shows 9zest app guided at home therapy helps in stroke rehabilitation
  Business Wire, February 6, 2018
• Related publication: Pilot trial of a tele-rehab intervention to improve outcomes after stroke in Ghana: A feasibility and user satisfaction study
  Journal of Neurological Sciences via PubMed, February 1, 2018 (online)
• The impact of a Fogarty International Center-supported tuberculosis research training program in the country of Georgia
  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 5, 2018

January 2018

• The Fogarty International Center at 50: accomplishments and priorities for the next 50 years by Dr. Paul K. Drain, former Fogarty Scholar, and King K. Holmes, Fogarty Advisory Board member
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 31, 2018
• 15 years later, PEPFAR continues to save lives
  NIAID experts highlight federal program's unprecedented impact on HIV pandemic
  NIAID/NIH news, January 24, 2018
• Related publication: PEPFAR - 15 years and counting the lives saved
  by NIAID's Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and Robert W. Eisinger, Ph.D.
  New England Journal of Medicine, January 25, 2018
• WHO grants prequalification to Bharat Biotech's rotavirus vaccine, ROTAVAC(r)
  featuring Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass, who contributed to the development process
  Bharat Biotech news courtesy of Business Wire, January 24, 2018
• Grantee news: Link found between genes in mosquitos and the spread of diseases, fragments of transfer RNA molecules may hold the key to halting the spread of dengue fever, other diseases, supported in part by Fogarty and NIAID
  University of Missouri news, January 24, 2018
• Study links gut-homing protein levels with HIV infection risk, disease progression
  NIAID/NIH news, January 24, 2018
• Related publication: Integrin α4β7 expression on peripheral blood CD4+ T cells predicts HIV acquisition and disease progression outcomes
  Science Translational Medicine, January 24, 2018
• NIH begins large HIV treatment study in pregnant women, clinical trial will compare three antiretroviral drug regimens
  NIAID/NIH news, January 24, 2018
• Zika infection during pregnancy may disrupt fetal oxygen supply
  NICHD/NIH news, January 18, 2018
• Related publication: Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques causes placental dysfunction and immunopathology
  Nature Communications, January 17, 2018
• NIH study supports use of short-term HIV treatment interruption in clinical trials
  NIAID/NIH news, January 11, 2018
• MERS antibodies produced in cattle safe, treatment well tolerated in Phase 1 trial
  NIAID/NIH news, January 10, 2018
• Updates from the Center for Global Health Studies
  Fogarty news, January 9, 2018
  
  

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