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October 2023

• Perinatal care and breastfeeding education during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Perspectives from Kenyan mothers and healthcare workers, co-authored by Fogarty International Research Scientist Scott Ickes
  Maternal and Child Nutrition, October 2023

September 2023

• Clinical trial of HIV vaccine begins in United States and South Africa
  NIH news, September 20, 2023
• Further Clarifying NIH’s Foreign Subaward Agreement Policy: Addressing Community Feedback, Extramural Nexus, September 15, 2023
• Fogarty Welcomes International Fellows
  NIH Record, September 15, 2023
• HPAI Influenza Devastating Birds, Marine Mammals in Peru--Study Identifies Concerning Viral Mutations
  NIAID Now blog, September 11, 2023
• Fogarty bolsters research equity with $1.7 million in supplemental awards
  Fogarty news, September 5, 2023
  
• The lived experiences of tuberculosis survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic and government lockdown in South Africa: a qualitative analysis, co-authored by Fogarty fellow Ann Scheunemann
  BMC Public Health, September 5, 2023
• The case for prioritizing malignant hematology services in low- and middle-income countries, authored by NCI Center for Global Health Director and former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Satish Gopal
  Seminars in Hematology, September 2, 2023
• One in three men worldwide are infected with genital human papillomavirus
  WHO news, September 1, 2023
• Data on non-communicable diseases: A missed opportunity in Pakistan, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Taimoor Ahmad and Zainab Samad
  Journal of Global Health, September 1, 2023

August 2023

• US and Costa Rica Renew Commitment to Collaborate in Cervical Cancer Prevention Research
  NCI Center of Global Health news, August 30, 2023
• Ohio State Scientists Evaluate Role of Deer in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
  NIAID blog, August 28, 2023
• Towards a competency-based doctoral curriculum at the University of Zambia: lessons from practice, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Wilbroad Mutale and Douglas Heimburger, and former trainee Geoffrey Kwenda
  Frontiers in Education, August 28, 2023
• Voices From the Field: Cognitive Assessments of Children Provided Insight into Andean Culture
  Global Environmental Health, August 2023
• Can community based solar energy initiatives deliver on women's empowerment in India? Evidence from rural Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, co-authored by NIH Climate and Health Scholar Praveen Kumar
  Energy Research & Social Science, August 23, 2023
• Parkinson’s disease gene variant found in study of some people of African ancestry
  NIH/NIA/NINDS news, August 22, 2023
• SARS-CoV-2 can cause lasting damage to cells’ energy production
  NIH Research Matters, August 22, 2023
• Motivations for blood donation by HIV-positive individuals on antiretrovirals in South Africa: A qualitative study, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Karin van den Berg and Edward Murphy
  Transfusion medicine, August 15, 2023
• NIH unveils comprehensive proteogenomic dataset to help cancer researchers unravel molecular mysteries
  NIH/NCI news, August 14, 2023
• COVID-19 vaccination and boosting during pregnancy benefits pregnant people and newborns
  NIH/NIAID news, August 11, 2023
• Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts, co-authored by Fogarty’s Nídia S. Trovão
  Science Translational Medicine, August 9, 2023
  
• Genetic variant associated with absence of COVID-19 symptoms
  NIH Research Matters, August 8, 2023
• Association of severe malaria with cognitive and behavioural outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis and systematic review, co-authored by Fogarty Advisory Board member Chandy John
  Malaria Journal, August 3, 2023
• Sequential viral introductions and spread of BA.1 across Pakistan provinces during the Omicron wave, co-authored by Fogarty’s  Nídia S. Trovão, David Spiro, and Zeba Rasmussen
  BMC Genomics, August 3, 2023
  
• Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Acute Respiratory Illnesses in South African Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, co-authored by Emerging Global Leader Marieke Van Der Zalm
  The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, August 2023

July 2023

• NCI Funding Helps AI Researchers Gain Global Insight on Cancer
  NCI’s Cancer Data Science Pulse blog, July 31, 2023
• NIH launches long COVID clinical trials through RECOVER Initiative, opening enrollment
  HHS/NIH news, July 31, 2023
• Challenges and opportunities of molecular epidemiology: using omics to address complex One Health issues in tropical settings, co-authored by Fogarty Advisory Board member Wondwossen Gebreyes
  Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, July 28, 2023
• Building health research resilience: Fogarty's impact in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  Fogarty Director’s blog, July 27, 2023
• Project NextGen — Defeating SARS-CoV-2 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic, authored by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha
  New England Journal of Medicine, July 26, 2023
• Research in Context: Progress toward universal vaccines
  NIH Research Matters, July 25, 2023
• Viewpoint: Global HIV control: is the glass half empty or half full?, co-authored by Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx and Fogarty grantees Jean Nachega and Frederick Altice
  The Lancet HIV, July 25, 2023
• Daily statin reduces heart disease risk among adults living with HIV
  NIH/NHLBI news, July 24, 2023
• WHO recommends optimizing HIV testing services
  WHO news, July 23, 2023
• Behavioral factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission heterogeneity within a household cohort in Costa Rica, co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun
  Communications Medicine, July 22, 2023
• Achieving a robust mentoring and research capacity program in a LMIC – the BRAINS faculty development model, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Folasade Tolulope Ogunsola
  BMC Medical Education, July 20, 2023
  
• Vaginal microbiome community state types and high-risk human papillomaviruses in cervical precancer and cancer in North-central Nigeria, co-authored Emerging Global Leader John Musa
  BMC Cancer, July 20, 2023
• New atlas of human kidney cells to help unlock kidney disease research
  NIH/NIDDK news, July 19, 2023
• Commentary: We must invest in behavioural economics for the HIV response, co-authored by Fogarty’s Susan Vorkoper
  Nature Human Behaviour, July 18, 2023
• Mothers of the River: raising the ceiling for maternal care in the Amazon, profile of Mamas del rio organization headed by Former Fogarty Fellow and current grantee Magaly Blas
  BMJ, July 17, 2023
• Soon Explores How the Chinese Diaspora Shaped Medicine in the Region
  NIH Record, July 7, 2023
• Podcast: Caring for the Whole Person with Wisdom and Focus, interview with Fogarty Advisory Board member Otis Brawley, part of NCI’s Inside Cancer Careers Podcast
  July 6, 2023
  
• Investigational Three-Month TB Regimen Is Safe but Ineffective, NIH Study Finds
  NIH/NIAID news, July 5, 2023
• Combination HIV prevention during pregnancy and the post-partum period in Malawi and Zambia: a mathematical modelling analysis, co-authored by Former Fogarty trainees, Wilbroad Mutale, Nora Rosenberg, Kellie Freeborn, Friday Saidi, and Priscilla Mulenga, and Fogarty grantees Sten Vermund Benjamin Chi
  Journal of the International AIDS Society, July 4, 2023
• Perspective: PEPFAR at 20 — A Game-Changing Impact on HIV in Africa, authored by Fogarty grantees Jean B. Nachega, David Serwadda, Alash’le Abimiku, Izukanji Sikazwe, and Quarraisha Abdool Karim
  New England Journal of Medicine, July 1, 2023

June 2023

• Perspective: A global matchmaking web platform facilitating equitable institutional partnerships and mentorship to strengthen health workforce training capacity, co-authored by Fogarty’s Linda Kupfer
  Frontiers in Education, June 30, 2023
• SARS-CoV-2 infection and pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents: a case-control study, co-authored by Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Marieke M. Van Der Zalm
  BMC Infectious Diseases, June 29, 2023
• Consortium for violence prevention research, leadership training, and implementation for excellence (CONVERGE): a protocol to train science leaders in gender-based-violence and violence-against-children research for impact, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Kathryn M. Yount and former Fogarty Fellow Ameeta S. Kalokhe
  Frontiers in Education, June 29, 2023
• Human testing for potential new TB treatment, first in nearly six decades profile of Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Admire Dube
  Nature Africa, June 27, 2023
• Novel vaccines may help quell polio outbreaks
  NIH Research Matters, June 27, 2023
  
• Identifying a new contributor to tooth decay
  NIH Research Matters, June 27, 2023
• Changes in Human Microbiome Precede Alzheimer’s Cognitive Declines
  NIH Director’s blog, June 27, 2023
• The epidemiology of HIV population viral load in twelve sub-Saharan African countries , co-authored by Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx
  PLOS One , June 26, 2023
• NIEHS Informs Health Guidance at World’s Largest Digital Dumpsite
  Global Environmental Health, June 2023
• Feasibility and acceptability of peer-delivered HIV self-testing and PrEP for young women in Kampala, Uganda, co-authored by Fogarty trainees Rita Nakalega, Samuel Kizito, Zubair Lukyamuzi , and Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Andrew Mujugira
  BMC Public Health, June 16, 2023
• Intraocular corticosteroids best for treating complications of chronic inflammatory eye condition
  NIH/NEI news, June 13, 2023
• Designing a SARS-CoV-2 decoy
  NIH Catalyst, June 13, 2023
• NIH welcomes a new generation of African scientific leaders to campus
  Fogarty/NIH news, June 7, 2023
  
• Beyond borders: Preventing and treating high blood pressure in Haiti
  NHLBI research feature, June 6, 2023
• Encouraging First-in-Human Results for a Promising HIV Vaccine
  NIH Director’s blog, June 6, 2023
• Increasing Effectiveness and Equity in Strengthening Health Research Capacity Using Data and Metrics: Recent Advances of the ESSENCE Mechanism, co-authored by Fogarty Acting Director Peter Kilmarx and Fogarty’s Janelle Cruz and Linda Kupfer
  Annals of Global Health, June 2, 2023
• NIH funds first climate and health research coordinating center
  Environmental Factor, June 2023
• WHO launches a single-source repository on drug dependence information
  WHO news, June 1, 2023
• Food and Water Insecurity in Sexual and Gender Minority Groups Living With HIV in Lagos, Nigeria, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Manhattan Charurat
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, June 1, 2023

May 2023

• A Single Dose Of HPV Vaccine May Provide Adequate Protection
  NCI/Frederick National Lab news, May 31, 2023
• Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID symptoms
  NIH/NHLBI news, May 25, 2023
• Clinicopathological Characteristics and Outcomes of Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients With and Without HIV Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Salum J. Lidenge
  JCO Global Oncology, May 22, 2023
• Fellows & Scholars at 20: Paying it forward
  Global Health Matters, May 22, 2023
  
• Brain signatures for chronic pain identified in a small group of individuals
  NINDS/NIH news, May 22, 2023
  
• The Implementation of a GPS-Based Location-Tracking Smartphone App in South Africa to Improve Engagement in HIV Care: Randomized Controlled Trial, co-authored by Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Tasmin Kate Phillips
  JMIR mHealth and uHealth, May 19, 2023
• How to turn evidence into policy, authored by NCI Center for Global Health’s Patti E. Gravitt
  Nature Medicine, May 17, 2023
• South to South Collaboration to Strengthen Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, supplement in Journal of Adolescent Health supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, May 2023
• Clinical trial of mRNA universal influenza vaccine candidate begins
  NIH/NIAID news, May 15, 2023
• Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion beyond borders
  Fogarty Director’s blog, May 15, 2023
• Suicide in Global Mental Health, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Milton L. Wainberg
  Current Psychiatry Reports, May 13, 2023
• NIH launches $140 million effort to investigate genetic variation in normal human cells and tissues
  NIH/NINDS news, May 11, 2023
• Scientists release a new human “pangenome” reference
  NIH/NHGRI news, May 10, 2023
• NIH researchers identify large genetic changes that contribute to dementia risk
  NIH/NIA news, May 8, 2023
• Depression, suicidality, substance-use and associated factors among people living with HIV the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Celestino Obua
  PLos One, May 5, 2023
• NIH study identifies features of Long COVID neurological symptoms
  NIH/NINDS news, May 5, 2023
  
• Cesarean deliveries are rising in Rwanda. AI could reduce the risks
  Science, May 2, 2023
  • Related Fogarty grant:  mHealth-Community Health Worker tool for comprehensive post-cesarean follow-up in rural Rwanda
    

April 2023

• Biomarker pattern found in kids with COVID 19-linked inflammatory syndrome
  NIH/NICHD news, April 25, 2023
• Universal Influenza Candidate Vaccine Performs Well in Phase 1 Trial
  NIAID news, April 20, 2023
• mRNA Technology Transfer Programme moves to the next phase of its development
  WHO news, April 20, 2023
• Malaria Screening Gets “Smart” with Machine Learning
  NLM Musings from the Mezzanine blog, April 19, 2023
• Bohnet Discusses Gender Bias in the Workplace
  NIH Record, April 14, 2023
• Cunsolo Discusses Mental Health Impact of Climate Change
  NIH Record, April 14, 2023
• Prevalence of and factors associated with childhood anaemia in remote villages of the Peruvian Amazon: a cross-sectional study and geospatial analysis, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Andres Lescano and Fogarty trainees John Nesemann, Saloman Durand, and Cristiam Carey-Angeles
  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, April 11, 2023
• Extremely rare gene variants point to a potential cause of age-related macular degeneration
  NIH/NEI news, April 3, 2023

March 2023

• Woman potentially cured of HIV using transplant with cord blood stem cells
  NIH Research Matters, March 28, 2023
• HIV can persist for years in myeloid cells of people on antiretroviral therapy
  NIH/NIMH news, March 28, 2023
• Implementation Science for Eliminating HIV Among Adolescents in High-Burden African Countries: Findings and Lessons Learned from the Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA), authored by Fogarty’s Susan Vorkoper, Fogarty Acting Deputy Director Rachel Sturke, and grantees Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Linda-Gail Bekker
  AIDS and Behavior, March 25, 2023
  • Related paper: Advancing Adolescent HIV Prevention and Care Through Implementation Science: An Agenda for Combating the Global AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, authored by former U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby, Fogarty board member Judith Wasserheit, former Fogarty Director Roger Glass, and Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx
    AIDS and Behavior, March 24, 2023
• Bibliometric Analysis of Authorship of Publications about Sub-Saharan Africa Published in the Journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2011-2020, co-authored by former Fogarty staff member Ezinne Akudinobi and Fogarty Acting Director Peter Kilmarx
  Sexually Transmitted Diseases, March 22, 2023
• SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination
  NIH/NIAID news March 20, 2023
• NINDS-FIC Team Sees ‘Showcase of Amazing Neurological Research’
  NIH Record, March 17, 2023
  • Related commentary: Global neurology: It's time to take notice
    Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
• Our Shared Ancestry in African Genomes Can Be Harnessed to Improve Health For All
  The NIH Catalyst, March 16, 2023
• NIH-funded NASEM report recommends best practices for use of population descriptors in genetics and genomics research
  NIH Director statement, March 14, 2023
• New, non-invasive imaging tool maps uterine contractions during labor
  NIH/NICHD news, March 14, 2023
• Vital Signs: Progress Toward Eliminating HIV as a Global Public Health Threat Through Scale-Up of Antiretroviral Therapy and Health System Strengthening Supported by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — Worldwide, 2004–2022
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC, March 14, 2023
• Breaking Down Barriers to HIV Medication Access
  NIMH research highlight, March 13, 2023
• Human footprint is associated with shifts in the assemblages of major vector-borne diseases, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Caroline K. Glidden, Andrew J. MacDonald, and Erin A. Mordecai
  Nature Sustainability, March 13, 2023
• Scientists reveal a potential new approach to treating liver cancer
  NIH/ NCATS news, March 13, 2023
• Inhalable hydrogel protects lungs from SARS-CoV-2
  NIH Research Matters, March 7, 2023
• Connecting the Dots: Oral Infection to Rheumatoid Arthritis
  NIH Director’s Blog, March 7, 2023
• Temperature-Stable TB Vaccine Safe, Prompts Immune Response in NIH-Supported Study
  NIH/NIAID news, March 6, 2023

February 2023

• Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022, co-authored by Fogarty's Cécile Viboud
  elife, February 22, 2023
  
• Long-acting antiretroviral therapy suppresses HIV among people with unstable housing, mental illnesses, substance use disorders
  NIH/NIAID/NIMH news, February 21, 2023
• Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Bruce Ovbiagele and Mayowa Ojo Owolabi
  Lancet Global Health, February 16, 2023
• Disclosure of HIV status and associated clinical outcomes of children and adolescents living with HIV in Asia
  Fogarty-IeDEA Mentorship Program (FIMP) fellow  Johanna Beulah Sornillo, lead author
  AIDS Care, February 15, 2023
  

• NIH Scientists Develop Mouse Model to Study Mpox Virulence
  NIAID news, February 14, 2023
  

• Single-dose antibiotic prevents maternal sepsis and death
  NIH/NICHD news, February 9, 2023
  
• Large-scale genetic analysis shows microRNAs in human pancreas associated with diabetes
  NIH/NHGRI news, February 9, 2023
  
• Probiotic blocks staph bacteria from colonizing people
  NIH Research Matters, February 7, 2023
  
• Experimental NIH Sudan virus vaccine protects macaques
  NIH/NIAID news, February 3, 2023
• Funds appropriated for climate change & health
  Global Health Matters, February 2, 2023
  
• The NIH-led research response to COVID-19
  Science, February 2, 2023

January 2023

• Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
  NIH/NIAID news, January 30, 2023
• NIH, HHS discuss health systems strengthening, sickle cell disease at US-Africa summit
  Global Health Matters, January 23, 2023
• Epidemiology of Human Mpox — Worldwide, 2018–2021
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC, January 20, 2023
  
• Experimental HIV vaccine regimen safe but ineffective, study finds
  NIH/NIAID news, January 18, 2023
• WHO announces plans to establish a TB Vaccine Accelerator council
  WHO news, January 17, 2023
• Probiotic markedly reduces S. aureus colonization in Phase 2 trial
  NIH/NIAID news, January 17, 2023
  
• Kilmarx steps in as Acting Fogarty Director, Sturke to act as Deputy
  Fogarty news, January 17, 2023
• Rapidly shifting immunologic landscape and severity of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era in South Africa, co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun & Cécile Viboud
  Nature Communications, January 16, 2023
• Cholera Outbreak — Haiti, September 2022–January 2023
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC, January 13, 2023
• Developing mucosal vaccines for respiratory viruses
  NIH/NIAID news, January 11, 2023
• Paxlovid reduces serious risks from Omicron variants
  NIH Research Matters, January 10, 2023
• Blood test for early Alzheimer’s detection
  NIH Research Matters, January 10, 2023
• Ninth Global Health Workshop Held with Gates Foundation
  NIH Record, January 6, 2023
  
• New 3-D model offers insights into the role of glucose in a deadly kidney disease
  NIH/NCATS news, January 5, 2023
• NIH study links specific outdoor air pollutants to asthma attacks in urban children
  NIH/NIAID news, January 4, 2023
• NIH researchers map cellular activity underlying infection-induced preterm labor
  NICHD science update, January 3, 2023

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