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July 2019

• NIH and partners to launch HIV vaccine efficacy trial in the Americas and Europe
  Study will enroll men who have sex with men and transgender people; complementary study in women is ongoing
  NIAID/NIH news, July 15, 2019
• Novel method identifies patients at risk for HIV who may benefit from prevention strategies
  NIMH/NIH news, July 5, 2019
• Statement on increasing diversity in the global health workforce by Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass
  Fogarty news, July 1, 2019

June 2019

• National adoption of “treat all” policy leads more people with HIV to start treatment quickly
  NIAID Now blog, June 26, 2019
• NIH launches large TB prevention trial for people exposed to multidrug-resistant TB
  NIAID/NIH news, June 25, 2019
• Farrar delivers Barmes lecture
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, June 20, 2019
• Event: Dr Jeremy Farrar of Wellcome Trust presented 2019 Barmes Global Health Lecture at NIH
• Three decades of frontier science advances celebrated by HFSP
• Investing in interdisciplinary global research collaborations: Q and A with Warwick Anderson of HFSP
• Focus on Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) hubs:
  Tackling unhealthy environments: It takes a network
• Academia can benefit from engaging in global health:
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Eric Coker sheds new light on Uganda's indoor air pollution
• $17M awarded by Fogarty and NIH partners to train HIV researchers, reduce stigma in developing countries
• NIAID begins human trials of universal flu vaccine candidate
• Diseases cost Africa $2.4 trillion per year, WHO reports
• NIH ClinRegs database provides international clinical trial regulations
• People in the news - June 2019
• Global health briefs - June 2019
• A fellow’s mission: Strengthen sickle cell research in Africa
  NHLBI/NIH news, June 18, 2019
• Family, community bonds help decrease mental health problems of former child soldiers
  NIH-funded study documents transition to adulthood of Sierra Leone’s child soldiers
  NICHD/NIH news, June 18, 2019
• New fellowships bring African scientists to train at NIH
  NIH Record, June 14, 2019
• NIH HIV experts prioritize research to achieve sustained ART-free HIV remission
  NIAID/NIH news, June 6, 2019
• Related publication: Durable control of HIV infection in the absence of antiretroviral therapy [Free access], co-authored by NIAID scientists
  JAMA, June 6, 2019 (online)
• NIEHS postdoctoral fellow examines interactions between environmental and social exposures in Nigeria
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health Newsletter, June 2019

May 2019

• REPRIEVE: A large trial for a growing problem among people with HIV
  NIAID Now blog, May 29, 2019
• Grantee news: NIH awards research training grant to TREAT Asia-Columbia University collaborationFoundation for AIDS Research news, May 20, 2019
• Human antibody reveals hidden vulnerability in influenza virus
  Discovery by NIAID-funded researchers could aid quest for universal flu vaccine
  NIAID news, May 16, 2019
• It’s time to stop murder by counterfeit medicine by Dr Joel Breman, Fogarty senior scientific adviser emeritus
  STAT, May 7, 2019

April 2019

• The HIV response and global health, co-authored by Drs. Roger I Glass, Wafaa El-Sadr, Eric Goosby and Linda E Kupfer
  The Lancet, April 27, 2019
• How to shape research to advance global health by Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO
  Nature, April 25, 2019
• Population-level mathematical modeling of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists
  BMC Medicine, April 24, 2019
• African Postdoctoral Training Initiative fellow looks forward to collaborating within NCI
  NCI Center for Cancer Research news, April 18, 2019
• In rare cases, immune system fails despite HIV suppression
  NIH scientists identify paradoxical response to HIV medication in five individuals
  NIAID/NIH news, April 18, 2019
• Novel antibody may suppress HIV for up to four months
  NIH researchers, international collaborators report results of small, open-label study
  NIAID/NIH news, April 17, 2019
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) 2018-19 Annual Report
  GACD news, April 15, 2019
• CUGH annual meeting examines implementing solutions for impact
• Bridbord, Holmes are co-recipients of CUGH 2019 Distinguished Leadership Award
• Scientists urge cross-cutting stigma research, interventions
• Focus on noncommunicable diseases: Fogarty programs spur NCD research, build capacity
• New energy for global health is blossoming across NIH:
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Building global capacity for air quality research: Q and A with Dr Jonathan Samet
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Eric J Nelson’s cholera research in Bangladesh spawns global projects
• Poor quality drugs pose “public health emergency,” study says
• People in the news - April 2019
• Global health briefs - April 2019
• 100 Years of Fighting Pandemic Influenza 1918/19–2018/19 [Free and open access], including articles co-authored by NIH and Fogarty scientists
  Supplement to The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 8, 2019 (online)

March 2019

• Scientists one, superbug zero: Personal quest [by Fogarty grantee Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, and Dr. Tom Patterson] resurrects phage therapy in infection fight
  NIH Record newsletter, March 22, 2019
• Fifty years of supporting global health research at the NIH Fogarty International Center [Open access]
  Annals of Global Health, March 20, 2019
• Falsified and substandard drugs: Stopping the pandemic [Free access], co-authored by Dr Joel Breman, Fogarty senior scientific adviser emeritus
  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 11, 2019 (online ahead of print)
• Related news: Global 'pandemic' of fake drugs killing children worldwide, report says, featuring Dr. Joel Breman, Fogarty senior scientific adviser emeritus
  CNN, March 11, 2019
• Fake drugs kill more than 250,000 children a year, doctors warn, featuring Dr. Joel Breman, Fogarty senior scientific adviser emeritus
  The Guardian, March 11, 2019
• Researchers report high rate of viral suppression among people new to HIV care
  NIH-funded study reflects advances in HIV care, but gaps remain
  NIAID/NIH news, March 7, 2019
• Tuberculosis diagnosis in people with HIV increases risk of death within 10 years
  NIH-supported analysis identified elevated mortality in large Latin American cohort
  NIAID/NIH news, March 6, 2019
• Study finds Ebola survivors in Liberia face ongoing health issues
  NIAID/NIH news, March 6, 2019
• Related publication: A longitudinal study of Ebola sequelae in Liberia
  The New England Journal of Medicine, March 7, 2019
• HIV prevention study finds universal "test and treat" approach can reduce new HIV infections
  NIAID/NIH news, March 4, 2019

February 2019

• Around the world and back again: Global mental health efforts
  Blog post by NIMH Director Dr. Joshua A. Gordon, February 27, 2019
• Grantee news: UB teams to grow health initiatives, build research capacity in Jamaica, Africa
  University at Buffalo news, February 19, 2019
• Scientists urge cross-cutting stigma research, interventions
  Fogarty news, February 15, 2019
• Related publication: Collection on: Stigma Research and Global Health
  BMC Medicine, February 15, 2019
• Inexpensive supplement for women increases infant birth size
  Findings from NIH-funded study could combat undernutrition in poor areas of the world
  NICHD/NIH news, February 11, 2019
• Study of PrEP and vaginal ring for HIV prevention begins in girls and young women
  NIH-supported research aims to expand HIV prevention choices
  NIAID/NIH news, February 7, 2019
• Fogarty- and NIH-related sessions at 2019 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual meeting
  Fogarty news, February 6, 2019
• New fellowship program will bring African scientists to train at NIH
• Conference seeks to advance women in global health
• Focus: Mentorship training in LMICs needs increased support
• Failure can teach valuable lessons, lead to opportunities
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Building neurology research capacity in Zambia: Q and A with Dr Omar Siddiqi
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Shuchi Anand studies chronic kidney disease in India
• Fogarty’s Dr Ken Bridbord celebrated for 35 years of service
• Global stroke risk estimates vary by geographic region
• People in the news - February 2019
• Global health briefs - February 2019
• Training and capacity building in global environmental health at NIEHS: Past, present and future
  NIEHS/NIH Global Environmental Health Newsletter, February 2019

January 2019

• The future of minority health and health disparities research is here
  NIMHD/NIH news, January 31, 2019
• Related publication: New perspectives to advance minority health and health disparities research [Free access]
  American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), January 2019
• NIH-supported scientists develop tool to measure success of HIV cure strategies
  NIAID/NIH news, January 30, 2019
• Investigational monoclonal antibody to treat Ebola is safe in adults
  NIAID/NIH news, January 25, 2019
• New fellowship program will support the next generation of African scientific leaders
  Fogarty/NIH news, January 23, 2019
• Temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis vaccine enters clinical testing
  NIAID/NIH news, January 23, 2019
• NIH study examines how pregnancy affects drugs for HIV and TB in people living with HIV
  NIAID Now blog, January 23, 2019
• Dengue immunity may be protective against symptomatic Zika, study finds
  NIAID/NIH news, January 22, 2019

• Related publication: Prior dengue virus infection and risk of Zika: A pediatric cohort in Nicaragua [Open access]
  PLOS Medicine, January 22, 2019

• For HIV, treatment is prevention
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, January 22, 2019
• Related news: The science is clear: with HIV, undetectable equals untransmittable
  NIH officials discuss scientific evidence and principles underlying the U=U concept
  NIAID/NIH news, January 10, 2019
• AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer
  Algorithm could revolutionize cervical cancer screening, especially in low-resource settings
  NCI/NIH news, January 10, 2019
• Updates from the Center for Global Health Studies
  Fogarty news, January 9, 2019
• Supplement: Mentoring in low- and middle-income countries to advance global health research [Open access]
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2019

• Preface: Mentorship training is essential to advancing global health research, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Flora Katz and Dr. Roger I. Glass

• Strengthening mentoring in low- and middle-income countries to advance global health research: An overview
• Conceptual framework of mentoring in low- and middle-income countries to advance global health
• Global health research mentoring competencies for individuals and institutions in low- and middle-income countries
• Mentoring the mentors: Implementation and evaluation of four Fogarty-sponsored mentoring training workshops in low-and middle-income countries
• The evolution of mentorship capacity development in low- and middle-income countries: Case studies from Peru, Kenya, India, and Mozambique
• Evaluating academic mentorship programs in low- and middle-income country institutions: Proposed framework and metrics
• Mentorship and ethics in global health: Fostering scientific integrity and responsible conduct of research
• Global health mentoring toolkits: A scoping review relevant for low- and middle-income country institutions

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

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
• Grantee news: US helps Pakistan, Afghanistan improve trauma care
  ShareAmerica, October 23, 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
• Fogarty invests $10M in trauma, injury training
• Grantee news: Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit receives NIH Grant on Trauma and Injury Research Training in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit news, February 6, 2017
• 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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