https://www.fic.nih.gov/_layouts/15/feed.aspx?xsl=2&web=%2F&page=30279b42-5722-49b2-b0f3-be98db29fc97&wp=095b207c-062f-4ff6-be1e-7eb39ab925d2News from Fogarty International Center60https://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/preeti-manavalan-fogarty-fellow-innovates-at-home-and-abroad.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsDr. Preeti Manavalan, an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, conducted her Fogarty project at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Tanzania while a student at Duke University.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/cheryl-moyer-qa-bridging-barriers-to-care-in-ghana-us.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsCheryl Moyer, PhD, MPH, is a Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan Medical School. She's done research in Ghana.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/2026-cugh-conference.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsThe 2026 Consortium of Universities for Global Health annual conference featured hundreds of speakers, including Dr. Michael Herce of the University of North Carolina who worked in Zambia Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/directors-blog-adapting-to-a-changing-global-health-landscape.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsFogarty is undertaking a leadership transition, saying farewell to Dr. Peter Kilmarx and hello to Yale University's Dr. Steven Schiff, at a time when international biomedical research and global health are experiencing transformation Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/could-solving-a-guam-medical-mystery-help-explain-complex-brain-diseases.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsTue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/transformation-at-forgarty.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsFollowing the resignation of Dr. Peter Kilmarx, Dr. Steven Schiff has become Fogarty’s newest director. A former Yale professor, he also assumes the duties of the Associate Director for International Research at the NIH. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/fondest-of-farewells-peter-kilmarx.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsPeter Kilmarx, MD, an expert on infectious disease research and HIV/AIDS prevention, retired from government service on May 30. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/peter-kilmarx-the-original-spark.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsTracing the origins of his vocation for global health research inevitably leads back to the two-year period Kilmarx spent as a Peace Corps volunteer, when he helped develop fisheries in the DRC (then Zaire)Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/fogarty-welcomes-steven-schiff.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsSteven Schiff, MD, PhD, joined the Fogarty International Center as its Director in June. A pediatric neurosurgeon, Schiff is interested in neural control engineering, sustainable health engineering, and global health. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/people-in-global-health-news.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsTue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/global-health-briefs.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsScientific briefs examine the Ebola outbreak in DRC, FIFA 2026 infectious disease monitoring, formation of an international Hepatitis B cure team, a study examining severe malaria and cognitive harm.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2026/Pages/workshop-in-lviv-ukraine.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Loyola University, and Brown University training programs hosted a workshop in Lviv, Ukraine, on HIV and mental health research, epidemiology, and bioethics Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/a-pivot-from-hiv-vaccine-research-to-searching-for-an-hiv-cure.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsCatherine Koofhethile’s postdoc work at the Botswana Harvard Health Partnership aimed to understand HIV reservoirs as a way of contributing to the development of a cure. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/africas-remarkable-genetic-diversity-yields-benefits-for-people-worldwide.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsMichèle Ramsay, PhD, is the Director of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Professor in the Division of Human Genetics, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/artificial-intelligence-global-health.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsArtificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming health research and practice; those who learn to use AI tools effectively will be better positioned to advance science and improve health. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/feedback-sessions-share-research-results.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsTimothy A. DeRouen Center for Oral Global Health researchers from University of Washington (UW) School of Dentistry compare the oral health outcomes of three groups of children in rural Kenya.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/improving-treatment-reducing-symptom-severity-for-people-with-serious-mental-illness.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsDror Ben-Zeev, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the BRiTE Center at the University of Washington, works on providing care for patients with mental illness in Western Africa and the United States. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/ethical-use-of-ai-tools-in-global-health-research.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsFour Fogarty International Bioethics Research Training Program grantees discuss the value of using AI in medicine and research in LMICs and also potential ethical concerns.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/rosamond-rhodes-medical-ethics-from-a-constructivist-perspective.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Rosamond Rhodes, PhD, teaches medical ethics from a constructivist perspective.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/cheryl-macpherson-bilingual-ethics-training-in-the-caribbean.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsCheryl Macpherson, PhD, and the Caribbean Research Ethics Education Initiative (CREEi) team recently discovered how helpful AI tools can be when it comes to translations. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/henry-silverman-brainstorming-with-ai-to-generate-knowledge.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsHenry Silverman, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, serves as the principal investigator for several Fogarty-sponsored research ethics training programs.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/vina-vaswani-integrating-ethics-into-technology-from-the-start.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsA forensic doctor, Vina Vaswani, MD, originally taught the code of ethics until she helped developed a more extensive program of ethics at Yenepoya University, India Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/people-in-global-health-news.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsOur global health community recognizes the contributions of Steven Smith, Lindsey Criswell, Woutrina Smith, Robert Murphy, Magaly Blas, Christine Ngaruiya, and Kuan-Lin Huang.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/global-health-briefs.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsNINDS and SymBio continue joint research of Epstein-Barr associated MS; 70% reduction of new HIV cases seen in new NIH-funded study; NIH funds an international group pursuing hepatitis B cure; and other newsWed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2026/Pages/brazil-producees-a-single-dose-dengue-vaccine-developed-at-nih.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsThe Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency approved the world’s first single-dose dengue vaccine, based on research and clinical development from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 EDT