East Asia and the Pacific region news, resources and funding for global health researchers

Intramural and extramural scientists supported by NIH carry out a number of collaborative research efforts with colleagues in East Asia and the Pacific. While some activities take place under the auspices of bilateral programs, the majority of collaborations are initiated by scientists to meet their own research objectives.

Countries in Region

Australia, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Mongolia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Philippines, Pacific Islands, Timor – Leste, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam.

NIH Funded Research Impacting East Asia and the Pacific

• Through grant funding to U.S. universities, NIH facilitates international collaboration throughout East Asia and the Pacific in all areas of the biomedical and behavioral sciences.

Fogarty/NIH News

• 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
• Cultivating oral health research within and beyond Thailand’s borders: Q&A with Dr. Waranuch Pitiphat
  Global Health Matters, Jan /Feb 2023
• Research improves health among Mongolian livestock herders
  Nov / Dec 2020 Global Health Matters
• Estimation of disease burden and clinical severity of COVID-19 caused by Omicron BA.2 in Shanghai, February-June 2022 co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun
  Emerging Microbes & Infections, November 21, 2022
• Assessing the feasibility of sustaining SARS-CoV-2 local containment in China in the era of highly transmissible variants co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun & Cécile Viboud
  BMC Medicine, November 15, 2022
• SRP, Pacific Basin Consortium promote health in a changing climate
  Environmental Factor, November 2022
  

Funding/Training Opportunities

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship Opportunities (JSPS)
• Korean Biomedical Scientist Fellowship Program
• e-Asia Joint Research Program

U.S. Government Resources

• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Asia and Pacific Office
• NIH Resources in Asian and Pacific Island Languages
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Asia
  

Other Resources

• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation report: The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy - East Asia and Pacific Regional Edition
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
  
• Asian Development Bank
• Asian Technology Information Program
• International Development Research Centre - Asia
• Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  
• World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia
• World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
  

Fogarty Contact

Tina Chung, M.P.H.
Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific
Division of International Relations
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31 Room B2C11
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 496-4784
FAX: (301) 480-3414
Email (preferred): tina.chung@nih.gov

Updated May 10, 2023