Building capacity for patient-centered outcomes research to improve the quality and impact of HIV care in Tanzania
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
Fogarty HIV Research Training
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Building capacity for patient-centered outcomes research to improve the quality and impact of HIV care in Tanzania
Principal Institution
Northwestern University at Chicago
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Hawkins, Claudia A; Hirschhorn, Lisa
Project Contact Information
Email: c-hawkins@md.northwestern.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2019-2024
Country
Tanzania
Collaborators
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)
Harvard University
Project Description
The HIV Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) training program is a collaboration between Northwestern University and Muhimbilli University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania. The program will build capacity among Tanzanian investigators to lead PCOR in HIV disease prevention, care and treatment and HIV-related comorbidities. The program will foster timely and clinically relevant patient-centered research designed to measure and improve clinical and patient-centered outcomes, while strengthening established collaborations between researchers at MUHAS and Northwestern University.
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