Fogarty/NIH news: CUGH meeting, Collins in Brazil, focus on NIDCD - June 2014

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May / June 2014 Universities meet to consider global health challenges Collins hails US-Brazil science collaborations Fogarty awards new eCapacity, infectious disease and bioethics grants Focus on the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at NIH Also in This Issue > View more articles Stay Connected with Fogarty Upcoming Events Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines

Universities consider global health challenges At the Consortium of Universities for Global Health annual meeting, speakers, including NIH directors, encouraged the global health community to consider how best to meet remaining health challenges. Read full article... Collins hails US-Brazil collaborations NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins celebrated U.S.-Brazilian research partnerships during a weeklong visit to Brazil, touring top sites and discussing opportunities to expand collaborations. Read full article... Fogarty awards new eCapacity, infectious disease and bioethics grants Fogarty encourages use of technology in research New awards enhance infectious disease research training Ethics educational opportunities for researchers supported by Fogarty awards Focus on NIDCD NIH scientists and funded researchers are studying deafness and other communication disorders in populations outside and within the U.S. to discover new causes and improve interventions. Read full article... Global research is vital for deafness, speech disorders Studies in developing countries identify causes of stuttering Deafness studies will speed path to new treatments Research in Pakistan yields findings on hereditary hearing loss

Also in This Issue Incorporating ICT into science and research in Peru Q and A with Fogarty and NIH grantee Dr Patricia Garcia Implementing technology to advance science Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Victoria Ojeda studies health on US-Mexico border Institute of Medicine studies global child health People in the news Global health briefs Enews exclusives Yale project examines cookstove adoption in India, one house at a time Yale School Forestry and Environmental Studies news, May 28, 2014 EPA funds university research on cleaner fuel burning to improve air quality Environmental Protection Agency news, May 28, 2014 Grantee news: An American doctor may have solved a deadly mystery about malariaPRI's The World, May 5, 2015 Grantee news: Building Capacity for Children's Environmental Health Research in China NIEHS Global Environmental Health, April 2014 Student Demand Spurs Growth in Global Health Programs - Duke Global Health Institute news, April 30, 2014 Related publication: Perspective: University Engagement in Global Health - New England Journal of Medicine, May 1, 2014 Stay Connected with Fogarty  Fogarty on Facebook  Fogarty on Twitter  Fogarty News - Email notifications of breaking global health research news related to Fogarty, NIH, and other global health leaders. > Subscribe Now  Funding News - Email notifications of new and updated global health research funding opportunities from Fogarty, NIH and other global health leaders. > Subscribe Now

Upcoming Events June 19, 2014, 8:30 am - 5 pm NIH Common Fund 10-year Commemoration Symposium Masur Auditorium, NIH Clinical Center NIH Campus Bethesda, MD The Symposium will be videocast live on the NIH VideoCasting site. June 26 - 27, 2014 NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants AdministrationBaltimore, MD July 21 - 25, 2014 Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health Boston, MA August 5 - 7, 2014 Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Symposium Maputo, Mozambique September 7 - 9, 2014 American College of Epidemiology Annual MeetingSilver Spring, MD September 11, 2014 Research!America National Health Research Forum Washington, DC October 29 - 31, 2014 Wireless Health 2014 presented by the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance NIH Campus Bethesda, MD November 2 - 6, 2014 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting New Orleans, LA November 15 - 19, 2014 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting New Orleans, LA December 1 - 3, 2014 International Symposium on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Harbor, MD December 5 - 7, 2014 Advancing Ethical Research Conference by Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) Baltimore, MD December 6 - 7 NIH mHealth Training Institute, a satellite meeting for the mHealth Summit Location TBD December 7 - 11, 2014 mHealth Summit and the Global mHealth Forum at the mHealth Summit National Harbor, MD > Submissions for Summit and Global Forum presentations due June 27, 2014 Fogarty Calendar of Events

Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines Fellowships for Japanese Postdoc Researchers at NIH Application deadline: June 13, 2014 Korean Biomedical Scientist Fellowship Program for Korean citizens or permanent residents of Korea Application deadline: June 30, 2014 Fogarty HIV Research Training Program Application deadline for D43, D11 and G11: July 24, 2014 Global Infectious Disease (GID) Research Training Program Application deadline for D43 and D71: July 29, 2014 Fulbright-Fogarty Fellows and Scholars in Public Health Application deadline for Fellowships: October 14, 2014 Application deadline for Postdoctoral Research Scholars: August 1, 2014 All Fogarty Funding Opportunities Subscribe to Fogarty funding opportunities email alerts

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