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July 2016
- HHS forges unprecedented partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance
HHS news, July 28, 2016 - HIV therapy for breastfeeding mothers can virtually eliminate transmission to babies
NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, July 18, 2016 - Fogarty awards $13M to train HIV researchers in LMICs
- Case Western Reserve Researcher Receives NIH grant for HIV Research in Uganda
Drs. Henry Boom at CWRU and Moses Joloba at Makerere University will direct effort
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine news, July 21, 2016 - University at Albany, Downstate Medical combat AIDS epidemic in Republic of Georgia
University at Albany news, June 6, 2016 - UB partners with University of Zimbabwe to launch $1.3 million HIV research program
University at Buffalo news, May 19, 2016 - New York State International Training and Research Program (NYS-ITRP) receives $1.5M from NIH to conduct HIV research training in Kazakhstan
SUNY Downstate Medical Center news, May 9, 2016 - New grants will help develop expertise in research ethics
- Dartmouth receives renewal grant for international research ethics training
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine news, June 22, 2016 - Focus: Using implementation science to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
- Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV TransmissionJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, June 30, 2016 (online)
- Fogarty training will expand mHealth research capacity
- Partnerships are essential to Fogarty's success
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Q and A with Dr Peter Mason:
Training researchers in Zimbabwe - Profile: Fogarty Dental Fellow Lilliam Pinzón studies Mexican children with HIV
- Fogarty trains Pakistani scientists in biorisk management
- People in the news - July 2016
- Global health briefs - July 2016
- NIH expands investment in HIV cure research
Six research teams to lead collaborative investigations worldwide
NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2016 - International collaboration to create new cancer models to accelerate research
NCI/NIH news, July 11, 2016 - NIH launches largest-ever study of breast cancer genetics in African-ancestry populations
NCI/NIH news, July 6, 2016 - PREVAIL treatment trial for men with persistent Ebola viral RNA in semen opens in Liberia
NIAID/NIH news, July 5, 2016 - NIH funds Zika virus study involving U.S. Olympic team:
Researchers will monitor potential infections among group of U.S. athletes traveling to Brazil
NICHD/NIH news, July 5, 2016
June 2016
- NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
NIH/Fogarty news, June 30, 2016 - Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV TransmissionJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, June 30, 2016 (online)
- Analysis of 1976 Ebola outbreak holds lessons relevant today
Fogarty news, June 29, 2016 - Related publication: Discovery and description of Ebola Zaire Virus in 1976 and relevance to the West African epidemic during 2013-2016
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 29, 2016 - History credits [Dr Peter Piot] with discovering Ebola on his own. History is wrong
STAT, July 14, 2014 - Zika vaccines protect mice from infection
NIH-funded research suggests human vaccine is possible
NIAID/NIH news, June 28, 2016 - Related publication: Vaccine protection against Zika virus from Brazil
Nature, June 28, 2016 - Researchers discover the 2009 swine flu pandemic originated in Mexico
Mount Sinai Hospital news, June 27, 2016 - Related publication: Origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in swine in Mexico, co-authored by Fogarty scientists
eLife, June 28, 2016 - Grantee news: Study: One-third of hospitals in developing world lack running water
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, June 22, 2016 - NIH launches large [international] study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika virus
NIAID/NIH news, June 21, 2016 - Single IRB policy to streamline reviews of multi-site research
NIH news, June 21, 2016 - HHS engages in historic health collaboration with Cuba
HHS news, June 13, 2016 - Building global capacity and training to support household air pollution research
NIEHS Global Environmental Health newsletter, June 2016
May 2016
- Grantee news: Unmet surgical needs high for world’s 60 million refugees
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news, May 26, 2016 - World leaders and advocates unite in Washington, DC for one mission: Make mental health a global priority
NIMH/NIH news, May 20, 2016 - Universities consider sustainable future in global health
- Academic partnerships key to success, study says
- Bill Gates visits NIH for ongoing talks
- Fogarty's RAPIDD program has catalyzed the field of infectious disease modeling
- Focus on the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA):
- Advancing research on alcohol abuse and dependence
- Studying alcohol and HIV: a dangerous combination
- NIAAA advances fetal alcohol exposure research
- Urgent vs Important global health issues
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Q and A with Dr Alain Beaudet of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases
- Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Andrew Gardner casts light on alcohol injuries in Ghana
- Japanese fellows contribute to NIH research for more than 20 years
- MenAfriVac vaccine slashes meningitis cases in Africa
- Cuban delegation makes historic visit to NIH
- People in the news
- Global health briefs
- Investigational malaria vaccine protects healthy U.S. adults for more than one year
NIAID/NIH news, May 9, 2016
April 2016
- NIH creates Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations
NIH / NHGRI news, April 29, 2016 - A Big 'Woo-Hoo' for Europe on World Malaria Day: No New Cases in 2015 featuring Fogarty Senior Scientist Emeritus Dr Joel Breman
NPR Goats and Soda blog, April 25, 2016
March 2016
- Cuban delegation visits NIH
Fogarty news, March 30, 2016 - NIH-funded scientists develop mouse model for Zika:
Journal article: Characterization of a Novel Murine Model to Study Zika Virus
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 28, 2016 (online) - NIAID's Fauci urges continued global vigilance on Zika, other diseases
Fogarty news, March 23, 2016 - Experimental dengue vaccine [developed by NIH and FDA scientists] protects all recipients in virus challenge study
NIH news, March 16, 2016 - Ebola, Zika modelers aim to inform policy decisions
- PAHO's Dr Marcos Espinal on global partnerships to fight Zika, Ebola and other diseases
- Commission considers how to improve global disease outbreak response
- Focus on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS):
50 years of research and training to improve global health - Scientists study aflatoxins, foodborne carcinogens
- School program in rural Bangladesh reduces arsenic exposure, study shows
- Researchers help prevent heat-related deaths in India
- Profile: Fogarty engineering fellow Dr Arti Kundu tests water purity in India
- We have much to learn from research in Haiti
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Poll says supporting global health is the right thing to do
- HHS revises global health strategy
- People in the news - March 2016
- Global health briefs - March 2016
- Grantee news: Building capacity in implementation science research training at the University of Nairobi
Implementation Science, March 8, 2016 - HHS revises global health strategy
Fogarty news, March 4, 2016 - Global partnerships for global health
Blog post by HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, March 4, 2016
February 2016
- Ebola research news from NIAID:
- Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys: Antibody isolated from Ebola survivor can advance to clinical trials
NIAID/NIH news, February 25, 2016 - Ebola survivor study yields insights on complications of disease: Other findings may have implications for potential sexual transmission of Ebola
NIAID/NIH news, February 23, 2016 - Vaginal ring provides partial protection from HIV in large multinational trial
NIAID/NIH news, February 22, 2016 - NIH seeks research applications to study Zika in pregnancy, developing fetus
NICHD/NIAID media advisory, February 5, 2016 - Related resource: Zika virus information and resources from Fogarty
- FAPESP and NIH announce new [parallel funding] research opportunity to support research collaboration between investigators in the U.S. and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
FAPESP news, February 2, 2016 - Related NIH funding opportunity: Parallel Funding Initiative for Collaborative Research Between Investigators in the USA and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil (NOT-TW-16-001) released Jan 12, 2016
- Related FAPESP funding opportunity: FAPESP and NIH Collaborative Research Opportunity - Call for Proposals released Feb 2, 2016
January 2016
- What dose of medication is best to prevent the evolution of drug resistance?
Penn State news, January 28, 2016 - Related journal article: Does High-Dose Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Prevent the Evolution of Resistance?
PLOS Computational Biology, January 28, 2016 - Zika virus: an emerging health threat
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, January 26, 2016 - Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
Authors supported in part by Fogarty
The Lancet, January 14, 2016 (online) - Zika virus in the Americas - yet another arbovirus threat
co-authored by NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
New England Journal of Medicine, January 13, 2016 - PEPFAR’s Dr Deborah Birx urges sharper focus to halt HIV globally
- New Fogarty programs build capacity, spur research
- Focus on Global Burden of Disease study: Dr Chris Murray discusses findings and future of GBD at NIH
- Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases partners publish hypertension findings
- The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: a partnership blossoms
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Testing curbs malaria drug misuse in Kenya
- Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr John Stanifer studies kidney disease in Tanzania
- Value of Fogarty-supported research training
Q and A with Dr Peter Cherutich - South African cohort studies yield key health insights
- NIH unveils Strategic Plan for 2016-2020
- People in the news - January 2016
- Global health briefs - January 2016
- NIH experts offer lessons learned from the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak
NIAID/NIH news, January 14, 2016 - Special issue on EbolaClinical Trials, January 14, 2016 (online)
- Dengue vaccine [developed at NIH] enters phase 3 trial in Brazil
NIAID/NIH news, January 14, 2016
December 2015
- Translational cancer research comes of age in Latin America: Investigators of the U.S.-Latin America Cancer Research Network
Science Translational Medicine, December 23, 2015 - Top global health research stories of 2015 from Fogarty
Fogarty news, December 17, 2015 - Grantee news: Combating Uganda’s HIV, TB epidemic by Dr Chris Whalen
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 16, 2015 - Poverty may slightly increase childhood risk of neurological impairment, NIH study suggests
NICHD/NIH news, December 16, 2015 - Grantee news: The Einstein-Brazil Fogarty: A decade of synergy
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, December 2015
November 2015
- NIH-led effort details global brain disorders research agenda in Nature supplement
Fogarty news, November 18, 2015 - Related publication: Brain disorders across the lifespan: Research to achieve nervous system health worldwide
Nature supplement, November 19, 2015 (online) - US scientists explore research partnerships with Cuba
- H3Africa spurs range of genomic research, training
- Q and A with Dr Nicola Mulder on bioinformatics and H3Africa
- NIH aims to increase collaboration on chronic diseases
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Akwi W. Asombang advances cancer research in Zambia
- Setting sustainable global health goals
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - NIH makes Rep John E Fogarty's papers available online
- People in the news
- Global health briefs
- Grantee news: UGA receives $1.49 million grant for HIV, TB research training in Uganda
University of Georgia news, November 10, 2015 - Behaviour change strategies for reducing blood pressure-related disease burden: findings from a global implementation research programme
Implementation Science, November 9, 2015 - Grantee news: New smartphone attachment detects sickle cell disease
Yale news, November 3, 3015
October 2015
- Report: Ebola R&D landscape of clinical candidates and trials
WHO, October 2015 - New [global] prize competition seeks innovative ideas to advance open science
NIH news, October 20, 2015 - US and Canada partner to invest $21 million for environmental and occupational health research hubs in developing countries
Fogarty news, October 8, 2015 - icddr,b and University of Chicago win joint grant worth USD 1.5 million for new GEOHealth Hub
ICDDR,B news October 19, 2015 - AAU and partner receive $3 million for research and training
Addis Ababa University new, October 19, 2105 - USC to partner on air pollution and health study in Eastern Africa
University of Southern California news, October 13, 2015 - Rollins researchers receive global environmental research and training award
Emory University news, October 12, 2015 - Tulane awarded $3 million to study impact of pollutants in Caribbean countries
Tulane University news, October 9, 2015
September 2015
- Scientists create world’s largest catalog of human genomic variation
NHGRI news, September 30, 2015 - Drug used to treat HIV linked to lower bone mass in newborns
NICHD news, September 30, 2015 - NLM adds papers of Congressman John E. Fogarty to Profiles in Science
National Library of Medicine news, September 24, 2015 - The John E Fogarty Papers
National Library of Medicine's Profiles in Science - Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist, Dr Joseph Millum
The BMJ, September 23, 2015 - NIH awards $36M to train junior faculty in Africa through MEPI program
- Rwandan Minister of Health Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses country's health advances
- Focus on research in China:
- Research advances in China improve health globally
- Chinese researchers discovered effectiveness of artemisinin against malaria
- Arsenic added to cancer therapy after studies in China
- Benzene research in China informs EPA regulation
- Asian diet examined for clues to improve health
- Chinese study shows folic acid helps reduce stroke risk
- Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Emily Vogtmann studies cancer threats
- Q and A with Dr Roger Detels on HIV/AIDS research and training
- Former Fogarty trainees help eliminate hepatitis C in Georgia
- Fogarty aims to inspire future global health leaders
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - HHS announces proposed changes to Common Rule
- Queen of Spain visits NIH to discuss cancer research
- People in the news
- Global health briefs
- Characterizing Ebola transmission patterns based on Internet news reports, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist
Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 15, 2015 (published online September 3, 2015)
August 2015
- Grantee news: Foes can become friends on the coral reef
Georgia Tech news, August 25, 2015 - Undergrad biomedical engineering teams win NIH’s DEBUT Challenge for design of creative new devices focused on global health and point-of-care technologies
NIBIB/NIH news, August 21, 2015 - Grantee news: New diagnostic tools for dehydration severity in children
Brown University news, August 21, 2015 - Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) members [including NIH] fund landmark research into prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, August 20, 2015 - Grantee news: Grants bolster HIV-focused research capacity
Vanderbilt University news, August 20, 2015 - Large percentage of youth with HIV may lack immunity to measles, mumps, rubella:
NIH study finds those vaccinated before starting modern HIV therapy may be at risk
NICHD/NIH news, August 13, 2015 - Scientists adopt new strategy to find Huntington's disease therapies
Large, international NIH-supported study uses precision medicine to tackle neurological disorders
NINDS/NIH news, August 7, 2015
July 2015
- Dr Peter Kilmarx appointed Fogarty Deputy Director
Fogarty news, July 30, 2015 - Young South African women can adhere to daily PrEP regimen as HIV prevention:
NIH-funded study finds men in Bangkok, Harlem also successful in taking daily dose
NIAID/NIH news, July 21, 2015 - Early antiretroviral therapy prevents non-AIDS outcomes in HIV-infected people
NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2025 - Related publication: Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
New England Journal of Medicine, July 20, 2015 - HIV control through treatment durably prevents heterosexual transmission of virus
NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2015 - Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED)
The Lancet Global Health, September 2015 (published online July 19, 2015) - US-China renew commitment to global health security
- Fogarty to award nearly $3M to advance ICT for research and training
- New career development program launched for LMIC scientists
- Scientists aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
- Focus on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at NIH:
- Drug abuse institute marks 20 years of global forum
- Researchers slow HIV spread among drug users in Vietnam
- Scientists tackle disease in Kazakhstan drug injectors
- NIDA, Fogarty work to reduce smoking in Argentina
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Jennifer Syvertsen documents drugs and HIV risk in Kenya
- Q and A with Dr Nelson Sewankambo on research and training in Uganda
- Diplomacy: a powerful force to improve global health
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Trainee music video urges malaria prevention
- People in the news - July 2015
- Global health briefs - July 2015
- Investigational aerosolized Ebola vaccine shows promise in nonhuman primates
NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2015 - Related publication: Aerosolized Ebola vaccine protects primates and elicits lung-resident T cell responses
Journal of Clinical Investigation, July 13, 2015 - MEPI grantee publication: Medical education departments: a study of four medical schools in Sub-Saharan Africa
BME Medical Education, July 1, 2015 - Valuing Stillbirths, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist, Dr Joseph Millum
Bioethics, July 2015 (published online November 14, 2014)
June 2015
- Fogarty and National Library of Medicine (NLM) supported The African Journal Partnership Project: Raising the visibility of African medical publishing and research
The BMJ, June 25, 2015 - U.S. and China: a strong partnership in health
HHS blog, June 24, 2015 - Study of Ebola survivors opens in Liberia: Trial to examine long-term health effects of Ebola virus disease
NIAID/NIH news, June 17, 2015
May 2015
- Stemming the tide of fake medicines
New York Times editorial, May 18, 2015 - Rwandan Health Minister Dr Agnes Binagwaho presents NIH global health lecture
- NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects
- Focus on the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research:
- NIH marks 20 years of advancing behavioral and social sciences
- Behavioral, social sciences are vital to global health
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Q and A with world-renowned malaria research expert Dr Chris Plowe
- Fogarty web tools facilitate collaboration
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Anna Babakhanyan in Cameroon assesses HIV impact in utero
- NIH encourages veterinarians to consider research careers
- Fogarty posts concepts for new LMIC training grant and several existing programs
- New TB hospital and research center opens in Haiti
- Burkitt's lymphoma studies may also advance research on other cancers, HIV, malaria
- People in the news - May 2015
- Global health briefs - May 2015
April 2015
- NIAID helps launch first "African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics" (ACE) in Mali
NIAID/NIH news, April 29, 2015 - Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say
Fogarty/NIH news, April 20, 2015 - Related publications: The Global Pandemic of Falsified Medicines: Laboratory and Field Innovations and Policy Perspectives
June 2015 supplement to the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, published online April 20, 2015 - Stemming the tide of fake medicines
New York Times editorial, May 18, 2015 - Fake medicines do real damage: Thousands die, superbugs get stronger according to Fogarty Senior Scientist Emeritus Dr Joel Breman
NPR Goats and Soda blog, April 24, 2015 - Why researchers say fake and low-quality drugs are a 'global pandemic'
Washington Post, April 20, 2015 - Substandard drugs, not fakes, undermine fight against malaria
Reuters Health, April 20, 2015 - Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass receives 2015 Albert B Sabin Gold Medal Award
Fogarty news, April 15, 2015 - NIH launches largest clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease, with roughly 100 sites in Canada, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US
NHLBI/NIH news, April 15, 2015 - NIH, South African Medical Research Council award $8 million in HIV, TB grants
NIAID/NIH news, April 13, 2015 - 8 Million Dollars’ worth of grants awarded to scientists at South African universities
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) news, April 13, 2015 - NIH research: Think globally
NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., address the importance of continuing to pursue research on a global scale amid fiscal constraints.
Science, April 10, 2015 - Brain program catalyzes research, builds capacity
- Brain disorders research: a decade of progress
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Lack of adherence in HIV trial has broad implications
- NIH meeting advances Alzheimer's research agenda
- Focus on infectious diseases
- Global swine trade facilitates evolution, spread of flu
- Scientists work to eliminate disease carried by pigs
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Rockefeller Oteng studies trauma, injury in Ghana
- Q and A with outgoing USAID Administrator Dr Rajiv Shah
- HHS expands public access to research
- NIH examines lead’s impact on dementia, bone density
- People in the news - April 2015
- Global health briefs - April 2015
- Experimental Ebola vaccine safe, prompts immune response: Results from US government-sponsored phase 1 trial of VSV vaccine reported
NIAID/NIH news, April 1, 2015
March 2015
- Global swine trade facilitates evolution, spread of flu
Fogarty news, March 27, 2015 - Related publication: Global migration of influenza A viruses in swine
Nature Communications (online), March 27, 2015 - Ebola test vaccines appear safe in Phase 2 Liberian clinical trial: Liberia-US partnership planning Phase 3 trial and study of Ebola survivors
NIAID/NIH news, March 26, 2015 - For most children with HIV and low immune cell count, cells rebound after treatment: NIH-funded study finds T-cell level returns to normal with time
NICHD/NIH news, March 23, 2015 - Anti-herpes drug may help control HIV, NIH study finds
NICHD/NIH news, March 13, 2015
February 2015
- Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership opens trial to test Ebola treatments: Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp
NIAID/NIH news, February 27, 2015 - Grantee news: Strong Connection between Violence and Mental Illness in Guatemala During Civil War Lessens in Postwar Period, Penn Study Finds
Penn Medicine news, February 26, 2015 - Ethics and Ebola: Public Health Planning and Response
from the The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, released February 26, 2015 - NIH-funded scientists create potential long-acting HIV therapeutic
NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015 - Study suggests alternative approach to AIDS vaccine
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, February 24, 2015 - NIH-sponsored HIV vaccine trial launches in South Africa
NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015 - Grantee news: Malaria vaccine candidate produced from algae
UC San Diego News, February 18, 2015 - Related publication: Algae-produced malaria transmission-blocking vaccine candidate Pfs25 formulated with a human use-compatible potent adjuvant induces high affinity antibodies that block Plasmodium falciparum infection of mosquitoes
Infection and Immunity from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), February 17, 2015 (online) - HHS Secretary says US plays key role in global health
- NIH Ebola vaccine trial gets underway in Liberia
- Medical Education Partnership Initiative aids Ebola response
- Focus on nursing research:
- Nursing research and training spur global health gains
- Sari cloth can filter cholera from water, research shows
- Lab-on-a-chip provides speedy disease diagnoses
- Research aims to curb mental, emotional pain of HIV
- Study finds mothers can help reduce daughters' risk of HIV infection in Jamaica
- Role of nursing research in global health: Q and A with NINR Director Dr Patricia A Grady
- Profile: Fogarty nursing fellow Faith Beulah oversees HIV trials in India
- Measuring health impact of indoor air pollution is key
- Evaluating the health benefits of clean cooking adoption: Indicators and biomarkers of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
Meeting report and presentations from the December 2014 Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves / NIH household air pollution workshop - Injuries cause 5 million global deaths each year
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Sub-Saharan Africa genomics study gives clues about disease
- NIH, Brazil launch novel funding program
- People in the news - February 2015
- Global health briefs - February 2015
- Journal article: International Research Ethics Education, co-authored by Fogarty staff
JAMA, February 3, 2015
January 2015
- Former NIAID Director [and Fogarty senior scientific advisor] Dr Richard Krause Dies at 90
NIAID news, January 9, 2015 - NIH-supported tailor-made vaccine set to banish Africa's meningitis epidemics
Reuters, January 9, 2015
December 2014
- Building the human capacity to deal with Ebola: How can we prevent future disease outbreaks?
by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
American Society for Microbiology's Cultures, Autumn 2014 - Top NIH global health research news stories of 2014
Fogarty news, December 17, 2014 - NIH accelerates clinical trials of Ebola vaccines
- Obama visits NIH to call for more funding for Ebola research
- President Obama Speaks on the Fight Against Ebola [Video]
The White House videos, December 2, 2014 - "A test of our character as a nation": President Obama on what we need in the fight against EbolaThe White House Blog, December 2, 2014
- Remarks by the President on research for potential Ebola vaccines at NIHThe White House news, December 2, 2014
- President's visit to NIH highlights research on Ebola
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, December 2, 2014 - Building the human capacity to deal with Ebola: How can we prevent future disease outbreaks?
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Lessons learned from 1976 Ebola outbreak
Q and A with Fogarty Scientist Emeritus Dr Joel Breman - Focus on sickle cell disease research
- Research needed to treat sickle cell disease in Africa
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Juliana Anyanwu studies sickle cell drug in Uganda
- Funders urged to invest in Africa's research capacity
- Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass delivers Enders lecture at IDWeek
- Study probes link between intestinal infections, child development
- Research effort tackles Latin American child obesity
- People in the news - December 2014
- Global health briefs - December 2014
- Sophisticated HIV diagnostics adapted for remote areas
NIBIB / NIH news, December 1, 2014
November 2014
- NIAID/GSK experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe, prompts immune responseNIAID / NIH news, November 28, 2014
- US announces significant support for the clean cooking sector and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
State Department news, November 21, 2014 - HHS and NIH take steps to enhance transparency of clinical trial results
NIH news, Nov 19, 2014 - Honoring Our Promise: Clinical Trial Data Sharing
NIH Director's blog, November 19, 2014 - NIH-sponsored study identifies superior drug regimen for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission
NIAID / NIH news, November 17, 2014 - NCI Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy and Fogarty announce awardees to sub-Saharan Africa collaborative HIV and cancer consortia
NCI / NIH news, November 2014
October 2014
- The Malnutrition and Enteric Disease Study (MAL-ED): Understanding the Consequences for Child Health and Development
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Supplement, November 1, 2014 issue - A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Implementation Science: The NIH-PEPFAR PMTCT Implementation Science Alliance
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), November 1, 2014 issue - Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July to September 2014, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist
Eurosurveillance, October 9, 2014 - HHS Releases 13th Report on Carcinogens
NIEHS / NIH news, October 2, 2014 - Related report: 13th Report on CarcinogensHHS National Toxicology Program, released October 2, 2014
September 2014
- Fogarty launches new program to spur mobile health innovations
Fogarty news, September 23, 2014 - US-Africa summit encourages investments in health
- NIH speeds efforts to test vaccine against Ebola
- Focus on HIV comorbidities
- Chronic diseases threaten progress against HIV/AIDS:
Scientists propose urgent NCD research agenda - Related publication: HIV and Noncommunicable Disease Comorbidities in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy: A Vital Agenda for Research in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
Supplement to Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), September 1, 2014 - Trauma and injury in Pakistan
- Pakistan builds trauma and injury research capacity
- Researchers aim to cut child injury in Pakistani homes
- Research is essential to improving health in Africa
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Jennifer Tang researches women's health in Malawi
- Q and A with Dr Michael M Gottesman, NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research
- NIH prepares for new MEPI research support in Africa
- People in the news - September 2014
- Global health briefs - September 2014
- Ebola Then and Now, co-authored by Fogarty Senior Scientific Adviser Emeritus Dr. Joel Breman
New England Journal of Medicine, Online First, September 10, 2014- Related news: 1976 vs. Today: Ebola's Terrifying Evolution
The Daily Beast, September 10, 2014 - Related news: The Original Ebola Hunter: Dr Joel Breman, Fogarty senior scientific adviser emeritus
The Daily Beast, September 14, 2014
- Related news: 1976 vs. Today: Ebola's Terrifying Evolution
- Fogarty funds cutting-edge biodiversity initiativesFogarty news, September 8, 2014
- Grantee news: Bacteria that assist fungus-farming ants may be a source of new drugs
Harvard Medical School news, August 4, 2014 - Fogarty awards $17 million in new HIV research training grantsFogarty news, September 3, 2014
- Grantee news: UNC receives $1.5 million grant to strengthen HIV/AIDS research training in South Africa
UNC news, September 18, 2014
August 2014
- Grantee news: Marine protected areas might not be enough to help overfished reefs recover; Young corals, fish turned off by smell of damaged habitats
Georgia Tech news, August 21, 2014 - Related publication: Chemically mediated behavior of recruiting corals and fishes: A tipping point that may limit reef recovery
Science, August 22, 2014 - Experimental chikungunya vaccine induces robust antibody response
NIAID/NIH news, August 14, 2014 - Scientists detail urgent research agenda to better understand, address chronic disease toll: HIV patients in developing countries facing new health risks must be a high priority
Fogarty / NIH news, August 14, 2014 - Related journal articles: HIV and Noncommunicable Disease Comorbidities in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy: A Vital Agenda for Research in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Supplement 1, September 1, 2014 - African leaders visit NIH campus
Fogarty news, updated August 12, 2014 - MEPI news: Africa, With U.S. Help, Graduates More Doctors
New York Times, August 11, 2014 - Grantee news: Thai health care: New program provides research training for nurses and
Q&A: Research training for nurses benefits U.S and Thailand
University of Michigan news, August 6, 2014 - Concept: NIH-supported Component of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Research Career Development of African Junior Faculty
Fogarty funding news, August 1, 2014
July 2014
- Partnering with African scientists to improve global health: Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
Fogarty news, July 31, 2014 - African medical education is being transformed by US program, journal articles reportFogarty news, July 30, 2014
- Related publication: The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: Investing in Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Academic Medicine, supplement, August 2014 - Celebrating 10 years of Fogarty fellows and scholars:
- Rwandan Health Minister Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses research collaborations with NIH
- Global leaders raise alarm on antibiotic resistance
- Focus on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) global health programs:
- CDC views global health as key priority
- Hands-on CDC training boosts researcher skills
- CDC programs improve global health security
- Q and A with CDC Director Dr Tom Frieden
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Bhakti Hansoti creates plan to save ailing South African children
- Hope motivates positive behavior in HIV patients
- Mosquitoes are spreading chikungunya disease in the Americas
- People in the news - July 2014
- Global health briefs - July 2014
- Profile: NIH's Fogarty International Center - The Lancet, July 12, 2014
June 2014
- Fogarty awards five new chronic disease training grants - Fogarty news, June 20, 2014
- Grantee news: Egypt: 2014 Field Report - Initiatives, prescriptions and imperatives to overcome Egypt's most pressing emergency medicine problems
Emergency Physicians International (EPi), June 5, 2014 - Universities meet to consider global health challenges
- Collins hails US-Brazil science collaborations
- Focus on National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) at NIH:
- Information and communications technology (ICT) research:
- Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Victoria Ojeda studies health on US-Mexico border
- Institute of Medicine studies global child health
- People in the news - June 2014
- Global health briefs - June 2014
- Fogarty awards four 2014 bioethics grants - Fogarty news, June 4, 2014
May 2014
- Fogarty awards new infectious disease research training grants - Fogarty news, May 22, 2014
- Grantee news: BMC awarded NIH grant to train Ugandans in basic research on TB Boston University Medical Center news, June 16, 2014
- Grantee news: An American doctor may have solved a deadly mystery about malaria - PRI's The World, May 5, 2015
April 2014
- A career in public health: The chance to save lives by the millions [PDF, <1M]
by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 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
- Grantee news: Building Capacity for Children's Environmental Health Research in China - NIEHS Global Environmental Health, April 2014
- Fogarty sets new goals for global health research and training - Fogarty news, April 29, 2014
- Fogarty launches strategic plan to meet new global health needs
- Related publication: Fogarty Strategic Plan, April 2014
- NIH celebrates a decade of brain disorders research
- Hookah smoking poses health risks, NIH studies show
- Related resource: Hookah research information and resources
- Envisioning the end of AIDS: challenges and prospects
Q and A with Dr Salim Abdool Karim of CAPRISA - Focus: NIH tech transfer office speeds global health solutions
- Bioethics in research: strengthening the foundation
Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Paul Drain helps accelerate disease diagnoses in South Africa
- NIH leaders, grantees present at CUGH meeting
- People in the news - April 2014
- Global health briefs - April 2014
- Grantee news: Pollutants from coal-burning stoves strongly associated with miscarriages in Mongolia - Children's Hospital Los Angeles news, April 23, 2014
- NIH funds influenza research and surveillance network - NIH news, April 10, 2014
- Grantee News: Chagas research champion wins hearts and minds - TDR news, April 4, 2014
March 2014
- HIV-Infected Men at Increased Risk for Heart Disease, Large Study Finds - NIAID news, March 31, 2014
- Robust Research Efforts Needed to Address Ongoing, Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) news, March 20, 2014
- Newly published study indicates lifesaving potential for new rotavirus vaccine - PATH announcement, March 12, 2014
- Related publication: Team science and the creation of a novel rotavirus vaccine in India: a new framework for vaccine development, The Lancet, March 12, 2014
- South African study 'opens new possibilities for curing HIV' - SouthAfrica.info, March 4, 2014
- Developmental pathway for potent V1V2-directed HIV-neutralizing antibodies - Nature, March 2, 2014
- The Future of Biomedical Research by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, The ASCO Post from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, March 1, 2014
February 2014
- NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins testifies to a Senate subcommittee regarding research to treat or prevent Alzheimer's Disease, including a clinical trial in Colombia [Video] - C-SPAN, February 26, 2014
- Youth born with HIV may have higher heart disease risk, NIH network study shows - NIH News, February 24, 2014
- Focus on Brain Disorders: Research Across the Lifespan
- Overview of Brain Disorders: Research Across the Lifespan
- Cassava root causes cognitive damage in Congolese villages
- Education may curb epilepsy linked to pig parasite in Burkina Faso
- Fogarty-supported researchers spur Alzheimer's research in Colombia
- Alzheimer's gene protects cognition in Brazilian slums
- Studies in Vietnam show early intervention is critical for disabled children
- Fogarty launches program to advance mHealth research
- US investment in global health research:
- America is losing biomedical research leadership to Asia
- US as a global health leader: Q and A with Dr J Stephen Morrison of CSIS
- Response to a congressman: how we all benefit from global health research, Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
- Study shows parasite mutation behind drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia
- WHO urges artemisinin resistance testing
- NIH joins global effort to fund diabetes research
- Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Rachel T Idowu learns skills for global health career
- Fogarty posts indoor air pollution training resources
- People in the news - February 2014
- Global health briefs - February 2014
January 2014
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) collaborates with Beijing clinician-scientist
NIH Record, January 31, 2014 - Fogarty bioethics grantees discuss lessons learned
Fogarty news, January 22, 2014 - Journal article: Multi-year persistence of two pandemic A/H1N1 influenza virus lineages in West Africa
Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 19, 2014 - Fogarty celebrates decade of brain disorders program
Fogarty News, January 17, 2014 - NCI's Center for Global Health Boosts Grant-Earning Capacity in Africa
NIH Record, January 17, 2014 - NIBIB Partners with India on Blood Pressure Initiative
NIH Record, January 17, 2014 - New rotavirus vaccines seem safer, studies find
Associated Press via Yahoo! News, January 14, 2014 - Related publication: Rotavirus Vaccines - Balancing Intussusception Risks and Health Benefits
New England Journal of Medicine, January 14, 2014 - Fogarty awards new HIV/AIDS mentoring grants
Fogarty news, January 6, 2014
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