Global Health Research News - Fogarty International Center @ NIH

Global Health Research News - Fogarty International Center @ NIH

October 2018

• Genomic analysis [supported in part by NIAID, NHGRI and NIH Common Fund's H3Africa] offers insight into 2018 Nigeria Lassa fever outbreak
  NIAID/NIH news, October 18, 2018
• Grantee news: New center to jumpstart point-of-care technologies for HIV treatment in Africa  with support from NIH Office of AIDS Research, NIBIB and Fogarty
  Northwestern University news, October 17, 2018
• Scientists develop novel vaccine for Lassa fever and rabies
  NIAID/NIH news, October 11, 2018
• Grantee news: New grant to build research capacity in infectious diseases 
  Aga Khan University news, October 8, 2018
• Cities’ population, transportation patterns affect how flu epidemics play out 
  Oregon State University news, October 3, 2018
• Related publications:
  Urbanization and humidity shape the intensity of influenza epidemics in U.S. cities , co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Science, October 5, 2018
  Perspective: Metropolitan versus small-town influenza 
  Science, October 5, 2018
• Fogarty website improves security, users must update older web browsers
  Fogarty news, October 1, 2018

September 2018

• Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) cycle 7 grant recipients , including grants supported by NIH
  U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, September 2018
• Africa’s health, research workforce gets $26M boost
• Prof. Sewankambo, Prof. Kiguli win 5-year Fogarty International Center awards 
  Makerere University College of Health Sciences news, October 17, 2018
• MUHAS receives Fogarty grant for transforming health professions education in Tanzania 
  Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) news, October 2, 2018
• AAU receives over $3.5 million USD for Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI) through the US government fund 
  Addis Ababa University news, September 26, 2018
• NIH trying to change science culture, boost women’s role
• Fogarty-supported research revolutionizes hydrocephalus care
• Focus on Alzheimer's disease and dementia:
• Tackling the growing, global burden of dementia
• Study in India sets stage for US tests of screening tool for cognitive impairment
• Fogarty grantees receive supplemental funding for training in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
• As dementia rises in Africa, urgent need for research
• Encouraging research innovations that improve health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Leading the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cambodia
  Q and A with Dr Vonthanak Saphonn
• First Fogarty ophthalmology Fellow Dr Fran Wu studies rare pediatric cancer in Ethiopia
• Fogarty trainees in Dhaka collaborate on diarrheal diseases
• People in the news - September 2018
• Global health briefs - September 2018
• Combination HIV antibody infusions safely maintain viral suppression in select individuals
  NIAID/NIH news, September 26, 2018
• NIH releases strategic plan to address tuberculosis research
  NIAID/NIH news, September 26, 2018
• AAU receives over $3.5M for Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI) through the US government fund 
  Addis Ababa University news, September 26, 2018
• NIH launches study to test combination antibody treatment for HIV infection
  NIAID/NIH news, September 20, 2018
• NIH funds study to prevent, treat HIV among adolescents in poor countries
  Study seeks to identify high-risk youth and get them into medical care
  NICHD/NIH news, September 19, 2018
• Changing the culture of science to end sexual harassment
  Statement by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins
  NIH news, September 17, 2018
• Gene variations linked to severity of Zika-related birth defects, small NIH study suggests
  NICHD/NIH news, September 17, 2018
• Grantee news: Physical activity associated with cognitive benefits in women living with HIV 
  Infectious Disease Advisor, September 17, 2018
• NIH launches initiative to accelerate genetic therapies to cure sickle cell disease
  NHLBI/NIH news, September 13, 2018
• Early stage clinical trial of antimalarial drug begins
  NIAID/NIH news, September 10, 2018