March / April 2024

Building support infrastructure so scientists can focus on research 

For the last decade, Fogarty’s “G-11” program has supported educational programs geared toward improving research support at institutions in lower-revenue nations. 

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Striving for equity in global health research partnerships 

Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx shares his thoughts on the progress NIH has made in promoting equity across its global health research activities. 

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Fogarty-funded mHealth projects receive NIH technology awards 

One of the projects built an algorithm to detect blood disorders with a photograph; the other uses AI to monitor recovery after caesarean delivery. 

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Studying risk factors for cancer in Mexico: Q&A with Martin Lajous, MD, ScD 

Martin Lajous of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health helped design the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort (MTC), the largest cancer cohort in Latin America. 

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Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa 

As a Fogarty Global Health Scholar, Dr. Joan Matji investigated associations among postnatal maternal nutritional status, maternal HIV disease progression, and infant feeding practices. 

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Charting the evolutionary course of influenza: Insights into epidemic dynamics 

In this guest blog, David Spiro, director of Fogarty's Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, discusses a recent study looking at how the antigenic drift of flu viruses affects the size and severity of seasonal epidemics each year. 

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Also in this issue

• Fogarty’s impact on display at CUGH 2024 

• Aging institute to fund research on disparity in life expectancy between US, other nations 

People in the news: 

• Gordon to leave National Institute of Mental Health 
• Hiatt, former Harvard School of Public Health dean, passes 
• Krupp wins Fulbright Global Scholar Award 
• Abdellatif wins IADR award 
• Amewu, Birkholtz secure major grant 

Details: People in the news

Global health briefs:

• Neurological conditions leading cause of ill health worldwide 
• Burden of TB mixed in teens, young adults 
• IVI to open Africa office 
• COVID-19 drug shows promise in treating Ebola 
• Intervention speeds up ART adoption 

Details: Global health briefs

Funding opportunities

• Bioethics
  Application deadline: June 6, 2024
• Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training
  Application deadline: July 15, 2024
• Fogarty HIV Research Training
  Application deadline: August 22, 2024

All Fogarty funding opportunities

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Featured Event

Barmes Lecture 2024: Global HIV/AIDS Response: Then, Now, Future

Date: June 5, 2024
Location: Bethesda, Maryland (USA)

Fogarty and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research welcome U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator John Nkengasong to NIH to discuss the global HIV/AIDS response. Open to the public. In person and virtual. 

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