May / June 2017 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

• Congressional appropriators consider Fogarty's impact
• Fogarty cheered by supporters at CUGH annual meeting
• FOCUS: how Americans benefit from global health research
  • Zika vaccine trial site in Peru led by Fogarty trainee
  • Fogarty-supported Chagas, dengue researchers redirect efforts to tackle Zika virus
  • HIV research by Fogarty trainees brings changes to US treatment protocols
  • Fogarty trainees study Colombian family for clues to prevent Alzheimer's
  • Fogarty protects US by strengthening pandemic response in West Africa
• Opinion: Empowering developing countries to direct their own research
  by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Co-founder of Fogarty’s RAPIDD modeling program Dr Ellis McKenzie is remembered
• Q and A with Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, former Fogarty trainee and Ugandan Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
• People in the news
• Global health briefs

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