November / December 2017 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

• Scientists gather to celebrate Fogarty’s Global Infectious Disease research training program
• Some Fogarty applicants tripped up by NIH appendix policy
• NIH urges grantees to publish only in credible journals
• Focus: Fogarty is building research capacity to fight noncommunicable diseases
  • Customizing stroke prevention research in Pakistani population
  • Energizing psychiatric research in Egypt, India
  • Training Africans to fight NCDs in Africa
  • Examining diet's role in NCDs in Nigeria
  • Studying food industry’s impact on obesity in Latin America
• Grateful for progress toward a disease-free world
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Mohammad Aminul Islam battles antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh
• Q and A with Dr John Nkengasong, director of Africa CDC and former Fogarty trainee
• Early-career scientists receive $3.3M to help establish independent research careers
• Emerging global health leaders receive $5M in research support
• Global Health Technology Coalition unveils fact sheets
• People in the news
• Global health briefs

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