Fogarty International Center

Fogarty International Center

Issue: Mar/Apr 2026

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Global Health Matters Newsletter

The Ethical Use of AI Tools in Global Health Research

Across the globe, the fields of medicine and biomedical research are integrating AI tools into practices, procedures, experiments, and analysis. Four Fogarty International Bioethics Research Training Program grantees discuss the value and potential ethical concerns when using AI in medicine and research in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs).

AI in Global Health Research

Global Health Research Impacts in the U.S.

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Fogarty’s Impact in Facts, Numbers, and Stories
Fogarty adds value to NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services through 439 active research and research training awards. Nearly all of Fogarty’s overseas grants involve American researchers. Two-thirds are awarded to U.S. institutions.

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NIH-funded Global Scientific Advances Benefit the American Public
NIH-funded research conducted by U.S. and international teams in lower resource regions has led to better treatments for health challenges, including heart disease, in the United States.

Featured News

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Improving treatment and reducing symptom severity for people with serious mental illness
Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington , teamed up with Professor Angela Ofori Atta, University of Ghana, to develop an mhealth intervention for use in West African prayer camps.

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Dr. Ana Lucia Seminario (left) and Moureen Otieno (right) during study startup activities at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya

Feedback sessions share research results, including an ‘eye-opening’ finding
In Kenya, Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Oral Global Health researchers shared their findings from a study of oral health in 3- to 4-year-old children led by Ana Lucia Seminario, DDS, PhD.

Global Health Fellows & Scholars

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A pivot from HIV vaccine research to searching for an HIV cure Catherine Koofhethile’s PhD proposal, an examination of the interplay between HIV and the immune system , stemmed from what she’d observed—that some people could control HIV naturally without a need for treatment, while others could not.

Implementing Global Research in the U.S.

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Africa’s remarkable genetic diversity yields benefits for people worldwide: Michèle Ramsay, PhD, University of the Witwatersrand, is a Fogarty grantee, who is committed to research focused on African population genetic diversity and its contribution to history , health, and disease.

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