September / October 2013 Global Health Matters E-newsletter

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September / October 2013

NIH Deadline Modifications: Revised Guidance on Resumption of NIH Extramural Activities

African medical schools see profound culture change
Fogarty awards new grants in HIV, infectious disease, bioethics and global health innovation
NIH Clinical Center celebrates 60 years of research
Fogarty Fellow studies Rwanda's surgical capacity
Role of gender in global health research
Focus on the Human Microbiome Project: Research shows promise, may result in treatments

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African medical schools see culture change The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and NIH, spurs African medical education to quickly evolve. Read full article...

Fogarty awards new grants Fogarty announces grant awards for four research training programs: HIV research training Infectious disease research training Research ethics education and curriculum development Framework global health innovation

NIH Clinical Center celebrates 60 years There are countless reasons to celebrate the success of the NIH Clinical Center, which celebrates its sixtieth anniversary this year. Read full article... Related news: Researchers at Clinical Center show mouse virus may cause breast cancer in humans

Fellow studies Rwanda's surgical capacity Dr. Robin Petroze completed the first comprehensive assessment ever of Rwanda's surgical system during a Fogarty research fellowship. Read full article...

Role of gender in global health research Dr. Janine A. Clayton, Director of NIH's Office of Research on Women's Health, discusses why we need research on women's health. Read full article...

Focus on the Human Microbiome Project Research supported by the NIH Human Microbiome Project shows promise, and results could someday lead to new approaches to treat malnutrition, asthma, obesity, diabetes and other conditions. Read full article...

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Evaluating Fogarty's impact: Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
- Dr Glass presents at Oct 2013 NIH Scientific Management Review Board: What does the US have to gain from investments in global health research? [Video]
Chinese bats likely source of SARS virus, researchers report
Researchers study human dynamics to track bird flu
Disease mapping is critical planning tool for researchers
Malaria vaccine is safe, effective
Fogarty marks namesake's 100-year milestone
Global health briefs
People in the news

Enews exclusives

Fogarty grantees and collaborators among those elected as IOM members: Institute of Medicine elects 70 new members, 10 foreign associates - IOM news release, October 21, 2013
NIH awards $17 million in grants to augment genomics research in Africa - NIH News, October 18, 2013
Study [in South Africa and Zambia] evaluates population-wide testing, early treatment for HIV prevention - NIH News, September 30, 2013
With MEPI support University of Botswana School of Medicine and Ministry of Health developed symptom-cased primary care guidelines - University of Botswana news, September 20, 2013
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) information reaches Africa and Saudi Arabia - NIDA News, September 2013
Fogarty Global Infectious Diseases grantee news - Case Western Center for Global Health and Diseases' growth adds jobs in Cleveland, as researchers work to eradicate illnesses worldwide - cleveland.com, August 29, 2013
Fogarty Brain Disorders grantee news - The War Inside: fighting depression in Palestine [includes Video] , The Verge, August 20, 2013
New Door Opens in the Effort to Stave off Mosquito-Borne Diseases - NIGMS Biomedical Beat blog, August 16, 2013
Fogarty grantee news: Evaluating institutional capacity for research ethics in Africa: a case study from Botswana - BMC Medical Ethics via PubMed, July 30, 2013
Misused and misunderstood [NIH funding & grant] terms: NIH is a foreign language - Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers, September 18, 2013
Shutdown a Downer for Morale - Blog post by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Director Dr. Thomas Insel, October 22, 2013

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Upcoming Events

November 2 - 6, 2013
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting
Boston, MA
November 3 - 5, 2013
Conference - What Will it Take to Achieve an AIDS-free World? organized by Cell and The Lancet
San Francisco, CA
November 12 - 14, 2013
Association of Research Administrators in Africa (ARAA) Annual Meeting
Nairobi, Kenya
December 7 - 8, 2013
NIH mHealth Training Institute , a satellite meeting for the mHealth Summit
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center
National Harbor, MD
December 9 - 11, 2013
mHealth Summit
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center
National Harbor, MD
February 11 - 13, 2014
10th Anniversary Brain Disorders in the Developing World Symposium
Natcher Auditorium, NIH campus
Bethesda, MD
Grantee presentations and abstracts due November 15, 2013
March 3 - 6, 2014
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
Boston, MA
May 10 - 12, 2014
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
> Applications for panel proposals due November 8, 2013
> Scientific, project and program abstracts due December 15, 2013
Fogarty Calendar of Events

Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines

Research on the Role of Epigenetics in Social, Behavioral, Environmental and Biological Relationships
from the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet)
Application due date: November 13, 2013
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Initiative (EEID)
A joint initiative between NIH and the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Application deadline: November 20, 2013
International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)
Updated > Application deadline: December 11, 2013
Sub-Saharan African Collaborative HIV and Cancer Consortia
Application deadline: January 17, 2014
International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA)
Application deadline: March 4, 2014
Global Health Research and Research Training eCapacity Initiative
Application deadline: May 15, 2014
International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (Bioethics)
Application deadline: May 22, 2014
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