Global mHealth Research Training Institute

Fogarty's Center for Global Health Studies (CGHS) hosted the Global mHealth Research Training Institute at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's main campus in Bethesda, Maryland, in June 2016.

The one-time, short-term, scenario-based training promoted multidisciplinary research, implementation science and novel research methodologies to a cohort of researchers from diverse fields who are helping to lay the groundwork for future mHealth research projects and begin to build the evidence base for impactful technologies.

Presentations from the Global mHealth Research Training Institute

Presentations from the Institute offer a free, on-demand learning opportunity for those interested in global mHealth research.

• Defining the problem: Understanding and changing behavior [PDF <1M, 36 slides]
  Donna Spruijt-Metz, M.F.A., Ph.D.

• Defining the problem: The health system [PDF 1M, 32 slides]
  Magaly Blas, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

• Needs assessment and asset analysis: Framing ethical interventions with impact [PDF 1M, 29 slides]
  Rachel Hall-Clifford, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.

• User-centered design of mobile and wearable health applications [PDF 2M, 9 slides]
  Maribeth Gandy, Ph.D.

• Technology and sensors [PDF 1M, 28 slides]
  Gari Clifford, Ph.D.
  Omer Inan, Ph.D.

• Signal processing and machine learning [PDF 1M, 49 slides]
  Gari Clifford, Ph.D.

• Health informatics [PDF <1M, 18 slides]
  Martin C. Were, M.D. M.S.

• Experimental designs for optimizing interventions [PDF <1M, 33 slides]
  Inbal (Billie) Nahum-Shani, Ph.D.

• Implementation science and mHealth: Insights at the intersection? [PDF 3M, 28 slides]
  Elvin Geng M.D., M.P.H.

• Engaging multidisciplinary teams [PDF <1M, 21 slides]
  Donna Spruijt-Metz, M.F.A., Ph.D.
  Thomas Odeny, M.D.
  Gari Clifford, Ph.D.

• mHealth funding opportunities from NIH [PDF <1M, 11 slides]
  Laura K. Povlich, Ph.D.

About Global mHealth Research

Mobile technologies have enormous potential to transform health care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where use of mHealth applications are increasing. However, few of the current efforts measure health outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and impact on public health, demonstrating the need for rigorous research and dissemination of study results.

Fogarty, in partnership with other NIH Institutes and Centers, outside partners, and academic leaders in the field, has developed an mHealth research program, Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries, which supports the development of an evidence base for the use of mHealth technologies to improve clinical and public health outcomes, while also building related research capacity in LMICs. The Global mHealth Research Training Institute complements Fogarty's mHealth research program.

Global mHealth Research Training Institute Leadership

Co-chairs

• Gari Clifford, Emory University
• Thomas Odeny, Kenya Medical Research Institute
• Donna Sprujit-Metz, University of Southern California

Planning Committee

• U.S. National Science Foundation
• U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Fogarty International Center
• National Cancer Institutes (NCI)
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR)
• Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
• World Health Organization

Inquiries

Susan Vorkoper, M.P.H., M.S.W.
Public Health Advisor
Fogarty Division of International Science Policy, Planning and Evaluation
Email: Susan.Vorkoper@nih.gov

Updated May 23, 2023