Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Enteric Health and Malnutrition in Pakistan (PIDEMP) Research Training Program
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Funding Fogarty Program
Global Infectious Diseases (GID)
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Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Enteric Health and Malnutrition in Pakistan (PIDEMP) Research Training Program
Principal Institution
Aga Khan University (Pakistan)
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Ali, Syed Asad; Moore, Sean Ryan
Project Contact Information
Email:
asad.ali@aku.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2006-2025
Country
Pakistan
Collaborators
University of Virginia
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Project Description
This project aims to:
- Build a training program at the Aga Khan University (AKU), Pakistan
- Develop research capacity in infectious and gastrointestinal disease
- Emphasize three areas of critical importance to child survival in Pakistan: undernutrition as an enteric infectious disease (i.e., Environmental Enteric Dysfunction – EED); vaccine efficacy; and understanding and reversing the vicious association of the cycle between maternal-child undernutrition and infectious diseases.
This work will be executed in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Virginia (UVA). We aim to produce a cadre of high quality, independent local scientists and build sustainable capacity in pediatric infectious disease and gastroenterology and nutrition research, specifically related to EED and its complications such as vaccine failure, undernutrition and subsequent growth failure in children residing in Pakistan.
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