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Vanderbilt-Nigeria Biostatistics Training Program (VN-BioStat)
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
Fogarty HIV Research Training
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Vanderbilt-Nigeria Biostatistics Training Program (VN-BioStat)
Principal Institution
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Shepherd, Bryan Earl; Aliyu, Muktar Hassan; Hussaini, Nafiu
Project Contact Information
Email:
bryan.shepherd@vanderbilt.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2022-2027
Country
Nigeria
Collaborators
Bayero University Kano
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital
NIH Partners
NICHD
Project Description
As Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria is facing the threats of high HIV burden, low combination antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage, and slow decline in new HIV infections. The need to develop research capacity to generate evidence to tackle the burden of HIV in Nigeria is great, and biostatistics expertise and leadership, which is lagging in West Africa, is critical to these research activities.
In response to this need, the Vanderbilt- Nigeria Biostatistics Research Training Program (VN-BioStat) harnesses the longstanding and highly successful research partnership between Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Bayero University Kano, and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health to establish a research and training platform that will create a cohort of highly skilled Nigerian biostatistics leaders with the capacity to lead independent and collaborative research focused on HIV.
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