Global Health Matters July/August 2024
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An important part of Fogarty’s mission is training the next generation of global health researchers. We asked nine accomplished researchers about their experiences both as mentors and mentees.
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Azeez Butali led the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) for cleft lip and palate in an African population.
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Lisa Labita Woodson’s journey began in Nepal with the Peace Corps; as a Fogarty-Fulbright Scholar she studied COVID-19’s impact in the Amazon. Now she focuses on reproductive education and health.
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Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, head of U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), warned of “HIV fatigue” during the David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture 2024 at the National Institutes of Health.
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"I was told before I came that Fogarty is a special place, and that has proven to be true." Director Kathleen Neuzil looks back on her first three months as the 13th director of the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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Childhood obesity is at an all-time high in the U.S., a rising trend mirrored across Latin America. Researchers working on interventions to reverse this trend shared their work at Fogarty’s 2024 Childhood Obesity Prevention Across Borders network meeting.
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Erin Wilson and her colleagues are working on a stigma reduction intervention for Nepal’s trans women community.
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Updated August 23, 2024