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Rwandan Minister of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, a strong supporter of biomedical research, has been invited to deliver the annual David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture at NIH.
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Poor quality medicines are a real and urgent threat that could undermine decades of successful efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB, according to the editors of a new collection of journal articles.
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The NIH and the South African Medical Research Council have jointly awarded 31 grants to support research targeting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and HIV-related comorbidities and cancers.
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To make it easier for Fogarty grantees to share information and identify possible collaborators, the Center has launched on its website a new searchable database of all current projects.
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As a Fogarty Fellow in Cameroon, Dr. Anna Babakhanyan studied whether HIV-free babies born to mothers with the virus receive normal or lower levels of the maternal antibodies that protect newborns from malaria.
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A recent NIH stakeholder meeting considered how to improve health for people, animals and the environment, and how veterinarian-scientists can be better integrated into biomedical research.
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The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research is celebrating 20 years of accomplishments in the U.S. and globally.
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Also in This Issue
E-news exclusives
- NIAID helps launch first "African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics" (ACE) in Mali
NIAID/NIH news, April 29, 2015
- Americas region is declared the world’s first to eliminate rubella
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) news, April 29, 2015
- NIH launches largest clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease, with roughly 100 sites in Canada, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US
NHLBI/NIH news, April 15, 2015
- How to make an impact in global mental health
Pamela Collins, director, NIMH Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health at Duke Global Health Institute, with recorded webcast
Duke Global Health Institute news, April 14, 2015
- NIH research: think globally
NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., address the importance of continuing to pursue research on a global scale amid fiscal constraints.
Science, April 10, 2015
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Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines
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Upcoming Events
June 12 - 15, 2015
NIDA International Forum
Phoenix, AZ June 23 - 25, 2015
OBSSR 20th Anniversary Celebration
NIH campus
Bethesda, MD
Portions of the events will be webcast live and recorded. July 18 - 23, 2015
Alzheimer's Association International Conference
Washington, DC July 19 - 22, 2015
IAS 2015: Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
from the International AIDS Society (IAS)
Vancouver, Canada July 26 - 31, 2015
Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
from Kaiser Permanente and the Cancer Research Network, with support from NIH
Pasadena, CA July 29, 2015,11:30 a.m.
David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture
Presented by Rwandan Minister of Health Dr. Agnes Binagwaho
Masur Auditorium, Building 10
NIH Campus
Bethesda, MD
The lecture will be webcast live and recorded. August 24 - 28, 2015
mHealth Summer Training Institute
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus
Los Angeles, CA September 15, 2015
Fogarty Advisory Board Meeting
NIH campus
Bethesda, MD September 28 - 30, 2015
Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference
Oxford, United Kingdom October 7 - 11, 2015
IDWeek - Annual conference on prevention, diagnosis, treatment and epidemiology of infectious diseases
San Diego, CA October 17 - 21, 2014
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
Chicago, IL October 25 - 29, 2015
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, PA November 8 - 11, 2015
mHealth Summit and Global mHealth Forum
National Harbor, MD
Submissions for presentations due June 8, 2015 Fogarty Calendar of Events
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