$14M awarded for chronic disease research training through NCD-Lifespan program

September / October 2012 | Volume 11, Issue 5

To counteract the rapid rise of chronic diseases in developing countries, Fogarty has awarded $14 million in grants to 15 research institutions. Its Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan (NCD-Lifespan) program will fund training in research areas related to non-communicable health problems, with the ultimate goal of producing locally relevant, evidence-based interventions.

• View a full list of 2012 NCD-Lifespan Awards

"Non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease continue to ravage developing regions of the world, with a lack of trained clinicians and researchers compounding the epidemic," said Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass. "Awards from the NCD-Lifespan program will help break new ground by building chronic disease expertise where it's needed most."

Training will cover a diverse range of subjects, including a trauma and injury project in Uganda, a substance abuse effort in Ukraine, and courses on nutrition and chronic diseases in Ghana, Malawi and Bangladesh. Other projects will focus on improving mental health infrastructure in Southeast Asia, training in China related to gene-environment interaction and an implementation sciences institute in Mexico and India. In addition, cancer and tobacco control training will be provided in Kenya. Finally, a planning grant will support cardiovascular research training in India with a focus on biostatistics and modeling.

Chronic disease deaths are projected to increase by at least 20 percent in Africa and Southeast Asia by 2020, according to the WHO. In 2008, more than two-thirds of cancer deaths and over 80 percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease and diabetes occurred in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Fogarty launched the NCD-Lifespan program to address these health issues as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mental illness, drug addiction and alcoholism, and developmental and neurological disorders.

Fogarty's NIH funding partners for the awards include the National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health.

More Information

• Learn more about the Chronic, Non-communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan program.
• Learn more about Chronic, Non-communicable Diseases.

2012 NCD-Lifespan Awards

Access full details for the NCD-Lifespan awards in NIH RePORTER.

Full Awards

• Promoting Capacity Building in Chronic Diseases Research in South America
  Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Adolfo Rubinstein
• Capacity Building for Lifespan Focused Substance Use Disorder Research in Ukraine
  University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Zucker
• Chronic Consequences of Trauma, Injuries, Disability Across the Lifespan: Uganda
  Johns Hopkins University
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Adnan Hyder
• International Partnership for Interdisciplinary Research Training
  University of Chicago
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade
• Research Training in Gene-Environment Interaction in China
  Tulane University
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Jiang He
• Health Systems and Implementation Sciences Institute for NCDs in South Asia and Latin America
  Emory University
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Kabayam M. Venkat Narayan
• Multilevel and Lifecourse Approaches to NCD Prevention in Latin America
  University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Ana Diez-Roux
• Increasing Mental Health Research Infrastructure in Southeast Asia
  Vanderbilt University
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Bahr Weiss
• Cancer and Tobacco Control Training and Research across the Lifespan in Kenya
  West Virginia University
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Scot Remick
• Nutritional Antecedents of Chronic Diseases and Disorders in Low-income Populations
  University of California, Davis
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Kathryn Dewey
• Enhancing Training for Implementation Research in Chronic Diseases: CITE/Kenya
  Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Spencer Inui
• Argentine Doctoral Training in Implementation Research across the Lifespan
  Tulane University
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Pierre Buekens
• UCLA - Cairo University Addiction Unit Research Training Program
  University of California, Los Angeles
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Rawson
• Capacity Building in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases at the American University of Beirut
  American University of Beirut
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan

Two-year Planning Grants

• Plan for Cardiovascular Research Training in Advanced Biostatistics, Aging, and Health Policy Modeling in India
  Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Dorairaj Prabhakaran

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