East Asia and the Pacific region news, resources and funding for global health researchers
Intramural and extramural scientists supported by NIH carry out a number of collaborative research efforts with colleagues in East Asia and the Pacific. While some activities take place under the auspices of bilateral programs, the majority of collaborations are initiated by scientists to meet their own research objectives.
Countries in Region
Australia, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Mongolia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Philippines, Pacific Islands, Timor – Leste, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam.
NIH Funded Research Impacting East Asia and the Pacific
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grant funding to U.S. universities, NIH facilitates international collaboration throughout East Asia and the Pacific in all areas of the biomedical and behavioral sciences.
Recent News
- The risk of mpox importation and subsequent outbreak potential in Chinese mainland: a retrospective statistical modelling study, co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, February 29, 2024
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CDC Opens New East Asia and Pacific Regional Office in Japan
CDC news release, February 5, 2024 -
Filling the Eye Care Gap Down Under
NIH Record, October 13, 2023 -
Soon Explores How the Chinese Diaspora Shaped Medicine in the Region
NIH Record, July 7, 2023
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Intraocular corticosteroids best for treating complications of chronic inflammatory eye condition
NIH/NEI news, June 13, 2023
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Extremely rare gene variants point to a potential cause of age-related macular degeneration
NIH/NEI news, April 3, 2023 -
Estimation of disease burden and clinical severity of COVID-19 caused by Omicron BA.2 in Shanghai, February-June 2022 co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun
Emerging Microbes & Infections, November 21, 2022 -
Assessing the feasibility of sustaining SARS-CoV-2 local containment in China in the era of highly transmissible variants co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun & Cécile Viboud
BMC Medicine, November 15, 2022 -
SRP, Pacific Basin Consortium promote health in a changing climate
Environmental Factor, November 2022
Funding/Training Opportunities
U.S. Government Resources
Other Resources
Fogarty Contact
Tina Chung, M.P.H.
Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific
Division of International Relations
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31 Room B2C11
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 496-4784
FAX: (301) 480-3414
Email (preferred):
tina.chung@nih.gov
Updated March 6, 2024