# Partnership for Global Health Research Training Program

> **NIH NIH D43** · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2020 · $64,770

## Abstract

Abstract
The United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aim to ensure healthy lives and promote
overall well-being. Specifically, Goal 3 highlights an expanded set of priority areas that reflect both a continued
need for research and progress towards major global health challenges including HIV/AIDS, maternal and
child health and nutrition (MCHN), as well as expanding pandemic of non-communicable disease and mental
health challenges that increasingly account for significant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income
countries (LMICs). A consortium of institutions, including Harvard University, Boston University,
Northwestern University, and the University of New Mexico, proposes to establish the Partnership for Global
Health Research Training Program (the Program) to directly respond to this need. In partnership with the
Fogarty International Center (FIC), the Program aims to strengthen and extend research programs within a
network of 12 sites in Africa and Asia. Each year, the program will support mentored research training for 18 to
20 predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees in LMIC sites including Botswana, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mali,
Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. The proposal aims to cultivate a dynamic network of researchers
dedicated to building the capacity of global health research. The Program will focus on four priority health
areas that include HIV/AIDS and co-infection comorbidities, NCDs (including cardiovascular disease and
diabetes), MCHN, and mental health. HIV/AIDS will be a substantial area of focus with at least 50% of trainee
projects in this area. The Program will leverage best practices from current FIC programs while implementing
new innovative approaches. The Program will: (a) Enhance research opportunities for participants in diverse
global health priority areas, (b) Provide focused mentoring for participants in global health research at
established LMIC research sites, (c) Enhance the global health research career trajectory of the participants,
and (d) Enhance the capacity of partnering institutions and sites through the implementation of a strategic
five-year global health research and education plan to sustain global health research at partnering institutions
in LMICs. The Program will be led by Wafaie Fawzi, Chair Department of Global Health and Population at the
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and assisted by three Program Co-Leaders with strong track
records in establishing major training initiatives: Davidson Hamer, Professor of International Health and
Medicine at Boston University (BU) School of Public Health and School of Medicine; Robert L Murphy,
Professor of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicines at the Feinberg
School of Medicine (Northwestern University); and Douglas J Perkins, Professor of Medicine and Director of
the Center for Global Health at the University of New Mexico. There will be three administrative committe...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10197253
- **Project number:** 3D43TW010543-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Wafaie W Fawzi
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $64,770
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10197253

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10197253, Partnership for Global Health Research Training Program (3D43TW010543-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10197253. Licensed CC0.

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