# Global TravEpiNet (GTEN): the Heading Home Healthy Program and Global Travelers' Health National Research Center Consortium, Guidance and Outreach Programs

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 2020 · $1,406,400

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
International travel may not only increase the risk of infection for an individual traveler,
but may also contribute to the global spread of infections. A better understanding of this
epidemiologically important population could lead to improved interventions (1) to
promote the health of international travelers, and (2) to diminish the spread of infections
within home communities. This application focuses on proposed efforts for the Global
Travelers' Epidemiology Network (Global TravEpiNet; GTEN). GTEN's mission is to
lessen illness among high-risk international travelers, including VFR travelers, and to
reduce the likelihood of disease importation into the United States. GTEN is comprised
of two components: (1) a consortium of over 20 clinical sites that collects real-time data
on pre-travel health care provided across the United States (since inception: over
80,000 records have been collected), and (2) a public health outreach program
(“Heading Home Healthy”; www.headinghomehealthy.org) that includes web-tools and
educational materials in multiple languages for high risk and VFR travelers, as well as a
clinical guidance tool for non-expert providers who deliver the majority of pre-travel care
to such travelers. We propose to expand upon the existing infrastructure developed by
GTEN in order to (1) answer fundamental questions relating to the health care of US
residents who travel internationally, and (2) improve the pre-travel health care provided
to vulnerable US populations at highest risk of travel-related illness.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10330362
- **Project number:** 6U01CK000490-05M002
- **Recipient organization:** MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** REGINA C LAROCQUE
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,406,400
- **Award type:** 6
- **Project period:** 2016-09-30 → 2021-09-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10330362

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10330362, Global TravEpiNet (GTEN): the Heading Home Healthy Program and Global Travelers' Health National Research Center Consortium, Guidance and Outreach Programs (6U01CK000490-05M002). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10330362. Licensed CC0.

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