# Vanderbilt-Mozambique Biomedical Informatics (VM-BMI) Training and Research capacity-building program on BMI approaches relevant to women living with HIV (WLWH) in Mozambique

> **NIH NIH D43** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2024 · $100,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The goal of the parent project, entitled the Vanderbilt-Mozambique Biomedical Informatics (VM-BMI)
Training and Research program, is to capacity-build Mozambican scientists with biomedical informatics
(BMI) research skills to address the HIV epidemic in the country. VM-BMI is a collaboration between
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM, Mozambique) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (USA)
and has three aims, namely: (i) to train faculty fellows at UEM in BMI research applied to HIV; (ii) to
develop and implement a BMI track within the existing master’s in informatics program at UEM; and (iii)
to conduct annual HIV-related BMI research workshops and bootcamps at UEM.
The current supplement request responds to NIH’s Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) on Catalyzing
Research and Training on the Impact of HIV on the Health Across the Lifespan of Women Living with HIV
(NOT-TW-24-005). Through this supplement proposal, we will extend the reach and impact of the parent
VM-BMI project by building capacity of Mozambican researchers to better leverage BMI approaches in
addressing key research topics that arise among women living with HIV (WLWH) in Mozambique. In line
with our parent project, this supplement will have two aims, namely: (1) to conduct a week-long training
workshop on BMI-based approaches to address research topics relevant to WLWH. The workshop will
target 20 postgraduate-level participants in health and information sciences from across Mozambique,
introducing them to the interdisciplinary research field at the intersection of BMI, HIV and women’s
health. (2) Implement a 9-month research certificate program in HIV, Women’s Health, and BMI.
Trainees in the certificate program will gain in-depth expertise in conducting BMI-research with relevance
to WLWH through a combination of coursework, seminars, research training, and through implementation
of a pilot research project. Funds from the supplement will be used to support two UEM faculty members
to pursue this certificate program.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11122396
- **Project number:** 3D43TW012750-01S1
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Baltazar Chilundo
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $100,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2024-09-23 → 2024-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11122396

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11122396, Vanderbilt-Mozambique Biomedical Informatics (VM-BMI) Training and Research capacity-building program on BMI approaches relevant to women living with HIV (WLWH) in Mozambique (3D43TW012750-01S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11122396. Licensed CC0.

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