# iCREATE: Increasing Capacity in Research in Eastern Europe

> **NIH NIH D43** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2020 · $267,604

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The global injury burden is disproportionately concentrated in low and middle income countries
(LMIC).This project, to be named ICREATE (Injury Capacity in Research in EAsTern Europe),
introduces injury and violence training to the LMIC countries of Armenia, Georgia, and Moldova,
which are strategic global priorities due to their political and economic ties to the Middle East,
Russia, and Europe. Capacity for medical and public health education in these countries has
been growing, but injury and violence is not currently addressed. Our University of Iowa training
program builds on a successful decade of capacity building for injury and violence research in
Romania, where our partnership helped establish the Cluj School of Public Health and its
independently-funded injury research unit. Training will be conducted in partnership,
demonstrating a successful transition in Romania from trainees to trainers. The aims of our
training program are to: train a critical mass of researchers from Armenia, Georgia, and
Moldova to conduct innovative research; facilitate the transition of trainees to positions of
leadership; develop our partner institutions as sustainable centers of excellence in injury
research and education; and, engage partners to translate research into effective prevention
and treatment programs. Based on the needs of our partner countries and expertise of the
project leadership, we will focus on three areas: road traffic safety; violence against women and
children; and, acute care.
 Our training program will prioritize long-term MPH and PhD training to build research and
leadership skills focused on injury and violence prevention. Through a European Union
TEMPUS grant, our partner institutions have MPH programs that allow transfer of credit. Within
this structure, we will integrate two injury and violence courses; a Global Injury and Violence
Summer Symposium; and a mentored research project. Injury and violence training will occur at
the University of Iowa and Cluj School of Public Health. PhD training will occur in the strong
research environment of the University of Iowa, which includes a CDC-funded Injury Prevention
Research Center. We plan for these activities to build sustainable research and education
capacity that will lead to reductions in the burden of traumatic injuries and violence.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9999703
- **Project number:** 5D43TW007261-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** Diana Dulf
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $267,604
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2005-05-26 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9999703

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9999703, iCREATE: Increasing Capacity in Research in Eastern Europe (5D43TW007261-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9999703. Licensed CC0.

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