Global Health Fellowship Opportunities 2022-2023

Department: Medicine

Type: Clinical Research

Category: Longitudinal

Description:
Cervical cancer prevention and health systems strengthening in Rwanda

Department: Medicine

Type: Clinical research

Category: MS1/4

Description:
Our team has been developing, implementing, and evaluating patient-facing mobile apps for patients with chronic conditions. To date, we adapted our existing asthma app for patients in India and we are currently conducting a study to evaluate the impact on clinical outcomes. We would similarly like to adapt the apps for other countries. There are definitely publication opportunities available with this project.

Department: Medicine

Type: Clinical research

Category: MS1/4

Description:
HIV remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among people who inject drugs (PWID). Between 2011 and 2017, new HIV infections among adults worldwide declined by 14%; however, there has been no decrease in the annual number of new HIV infections among PWID. In fact, the incidence appears to be rising. PWID also bear a disproportionately high burden of other blood borne infections including HCV and HBV. In an update to the 90-90-90 HIV treatment targets, the HIV epidemic by 2030. Similarly, WHO has threat by 2030. To achieve UNAIDS and WHO’s targets, innovative strategies will be required among marginalized populations such as PWID, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where coverage of UNAIDS issued a declaration of commitment to e nd called for elimination of viral hepatitis as a major public health needle and syringe programs and medication-assisted therapy may be limited. The overarching goal of this proposal is to inform a targeted public health strategy to prevent transmission of HIV and other blood borne infections among PWID. To accomplish this, we will leverage the high transmissibility and genetic diversity of HCV to identify PWID who are of high centrality in transmission networks in Kenya, East Africa. We will then determine demographic, behavioral, virologic, and geographic risk factors and model the impact of public health interventions targeted toward high centrality PWID on transmission of HIV and other blood borne infections. The strategy we propose aims to meet a critical need by supplying new molecular epidemiologic tools to inform development and revision of national and international strategies that can maximize the impact of prevention efforts for HIV and other blood borne infections. We expect this study to provide essential information for policy makers and researchers seeking to identify key priorities and strategies for blood borne infection prevention in settings where HIV and viral hepatitis epidemics are converging among PWID. In addition to providing evidence with immediate relevance to policy, the approach developed in this study will provide a durable template for further analyses, including prospective assessment of other targeted HIV prevention and HCV elimination strategies among PWID; and monitoring of progress towards key goals for reducing the burden of HIV, HCV, and other blood borne infections among PWID in resource limited settings.

Department: Family/Social Med & Peds

Type: Quality Improvement

Category: MS1/4

Description:
We supported primary care services at over 20 village health centers in Northern Togo. We have engaged students in the past that partner with our host country staff to support ongoing QI initiatives that the clinical teams have identified. Some in-person time is and French fluency is required. Past experience and/or formal training in QI methods is strongly preferred.

Department: Epi & Pop Health

Type: Clinical research

Category: MS1/4

Description:
Examine genetic and lifestyle factors associated with prostate cancer in African men. We have a large, multi-center case control study in West and South Africa. Students should be familiar with data analysis and statistical software package

Department: OB/Gyn

Type: Clinical research

Category: Longitudinal

Description:
Hispanic Health, Health Equity, looking at issues that affect infant and maternal health in patients from different Hispanic groups; travel to Dominican Republic, El Paso/Juarez

Department: Epi &Pop Health

Type: Clinical research

Category: Longitudinal

Description:
Dr. Hosgood is PI of a consortium of 15 prospective cohort studies that have disease-specific mortality data, for a combined sample size of about 1,000,000 participants throughout the world. This study provides a novel opportunity to assess the association of air pollution with lung cancer death and to determine the risks associated with cancers other than lung as well as nonmalignant respiratory and cardiometabolic outcomes, for which prospective epidemiologic research is limited.

Department: ENT

Type: Educational

Category: MS4

Description:
Global health simulation in ENT in Vietnam

Department: Medicine

Type: Service, education

Category: MS4

Description:
Hospital and community medicine in Kisoro, Uganda

Department: Ophthalmology

Type: Clinical research

Category: MS1/4

Department: Epi & Pop Health

Type: Epi research/data analysis

Category: MS1/4

Description:
Working with project in Peds in India, abusive head trauma

Department: Medicine

Type: Clinical research, education

Category: MS1/4 (1)
Longitudinal (2&3)

Description:

  1. Secondary analysis of data from a cohort study of Indian transgender women/hijras and gay/bisexual/other MSM newly diagnosed with HIV (assessing structural/social/psychological factors – e.g., stigma, resilience, support, identity disclosure, and more) and HIV treatment adherence, retention in care, etc.
  2. Analysis of baseline data from a NIH funded randomized trial mHealth/digital health HIV prevention trial among sexual minority men in Mumbai, India
  3. Other evaluation/analyses of data from the mHealth trial among MSM in Mumbai (e.g., analyses of recruitment materials).

Department: Medicine

Type: Lab-based research

Category: MS1/4

Description:
Various global health areas: malaria bench work, COVID lab and epi research, open to all ideas.

Department: GHC and OB/Gyn

Type: Clinical research/education

Category: Longitudinal

Description:
Continue an ongoing study in Chile about adolescent reproductive health, focusing on sex education

Department: Peds

Type: Clinical research

Category: Longitudinal

Description:
Ongoing study about the effect of the “Element of Play” on child development and on medical variables in Ethiopia and Haiti

Department: Medicine

Type: Clinical or health service research

Category: Longitudinal

Description:
Various ongoing NIH funded project focusing on HIV prevention, care, and treatment, Tuberculosis, and HIV/HPV associated cancer. We have multiple active prospective cohorts including of children and pregnant women living with HIV. Data is also available for those looking to write a paper.

Department: GHC, Medicine, and others

Type: Clinical research, education

Category: Longitudinal

Description:
One Health Initiative, Bronx and Kisoro, Uganda

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Type: Med Spanish

Category: Summer

Description:
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