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Inaugural Zambia Research Development and Ethics (ZIRDE) Workshop held in Lusaka

April 30, 2024

By Perfect Shankalala, UNZA Training CoordinatorIn February 2024, the University of Zambia and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) hosted the inaugural "Zambia Institute for Research Development and Ethics (ZIRDE) workshop" for eight fellows at Chaminuka Lodge in the Chongwe District of Lusaka. 

Vanderbilt-Zambia Cancer Research Training Program-VZCARE, UNZA-Vanderbilt Training Partnership for HIV-Nutrition-Metabolic Research (UVP), Douglas Heimburger, Wilbroad Mutale, Zambia

VZCARE hosts cancer epidemiology workshop in Zambia

March 21, 2023

By Perfect Shankalala, Program Manager, University of Zambia  

Vanderbilt-Zambia Cancer Research Training Program-VZCARE, Epidemiology, Xiao-Ou Shu, Douglas Heimburger, Zambia, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

Vanderbilt and Zambian colleagues establish cancer research and training program

April 19, 2022

In partnership with the University of Zambia (UNZA) and the Zambia Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH), the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, the Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center received $1.3 million for a five-year training grant funded by the National Cancer Institute to support cancer epidemiology research in Zambia.

Vanderbilt-Zambia Cancer Research Training Program-VZCARE, Cancer, Douglas Heimburger, Xiao-Ou Shu, Wilbroad Mutale, Violet Kayamba, Zambia, University of Zambia (UNZA)