Aliyu receives Chancellor's Faculty Fellowship
Muktar Aliyu, associate professor of health policy and associate professor of medicine. Aliyu studies adverse birth outcomes associated with maternal lifestyle-related factors (cigarette smoking, alcohol use, weight gain) and with infectious diseases in resource-limited settings (HIV/AIDS, malaria).
American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) Honors Dr. Muktar Aliyu with the William Kane Rising Star Award
Muktar Aliyu, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt Universi
VIGH researchers receive grant to study family-focused approach to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission
Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) recently received a two-year, $895,072 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study whether an integrated, family-focused approach can prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV—the AIDS virus—in Nigeria.
Vanderbilt researchers receive grant to study sickle cell disease among children in Nigeria
A team of Vanderbilt researchers recently received a $281,490 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund a project studying stroke prevention among children with sickle cell disease in Nigeria.