Academic Global Health Programs: How Were They Affected by the Pandemic?
December 2, 2022
Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH, MEd, and colleagues, recently published their study, “COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Academic Global Health Programs: Results of a Large International Survey,” in Annals of Global Health (volume 88, issue 1).
Grant administrators from five countries complete training at Vanderbilt
November 14, 2022
Holly Cassell, Ann Green, UEM-Vanderbilt Academic Partnership for Enhancements in Research-APER, Bringing Research to Impact for Development, Global Engagement, and Utilization - BRIDGE-U, The Partnership for Research in Emerging Viral Infections-Sierra Leone-PREVSL, Vanderbilt-Nigeria Research Administration and Management Training Program V-RAMP
2022 VIRDE Scholars Complete Training at Vanderbilt
November 7, 2022
Pilot study seeks to understand and address health care worker burnout in Mozambique
October 26, 2022
Working in collaboration with Friends in Global Health (FGH), the Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health (VIGH) will collect interview data from health care workers to understand the challenges they face, the frustrations they feel, and the support they receive while providing HIV care and delivery in public hospitals. The VIGH and FGH teams will use this data to design and pilot two psychosocial interventions aimed at improving health care workers' mental health.
Martin Were joins team to develop point-of-care detection of jaundice in newborns for all skin tones
V-RAMP Conducts a Post-Award Training Workshop at Partner Site, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, in Nigeria
October 12, 2022
By Adeniyi Adeyemo, V-RAMP Program Manager at AKTH
V-RAMP Facilitates Research Administration Ethics Workshop in Collaboration with the VIGH and Bayero University Kano
Adeniyi Adeyemo
June 28, 2022
By Adeniyi Adeyemo, V-RAMP Program Manager at AKTH
Introducing the Vanderbilt Master of Public Health, Global Health Track 2022 Graduates
May 10, 2022
Vanderbilt Master of Public Health, Global Health Track Class of 2022 (not all are pictured)
Congratulations to the 2022 Graduate Certificate in Global Health Recipients
Chase Stober
May 10, 2022
Each year, medical and graduate students prove that global health isn’t only about seeing patients. The work of improving healthcare requires work at all levels and across many fields. For this reason, the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health offers the Graduate Certificate in Global Health, an interdisciplinary program that draws students from across campus to study global health issues through the lenses of their field of study.
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.
World Health Week 2022 at VUMC
April 6, 2022
The VUSM Global Health Organization is excited to present an in-person World Health Week, taking place from Monday, April 11 to Thursday, April 14! World Health Week is a series of events dedicated to spreading awareness about global health and features panels and talks by clinicians and students involved in the field.
Monday (4/11) 5:30p-6:30p @ EBL 320/21 Internal Medicine
Capacity-building grant trains biostatisticians in West Africa
April 1, 2022
The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH), Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics, and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), longstanding collaborating institutions in the U.S. and Nigeria, have partnered on a new five-year, $1.4 million training grant from Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The program seeks to create a cohort of highly skilled Nigerian biostatisticians with the capacity to lead and supervise high-level biostatistics activities for HIV research studies in West Africa.