V-RAMP Conducts Practicum Post-Award Training Workshop in Nigeria
April 1, 2024
By Ethan Adeniyi Adeyemo, V-RAMP Program Manager at AKTH
V-RAMP Hosts Pre-Award Practicum for Research Administration Leaders in Collaboration with VIGH, Bayero University Kano, and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital
November 20, 2023
by Adeniyi Adeyemo, V-RAMP Program Manager at AKTH
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
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
Grant administrators learn vital research administration skills in Nigeria
Adeniyi Adeyemo
March 15, 2022
By Adeniyi Adeyemo, VRAMP Coordinator at AKTH
Toward promoting effective leadership in grants management and research administration at partner sites Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and Bayero University Kano (BUK) in Nigeria, the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) organized and facilitated the Vanderbilt-Nigeria Research Administration and Grant Management Training Program (V-RAMP), Pre-Award Training Worksho
NIH Training Grant Enhances PhD and Postdoctoral Training Programs at the University of Zambia
July 2, 2021
In continuing longstanding training collaborations between the University of Zambia School of Medicine/University Teaching Hospital (UNZA/UTH) and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH), UNZA/UTH is partnering with VIGH on a renewal of a five-year research training grant from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to stren
NIH Training Grant Enhances Research Administration in Nigeria
Holly Cassell
March 30, 2021
In continuing, longstanding research collaborations between the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and Bayero University Kano (BUK) in Kano, Nigeria, and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH), the three institutions are partnering on a new Infrastructure Development Training Program from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The project will strengthen infrastructure capacity in research administration and research ethics in Nigeria.
Prevention of Stroke in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Nigeria: A task shifting community hospital approach
September 23, 2020
Stroke is a devastating complication of sickle cell anemia (SCA) occurring in approximately 11% of children affected with the disease in resource-limited countries, compared to 1% in high-income countries. Nigeria bears 50% of childhood SCA's global burden, and stroke is a frequent complication leading to increased death and disability.
Clinical Trials Workshop in Zambia Lead by VUMC and University of Zambia Draws Almost 200 Participants
April 14, 2020
The NIH-Fogarty supported UNZA-Vanderbilt Training Partnership for HIV-Nutrition-Metabolic Research (UVP) continues a multi-decade training collaboration between the University of Zambia School of Medicine/University Teaching Hospital (UNZA/UTH) and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH).
UVP Program Update
November 22, 2019
The University of Zambia (UNZA)-Vanderbilt Training Partnership for HIV-Nutrition-Metabolic Research (UVP) made substantial progress on its goals of training new UNZA PhD scientists to investigate complex nutritional and metabolic factors related to long-term HIV complications and comorbidities. The paper entitled, "HIV Research Training Partnership of the University of Zambia and Vanderbilt University: Features and Early Outcomes," was recently published in Annuals of Global Health.
VIRDE Scholars Complete Short Course in Grant Writing and Research Ethics at Vanderbilt
October 29, 2019
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Why Mentorship Matters in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
May 17, 2019
"Mentors are teachers but not all teachers are mentors."
Lackson Kasonka, Senior Mentor
The next generation of global health researchers, scientists and practitioners are benefiting from a mentoring program at the University of Zambia (UNZA) in Lusaka with the help of colleagues from the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with support from the Fogarty International Center.
UNZA-Vanderbilt Training Partnership Hosts Workshop on Cardiovascular Disease
February 22, 2019
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The UNZA-Vanderbilt Training Partnership for HIV-Nutrition-Metabolic Research (UVP) continues a longstanding training collaboration between the University of Zambia School of Medicine/University Teaching Hospital (UNZA/UTH), and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH). Dr. Douglas Heimburger, Associate Director for Education and Training for VIGH and Dr. Selestine Nzala, Head, Department of Medical Education, University of Zambia School of Medicine serve as Principal Investigators.
VIRDE Scholars Complete Course in Grant Writing and Research Ethics at Vanderbilt
October 31, 2018
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Grant Writing Workshop Trains Investigators in Mozambique
July 25, 2018
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In partnership with the University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), faculty and staff from the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) led a 10-day grant writing workshop in Maputo, Mozambique to train Mozambican health professionals on techniques to strengthen and improve their grant proposals.