Vanderbilt at CROI 2016
Vanderbilt faculty from across campus will have a strong presence at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). In particular, VIGH core faculty Muktar Aliyu M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H and Kate Clouse Ph.D., M.P.H. and VIGH affiliated faculty will be presenting their work on optimizing the PMTCT cascade. See more details about their work and other Vanderbilt researchers below:
VIGH Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
Sten Vermund, M.D. Ph.D.
VU Biomedical Photonics Seminar: Collaborative opportunities with the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Speaker: Dr. Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health
Monday, January 26th 12:10-1 pm
Stevenson Center 5326
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.
University of Zambia and VIGH collaborate to build research capacity in Zambia
Dr. Sten Vermund, VIGH Director, began involvement in Zambia after attending a research needs assessment conference in 1998. Dr. Vermund co-chaired the HIV Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Working Group with Dr. Chewe Luo and in 2000 he co-founded the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) located in Lusaka.