Global Health Research Interests: Education and Training (Capacity Building), Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health, Pediatrics, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Countries: Bahamas, Belize, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago

Global Health Research Interests: Mental Health, Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Countries: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Dr. Warren received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2005 from the University of Miami and is currently a Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Special Education at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). He is the Endowed Executive Director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's (VKC) Treatment and Research Institute on Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD), Director of the Division of Developmental Medicine at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, and Director of Autism Research for the VKC and the Department of Pediatrics. His current research focuses on early detection and intervention for ASD and the application of telehealth for enhanced identification and service.

Dr. Duda received her BS in computer science from Princeton University and her MS and PhD in biomedical informatics from Vanderbilt University.

Global Health Research Interests: Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Pediatrics

Countries: Ghana, Nigeria

Dr. Klein is an Instructor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. Dr. Klein's research focuses on developing and implementing targeted nutritional interventions to prevent and treat malnutrition across the lifespan in people with sickle cell disease in low- and high-income settings. She completed a Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell Duke Fogarty Global Health fellowship in Accra, Ghana, west Africa, focused on the risk factors for low birth weight in infants born to mothers with sickle cell disease. During her clinical fellowship, she helped lead a randomized controlled trial for children with sickle cell disease and severe acute malnutrition in Nigeria. Before her time at Vanderbilt, Dr. Klein participated in research and clinical experiences in Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania. Dr. Klein plans to submit a career development award to build upon this work to improve the treatment of children with sickle cell disease and malnutrition. 

Global Health Interests: Anesthesia, Education and Training (Capacity Building), Medical Education, Surgery

Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia

Global Health Research Interest: Biomedical Engineering

Country: Nigeria

Dr. Bowden and colleagues are developing a novel noninvasive smartphone-integrated device to provide accurate, point-of-care detection of jaundice in newborns of all skin tones. The project is supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.