October 29, 2013

To spur global health innovation and develop interdisciplinary research training, Fogarty has awarded $7.3 million to five institutions to fund projects in six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including a project co-led by Professor Joseph Zunt. Five-year awards from the Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation will support efforts to bring together students from engineering, design, ecology, veterinary sciences, nutrition, business and management, medicine, environmental science, social sciences, agriculture, public health and other areas with biomedical scientists to develop research training initiatives that encourage innovation in health-related products, processes and policies. The grants will fund new efforts in India, Malawi, Mongolia, Nigeria, Peru and South Africa.

"Breakthroughs in biomedical technology and inventive new methods of clinical research and health delivery benefit both patients and physicians, while strengthening the global economy," said Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass. "These awards will help institutions establish sustainable programs that focus on hands-on, collaborative solutions to challenges in low-resource settings, with an emphasis on affordability, accessibility, ease of use and scalability." 

In collaboration with Dr. Zunt and Dr. Patricia Garcia, Peru's Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia(UPCH) will use its grant to establish a global health innovation center that will employ an interdisciplinary approach emphasizing leadership, program design, business models, policy analysis and implementation science.

For more information:

Kuskaya: An Interdisciplinary Training Program for Innovation in Global Health

(Peru)  UPCH - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Principal Investigators: Dr. Patricia Garcia and Dr. Joseph Zunt 

Learn more about the Fogarty Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation.

View a full list of Fogarty Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation awards by institution.