The UAB Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health is excited to announce its second cohort of pilot grant awardees.
The institute provided pilot funding to three projects with the goal of fostering collaboration between investigators at UAB and international partners as they work to address pressing global health challenges. Successful applicants were notified on March 13. Congratulations to the teams selected in 2023.
“Feasibility of integrating novel malaria prevention tools into routine immunization visits in Cameroon”*
*co-funded by Sparkman Centre for Global Health
Principal Investigators: Katia Bruxvoort, Ph.D., MPH, UAB School of Public Health; Mauricio Kahn, M.D., UAB Division of Infectious Diseases; Jodie A. Dionne, M.D., MSPH UAB Division of Infectious Diseases; and Emmanuel Nfor, M.D., Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services
Co-investigators: Pius Tih, MPH, Ph.D., Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services; Wilfred Mbacham, Sc.D., University of Yaounde and S. Patrick Kachur, M.D., MPH, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
“Global Health Partnerships and Capacity Building in Northern Central America”
Principal Investigator: Douglas Morgan, M.D., UAB Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Co-investigators: Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D., MPH, UAB Heersink School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Manuel Ramirez-Zea, M.D., Ph.D., Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama
“Neonatal Mortality Risk Prediction in Resource-Limited Settings: A Pilot Feasibility Study (NICHD Global Network (GN) for Women’s and Children’s Health Research and RTI International)”
Principal Investigator: Vivek V. Shukla, M.D., UAB Department of Pediatrics
Co-investigators: Waldemar A. Carlo, M.D., UAB Department of Pediatrics; Rachel Sinkey, M.D., UAB Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Musaku Mwenechanya, M.D., UTH-Teaching Hospital; and Elwyn Chomba, M.D., UTH-Teaching Hospital