2009-2010 FICRS Sites Announced
Following the deliberation of an external review board of 19 investigators, 24 sites have been selected to serve as FICRS Scholars sites and vetted for eligibility as ICRF Fellows sites; an additional 13 sites have been named vetted ICRF Fellows sites.
2009-2010 FICRS Scholars Program Sites and Vetted Fellows Sites
ICDDR,B, Bangladesh
Program Director: Alejandro Cravioto, MD
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
US Partner Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
US Program Director: Stephen B. Calderwood, MD
International Program Director: Firdausi Qadri, PhD
Botswana-Harvard SPH AIDS Initiative Partnership, Botswana
US Partner Institution: Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health
Program Director: Myron Essex, DVM, PhD
Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
US Partner Institution: Weill Cornell Medical College, Division of International medicine and Infectious Diseases
US Program Director: Marshall J. Glesby, MD, PhD
International Program Director: Edgar M Carvalho, MD, PhD
Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
US Partner Institution: Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center
US Program Director: Xiao Ou Shu, MD, PhD
International Program Director: Fan Wu, MD
National Center for STD Control, China
US Partner Institution: UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
US Program Director: Myron S Cohen, MD
International Program Director: Chen Xiangsheng, MD, PhD
National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China
US Partner Institution: Vanderbilt University Institute for Global Health
US Program Director: Han-Zhu Qian, PhD
International Program Director: Ning Wang, MD, PhD
GHESKIO, Haiti
US Partner Institution: Weill Cornell Medicial College
US Program Director: Daniel W Fitzgerald, MD
International Program Director: Jean William Pape, MD
Public Health Foundation of India, India
US Partner Institution: Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
US Program Director: K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD
International Program Director: Dorairaj Prabhakaran MD, DM,MSc
Christian Medical College, India
US Partner Institution: Tufts University School of Medicine
US Program Director: Christine Wanke, MD
International Program Director: Gagandeep Kang, MD, FRCPath, PhD
University of Nairobi, Kenya
US Partner Institution: University of Washington
US Program Director: Carey Farquhar, MD, MPH
International Program Director: James Kiarie, MBChB, Mmed, MPH
Moi University School of Medicine, Kenya
US Partner Institution: The Miriam Hospital
US Program Director: E. Jane Carter, MD
International Program Director: Fabian Esamai, MD
UNC Project, Malawi
US Partner Institution: Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
US Program Director: Charles van der Horst, MD
International Program Director: Irving Hoffman, PA, MPH
University of Bamako/Mali Service Center, Mali
US Partner Institution: University of Maryland, Balitmore
US Program Director: Christopher V Plowe, MD
International Program Director: Ogobara K Doumbo, MD, PhD
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, A.B. PRISMA, Peru
US Partner Institution: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Department of International Health
Program Director: Robert H Gilman, MD, DTMH
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in S. Africa, South Africa
US Partner Institution: Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
US Program Director: Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD
International Program Director: Nesri Padayatchi, MD
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Investigacion Medica en Salud, Peru
US Partner Institution: University of Washington
Program Director: Joseph R Zunt, MD, MPH
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Tanzania
US Partner Institution: Duke University
Program Director: G. Ralph Corey, MD
Muhimbili Univ. of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania
US Partner Institution: Harvard School of Public Health
US Program Director: Wafaie W Fawzi, MD
International Program Director: Japhet Killewo, MD, MPH
Research Institute for Health Educations Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
US Partner Institution: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
US Program Director: Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH
International Program Director: Thira Sirisanthana, MD
Joint Clinical Research Centre, Uganda
US Partner Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Program Director: Peter Mugyenyi, MD
Mulago Hospital Complex, Uganda
Program Director: Yukari C Manabe, MD
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Zambia
US Partner Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of International Women's Health
Program Director: Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc
2009-2010 Scholars Site
YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, India
US Partner Institution: The Miriam Hospital
US Program Director: Kenneth Mayer, MD
International Program Director: Suniti Solomon, MD
2009-2010 Vetted Fellows Sites
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina
US Partner Institution: Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
US Program Director: Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD
International Program Director: Jose Belizan, MD, PhD
Federal University of Ceara, Institute of Biomedicine and Clinical Research Unit, Brazil
US Partner Institution: University of Virginia
US Program Director: Richard L Guerrant, MD
International Program Director: Aldo A M Lima, MD, PhD
Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
US Partner Institution: Univeristy of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
US Program Director: Gregory J Mertz, MD
International Program Director: Pablo Vial, MD
National Center on AIDS, China
US Partner Institution: University of California, San Francisco
US Program Director: Jay A Levy, MD
International Program Director: Yiming Shao, MD, PhD
The George Institute, China
Program Director: Yangfeng Wu, MD, PhD
Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Guatemala
US Partner Institution: Inststitute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama- INCAP
US Program Director: Dr. Joaquin Molina Leza
International Program Director: Hernan L Delgado Valenzuela, MD
St.John's Medical College and Research Institute, India
Program Director: Denis Xavier, MD
University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica
Program Director: Celia DC Christie, MD, DMPeads, MPH, FAAP
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Instituto Mexicano del Sueguro Social, Mexico
US Partner Institution: Scripps Health
Program Director: Sotorios Tsmikias, MD
Faculty of Medicine, University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
US Partner Institution: Vanderbilt University Institute for Global Health
US Program Director: Alfredo Vergara, PhD
International Program Director: Mohsin Sidat, MD, MSc, PhD
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
US Partner Institution: The University of Texas, Medical Branch
US Program Director: A. Clinton White, MD
International Program Director: Martin Montes, MD
Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
International Program Director: Bogani M Mayosi, MB, ChB, Dphil
University Hospital Farhat Hached, Tunisia
US Partner Institution: Duluth Medical Research Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School
US Program Director: Mustafa al'Absi, PhD
International Program Director: Hassen Ghannem, MD
