All Pre-Approved Fellows Sites

Botswana-University of Pennsylvania Partnership

The Government of Botswana, the University of Botswana, and the University of Pennsylvania formed the Botswana-UPenn Partnership to provide clinical care, build capacity, and conduct locally relevant research in Botswana in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Initiated in 2001, the Partnership is taking a broad interdisciplinary approach to train health care personnel throughout Botswana in prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and its complications, and to develop outstanding post-graduate training programs at the University of Botswana. Also, we offer experience in global health to University of Pennsylvania trainees, and develop joint research programs that address issues relevant to the health and welfare of the citizens of Botswana. The Botswana-UPenn Partnership has rapidly expanded, incorporating many aspects of clinical care and educational exchanges with the University of Botswana. The Partnership maintains a strong medical presence, with doctors and staff living full time in-country and over 50 UPenn Medicine students, interns and residents rotating through every year. The program has also expanded by adding collaborations with many of UPenn's 11 others schools, and with various organizations in Botswana. The Partnership maintains a strong management structure in Botswana, which supports all aspects of daily life for its employees and trainees.

Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). A large organization of nearly 600 employees, CIDRZ is a major government partner for HIV service expansion and clinical research in Zambia.

Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa

CAPRISA is a not for profit research organization that was established in 2002 through a consortium of five key institutions: University of KwaZulu- Natal, Columbia University, University of Cape Town, University of the Western Cape, and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. The CAPRISA headquarters are located in the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute Research Institute at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Chiang Mai University, founded in 1964, has 16 teaching faculties and offers undergraduate and graduate educational programs annually to about 20,000 students. The Medical Complex of the university comprises 6 teaching faculties and one health sciences research institute (RIHES). Doctoral and masters degrees are offered in science and medicine and professional degrees in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health and veterinary medicine. RIHES conducts biomedical, clinical, epidemiological and behavioral research on priority public health topics of concern to Thailand and its neighboring countries.

China Center for Disease Control (China CDC) & National Center for STD Control (NCSTD)

The FICRS program is located at the China Center for Disease Control (China CDC) National Center for STD Control (NCSTD) in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, near Shanghai. NCSTD is the nation's leading center for the prevention and control of STDs. NCSTD acts as a technically operating institution to be responsible for national STD control programs. This organization oversees the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections in China and provides the technical supports and capacity-building for regional and local activities. The center is part of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and a part of the China CDC (Beijing). The center is also affiliated with Peking Union Medical College (PUMC, the medical school of Tsinghua [Qinghua] University), one of China’s premiere medical universities and the university initiated eight-year medical program in China. Equipped with extensive clinical, research and teaching facilities, the NCSTD trains both masters and PhD students focused on STD epidemiology, laboratory diagnostics and clinical research.

Christian Medical College, India

The Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India is currently ranked as one of the top medical schools in India. The institution was founded by an American missionary in 1900, and exists to serve the needs of the local community and to train medical and paramedical professionals in holistic and ethical medicine. The Christian Medical College Hospital (CMCH) at Vellore is a 2000-bed tertiary referral hospital and has a long established track record in basic, clinical and public health research.

Church of Scotland Hospital, Tugela Ferry, South Africa

Church of Scotland Hospital, Tugela Ferry: Church of Scotland Hospital (CoSH) is a provincial government district hospital which serves ~180,000 rural Zulu people with high rates of poverty and illiteracy. This is the home of Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration (TFCaRes), a multinational collaboration between Yale University School of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, Philanjalo NGO, and the KwaZulu Natal Department of Health.

Department of Ophthalmology, University College Hospital, Nigeria

The University of Ibadan, Ibadan (http://www.ui.edu.ng/) is Nigeria’s premier university. It has 13 faculties (schools) of Agriculture and Forestry, Arts, Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Dentistry, Education, Law, Pharmacy, Public Health, Science, Social Science, Technology and Veterinary Medicine. Since its establishment in 1948, it has produced more than half of the lecturers in Nigeria’s 70+ other universities. It has an international reputation for strong leadership in research and education. The current leadership of the institution places tremendous emphasis on collaborative multidisciplinary research. The university and its development partners have also taken notice of the need for multidisciplinary research and in furtherance of this and using funds provided by the MacArthur Foundation, the University has provided modest funds for at least 4, $25,000:00 multidisciplinary research projects in the last 5 years.

Family AIDS Care and Education Services, Kenya

Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) is an HIV/AIDS care and treatment program in Western Kenya and Nairobi. FACES is a collaboration between the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), funded through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Federal University of Bahia & Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil

The site in Salvador is a center for tropical disease research in Brazil that has made major contributions to the understanding of the natural history of endemic diseases such as leishmaniasis, leptospirosis, schistosomiasis and Chagas' disease. The principal research institutions are the the School of Medicine at the Federal University of Bahía (UFBa) and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation- Brazilian Ministry of Health (Fiocruz). Both institutions share graduate programs in medical sciences, immunology and experimental pathology and have had a long-term research partnership such as the current NIAID sponsored Tropical Medicine Research Center (TMRC).

Friends in Global Health, Mozambique

The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) currently supports HIV care and treatment programs in six rural districts within Zambézia Province (Ilé, Alto Molòcué, Namacurra, Inhassunge, Lugela and Gilé) and is currently in the process of expanding services to six additional districts (adding Maganja da Costa, Mopeia, Morrumbala, Namarroi, Pebane, and Chinde). Zambézia is one of Mozambique’s poorest and the second most populous province, with 3,892,854 inhabitants (2007 Census), and an estimated HIV prevalence of 19% (2007 sentinel data). The prevalence of HIV among pregnant women tested in ANC clinics ranged from 7 to 35% in the four sentinel sites of Zambézia Province. A large proportion of Mozambique’s population is very poor (Mozambique ranks 175 of 179 in the 2008/2009 UNDP Human Development Index) and has limited access to health care, as approximately 40% walk more than 20 km to reach a primary care facility. In addition, the country has one of the worst healthcare worker to population ratios in the world.

Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections

The Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) is a non-governmental organization working in close partnership with the Haitian Ministry of Health, dedicated to providing clinical service, research, and training in HIV/AIDS.

Infectious Disease Institute, Uganda

The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) was established in 2004 as an International Center of excellence for building capacity in Africa for training, clinical care and research on HIV and related infections. IDI was established by a group of infectious disease experts in Uganda and North America (The Academic Alliance). It is located on the Mulago Hospital complex in Kampala, Uganda and is part of Makerere University. The Institute has trained over 2400 people in the care and treatment of HIV, and aspects of pharmacy, lab, and data management. The out-patient clinic has enrolled over 20,000 patients with more than 13,000 in active follow-up and over 6,000 on antiretroviral treatment. A longitudinal clinic cohort database is a rich source of data that has informed many aspects of HIV care and prevention. In addition, the collaborative and rich environment have enabled IDI to attract numerous other studies in malaria, tuberculosis, sexual and reproductive health, Kaposi’s sarcoma, and neurocognitive disorders.

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

The Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS) is an independent, non-profit organization created by professionals from the medical and social sciences devoted to research, education and technical support with the main goal of improving efficiency, equity and quality of health care systems and policies. IECS aims to assist in the improvement of efficiency, equity, quality and sustainability of health services, promoting research, development and implementation of health policies based on the best available evidence.

Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, South Africa

 

Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru

This clinical fellows program will involve a collaboration between the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas and the Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. The Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Lima, Perú, is recognized as one of the top centers in the world for tropical medicine. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Medical School is recognized as one of the outstanding medical schools in Latin America. Since its founding in 1968 the Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Alexander von Humboldt" (IMT) has risen to international stature in service, research and training in infectious diseases and tropical medicine. IMT is located within the Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, which provides 5,000 HIV related outpatient visits per year, diagnoses 40 new HIV cases per month, and is responsible for 15% of the total Peruvian patient population who receive HAART within the National antiretroviral Program in Peru.

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research in Bangladesh: Laboratory Sciences Division

The Laboratory Sciences Division at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research in Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) has state of the art laboratories specializing in Acute Respiratory Infections, Enteric Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Immunology, Molecular Genetics, Nutritional Biochemistry, Parasitology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Tuberculosis and Virology. The Division also has a strong service component including Clinical Microbiology, Pathology, Molecular and Serodiagnostics, Biochemistry, and Animal Resources. The Division has a DNA sequencer, quantitative PCR machine, ultracentrifuge, FACS, gene microarray reader and other relevant equipment for different research purposes. Every unit of the Laboratory Sciences Division has skilled scientific staff who can act as mentors for foreign trainees.

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research in Bangladesh: Chronic Disease & Public Health Focus

ICDDR,B has developed into a world class institution encompassing a full spectrum of public health issues such as child health, reproductive health, nutrition, poverty and health, infectious diseases and vaccine sciences, population sciences, health systems research, HIV/AIDS, climate change and urbanization, gender and safe water. Furthermore, ICDDR,B was recently named Ovations and NIH-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Centre for Control of Chronic Diseases in Bangladesh. Bangladesh provides ICDDR,B a unique opportunity for understanding the diseases and health challenges facing developing countries worldwide.

Joint Clinical Research Centre, Uganda

The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) is Uganda’s leading center of excellence for AIDS care, treatment, research, and training. It was founded in 1990 as a strategic partnership between the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defense, and Makerere University. The Ministry of Health is in charge of policy, Makerere University provides scientists and researchers, and the Ministry of Defense handles infrastructure needs. The JCRC has since expanded, and is currently the largest Antiretroviral (ART) provider in the country and one of the biggest PEPFAR supported ART centers in Africa. Furthermore, it is the most advanced reference laboratory for other centers providing ARVs in the country and the Great Lakes region with capacity to do sophisticated tests required for ARV therapy monitoring and detection of resistance to ARVs. JCRC is the secretariat for an NIH Research and Training Grant funded by Forgarty International Center called “The Uganda HIV/TB Clinical Operational and Health Services Research (COHRE) Program”. The program works through a collaboration of institutions which include: Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) USA, Makerere University Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), National TB/Leprosy Program (NTLP) and Kampala City Council (KCC). The program has supported a number of graduate students and has also established a new Health Services Master’s course at the Makerere School of Public Health.

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania

The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) is located in Moshi, Tanzania at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. KCMC was conceived in response to the government’s request for non-governmental organizations to establish a national teaching hospital in the northern regions of Tanzania. The Good Samaritan Foundation opened KCMC in 1971. Soon after opening, KCMC was taken over by the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, and the hospital continues under their auspices today. KCMC is one of four referral hospitals for Tanzania, and has a catchment area of almost 15,000,000 persons, the largest of any referral hospital in Tanzania. KCMC currently has 457 inpatient beds with an average occupancy of 116%. In 2006, KCMC recorded more than 20,500 admissions, 3,000 births, and over 110,000 outpatient visits.