global health

The Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility has awarded seven University of Minnesota faculty members Global Engagement Grants, funding that will be used to advance novel global health projects.

David Meya of Makerere University, who partners with the Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility, is one of only 10 appointees that were selected across Africa.

This year’s funding, awarded to Noelle Noyes, Caleb Skipper, and Byron Vaughn, will advance global health research projects in Africa and South America. 

Joseph Baluku completed the Fogarty Global Health Fellowship in July, studying whether people living with HIV who recovered from tuberculosis were at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

The task force, made up of individuals from around the world, released a roadmap outlining strategies to lessen the impact of the Nipah virus by prioritizing research, improving virus surveillance, and strengthening preparedness for future outbreaks.

Pelvic floor disorders are estimated to affect up to 40 percent of women in Ethiopia. The urogynecology fellowship aims to help by ensuring local healthcare practitioners have what they need to adequately treat such conditions.

Dorcas Kunkel is assessing the relevancy of an existing set of core competencies for training and practice of advanced practice nurses in primary health care contexts, in particular family nurse practitioners in Liberia and for additional application in sub-Saharan Africa.

Amy Swenson traveled to Ecuador as part of a course with the Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility.

Rachel Mansk traveled to Mysore in January 2023 as part of India: Global Health, Globalization and Leadership, a two-week course open to UMN graduate students and lifelong learners.

Maria Sofia Cuba Fuentes, MD, McS, led a team of researchers that investigated why Peruvians were hit so hard by COVID-19.