GSK Global Health Program

Overview | Objectives | Activities | Investigators | 15-501 Global Health Dinner Club | Student Seed Grants | Malawi-Carolina Summer Institute Overview UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke each have made global health a university priority. Both currently have extensive research, infectious disease clinics, and training programs in Malawi and Tanzania, respectively. This new collaborative program, the GSK Global Health Program, offers a unique opportunity to augment the existing research and training efforts in both places. The goal is to enhance the research and methodological skills of our global partners and students, create locally sustainable infrastructures through capacity building, and promote equal participation in investigative projects. Ultimately, such training will increase their ability to offer better health services and attain future funding for efficacious programs. In addition, combining the resources and expertise of the two universities will foster cross-campus interdisciplinary awareness and mentorship of graduate students interested in global research training methodologies.  Funded by the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, this program provides a formal way for UNC and Duke faculty and students to collaborate on research and training over a period of 3 years. The program is coordinated through the SPH Office of Global Health. If you are interested in getting involved, please email the Office of Global Health.  Objectives Enhance the research and methodological skills of our global partners and students Create locally sustainable infrastructures in Malawi and Tanzania through capacity building Promote equal participation in investigative projects Activities Determine the capacity and research training needs of local providers in Tanzania and Malawi by: Conduct on-site pilot research training programs and needs assessments in Tanzania and respond to already identified training needs in Malawi  Hold two winter conferences for interaction and input among key leaders from Tanzania, Malawi, Duke and UNC to identify ways to improve and tailor research training needs The research training in the first two years of the project will be flexible and responsive to the local needs Offer two short, multi-site courses in qualitative research methodology and clinical trials Open the Fogarty-funded Malawi-Carolina Summer Public Health Institute to qualified Tanzanians Conduct smaller practicum-based training so Malawian and Tanzanian trainees can receive direct mentorship while planning or conducting their own research projects Organize cross-campus programs to foster interest and capacity in global health research among faculty and graduate students: Offer seed grants to UNC/Duke graduate students who will work in partnership with African representatives and/or UNC and Duke faculty Hold student/faculty symposia highlighting global research and training issues Develop the 15-501 Global Health Dinner Club and Symposium to bring together UNC and Duke faculty and students to discuss research collaborations and promote ongoing collaboration. Click here for more information. Investigators Peggy Bentley, PhD, Professor of Nutrition and Associate Dean for Global Health, UNC School of Public Health Steve Meshnick, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, UNC School of Public Health and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, UNC School of Medicine Bill Miller, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, UNC School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine Nathan Thielman, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine; Co-Director, Program in International Research, Duke Human Vaccine Institute Kathryn Whetten, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies, Community and Family Medicine, and Nursing, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy; Director of Center for Health Policy; Director of Health Inequalities Program, Duke University

Last updated March 27, 2008