This Project Grant award of $703,989, awarded on September 17, 2024 by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training), will fund a study entitled "The ALAMA Project: Autism Outcomes and Neurobehavioral Markers in Young Children Born to Mothers with HIV in Kenya." The key objectives are to: 1) Compare autism diagnostic outcomes between HIV-exposed and uninfected children and HIV-unexposed children in a large Kenyan cohort (N=850), and 2)...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $333,564 to New York University School of Medicine to develop, test the feasibility, and analyze the costs of a routine outcome monitoring dashboard system called "MARBAR-Africa" for improved psychotherapy outcomes in public health clinics in Kenya. The project aims to adapt and extend an existing MARBAR system from Ecuador, test...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Fogarty International Center's International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989), awarded a $749,200 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota. This 5-year grant, effective August 14, 2024, supports the Minnesota-Makerere-Mbarara Neuro-Infectious Disease Research Training Consortium in Uganda. The program aims to expand research expertise in neuro-infectious diseases by training at least 12 physician...
The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $100,987 Project Grant under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to Mu-Jhu Care LTD, a non-profit organization in Uganda. The three-year grant, awarded on May 19, 2025 and concluding on Feb 29, 2028, aims to strengthen the research compliance and integrity (RCI) capacity of the Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University (MU-JHU) Research Collaboration and other...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's John E. Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) provides $111,024 to Mount Kenya University in Kenya to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying placental malaria. The award aims to leverage the university's placental biobank to identify transcriptomic signatures associated with placental malaria and detect these signatures in maternal circulation...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, provides $3,940,692.87 to conduct a Phase 3 clinical trial of an e-health behavioral intervention called "Epilepsy Journey" to improve executive functioning in adolescents with epilepsy. The goal is to determine the efficacy of the intervention's self-guided learning...
This federal Project Grant award of $302,142, provided by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training program), is intended to strengthen the capacity of researchers in Uganda to conduct HIV treatment and prevention clinical trials focused on perinatal, pediatric, adolescent, and high-risk populations, including women and their partners. The awardee, Mu-Jhu Care LTD, an international organization based in Kampala, Uganda, will serve as a...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), aims to comprehensively investigate the extent and impact of transmitted and acquired HIV drug resistance in Kenya as the country transitions to widespread use of dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy. The $645,900 award, with a project period from September 2024 to July 2029, will fund a prospective study to...
The federal Project Grant award of $101,290 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) aims to strengthen grants administration capacity at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Providing advanced training and mentorship to senior research administrators at Makerere University on best practices for pre- and post-award...
This $100,720 Project Grant awarded by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) aims to strengthen the capacity of the African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data Intensive Sciences (ACE) in Uganda to support HIV research. The grant will fund the training of four local staff in high-performance computing (HPC) competencies at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, enabling them to implement HPC system improvements and integrate HPC...
This federal Project Grant award from the Fogarty International Center's International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) provides $1,007,042 to Indiana University Indianapolis (IU Indianapolis) to improve access to care and treatment outcomes for people with epilepsy in western Kenya. Key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include:
Developing an epilepsy medical record system (EMRS) and training non-specialized clinical staff on a task-sharing intervention to improve patient care retention and medication adherence. IU Indianapolis will collaborate with sub-awardee Moi University College of Health Sciences in Kenya to evaluate the effectiveness, mechanisms, and sustainability of the EMRS-supported intervention. The project also includes cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses. This research aims to build clinical and research capacity in Kenya to reduce the treatment gap for epilepsy and improve outcomes for people living with the condition in resource-limited settings.