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2004 Recipients of the Fogarty/Ellison Overseas Fellowships in Global
Health and Clinical Research Training
The Fogarty International Center (FIC), with support from The Ellison
Medical Foundation (EMF), the Association of American Medical Colleges
(AAMC), and the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), has initiated
a one year clinical research training opportunity for outstanding graduate
level U.S. students in the health professions who have a strong interest
in and potential for a career in international health and/ or clinical
research. This unique opportunity, designated the Fogarty/ Ellison Overseas
Fellowship in Global Health and Clinical Research Training, provides selected
students with a one-year, mentored clinical research training experience
at an established NIH-funded research center in a developing country and
provides funds to support graduate level research activities including
a fellowship stipend for a graduate student at the foreign research training
site. Fourteen sites which met stringent criteria for research training
were selected for the initial fellowship year: Botswana, Brazil, Haiti,
India(2), Kenya, Mali, Peru(2), South Africa(2), Thailand, Uganda, and
Zambia.
The program is administered by the AAMC and ASPH, which organized the
application process and the initial selection of finalist candidates.
The applicant pool was outstanding both in quality and quantity and the
initial selection process was highly competitive. Twenty-nine finalists
accepted invitations to the NIH campus on March 15 and 16, 2004 to participate
in a rigorous two-day interview/selection meeting with program site representatives.
As a result of these sessions, an inaugural group of twenty students were
matched to the fourteen foreign sites. Successful U.S. applicants and developing
country partners are:
Bonnie Baker, MD candidate, University of Rochester School
of Medicine and Dentistry, will work in Kampala,Uganda under the mentorship
of Drs. Christopher Whalen, Case Western University and Moses Kamya,
Makerere University, on HIV and tuberculosis, focusing on punctuated
antiretroviral therapy. Dr. David Meya will be the Ugandan
Fogarty/Ellison Fellow. Natalie Bowman, MD candidate, Columbia University, will work
in Lima, Peru under the mentorship of Drs. Robert Gilman
of Johns Hopkins University and Alberto Ramírez-Ramos, Universidad Peruana
Cayetano Heredia, on research that focuses on emerging
infections in Peru. Phabiola Herrera will be the Peruvian Fogarty/Ellison
Fellow. Suzanne DeLea, MD candidate, University of New Mexico, also
will work in Lima, Peru under the mentorship
of Drs. Robert Gilman of Johns Hopkins University, and Alberto Ramírez-Ramos,
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, on research that focuses on emerging
infections in Peru. Phabiola Herrera will be the Peruvian Fogarty/Ellison
Fellow. Jacqueline Firth, MD/ MPH candidate, Tulane University, will
work in Vellore, India under the mentorship of Drs. Kenneth Mayer,
Brown University, and Gagandeep Kang, Christian
Medical College, on the molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidial infections
in HIV infected individuals in South India. Kalyan Banda and Srila Gopal will
be the Indian Fogarty/Ellison Fellows. Mark Franciosa, MD candidate, Boston University, also will
work in Vellore, India under the mentorship
of Drs. Kenneth Mayer, Brown University, and Gagandeep Kang, Christian
Medical College, on the molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidial infections
in HIV infected individuals in South India. Kalyan Banda and Srila Gopal will
be the Indian Fogarty/Ellison Fellows. David Edwards, MD/MPH candidate, Duke University, will work
in Durban, South Africa under the mentorship of Drs. Salim Abdool
Karim, Columbia University, and Quarraisha
Abdool Karim at the HIV/ AIDS Networking Centre at the University of Natal.
His clinical research training will be in the area of HIV/AIDS. Drs. Terrence Moodley
and Munira Khan will be the South African Fogarty/Ellison Fellows. -
Jose Hagan, MD candidate, Vanderbilt University, will work
in Gabarone, Botswana under the mentorship
of Drs. Max Essex, Harvard School of Public Health, and Ibou Thior, Princess
Marina Hospital. His research training will involve the identification
of HLA restricted CTL epitopes of HIV-1C in Botswana. Enoch Sepako will
be the Botswanan Fogarty/Ellison Fellow.
Russell Horwitz, MD/PHD candidate, University of Illinois,
Urbana, will work in Haiti under the mentorship
of Drs. Warren Johnson and Dan Fitzgerald, Cornell University, and Jean
William Pape, Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic
Infections (GHESKIO). His research topic will be the study of Kaposi's
Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections in Haiti. Dominique Dorsainvil will
be the Haitian Fogarty/Ellison Fellow. -
Evelyn Hsieh, MD candidate, SUNY-Stonybrook and MPH candidate,
Harvard, will work in Peru under the mentorship of Drs. King Holmes,
University of Washington, and Alejandro Llanos Cuentas, Universidad
Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Her research will evaluate the reduction
HIV transmission by control of sexually transmitted diseases. Magaly
Blas will be the Peruvian Fogarty/Ellison Fellow.
Joe Hyder, MD/PHD candidate, University of California, San
Diego, will work at Chiang Mai University,
Thailand, under the mentorship of Drs. Chris Beyrer, Johns Hopkins University,
and Thira Sirisanthana, Chiang Mai University. His research will study
the effect of antiretroviral therapy in reducing HIV transmission. Supachai Sakkhachornphop will
be the Thai Fogarty/Ellison Fellow. Daniel Johnson, MD/MPH candidate, Tulane University, will
work at the University of Natal, Durban,
South Africa under the mentorship of Drs. Salim Abdool Karim, Columbia
University, Lee Riley, University of California, Berkeley, and Quarraisha
Abdool Karim, University of Natal HIV/AIDS Networking Center. His clinical
research topic will be in HIV/AIDS programs. Drs. Terrence Moodley and Munira Khan are
the South African Fogarty/Ellison Fellows. Michael Kinzer, MD candidate, Vanderbilt University, will
work in South Africa under the mentorship
of Drs. Brian Forsythe, Yale University, and Bridget Jeffery, University
of Pretoria Kalafong Hospital. His research topic involves HIV and pre/post
natal care. William Mapham will be the South African Fogarty/Ellison
Fellow. Peter "Buzz" Marcovici, MD candidate, Columbia University,
will work in Bahia, Brazil under the mentorship
of Drs. Warren Johnson, Cornell Medical School, and Mitermayer Galvão
dos Reis, Federal University of Bahia. His project will involve tropical
disease research. Edilane
Gouveia Voss Boaventura will be the Brazilian Fogarty/Ellison
Fellow. Karen Megazzini, Dr.PH candidate, University of Alabama at
Birmingham (UAB), will work in Lusaka, Zambia
under the mentorship of Drs. Sten Vermund, UAB, and Moses Sinkala, Center
for Infectious Disease Research. Her project will involve HIV seroincidence
among women targeted for inclusion in HPTN 035. Dr. Aggrey Mweemba will
be the Zambian Fogarty/Ellison Fellow. Seth O'Neal, MD candidate, Oregon Health and Sciences University,
will work in Bahia, Brazil under the mentorship of
Drs. Warren Johnson, Cornell University, and Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis
of Federal University of Bahia. His research activities will focus on
tropical diseases. Edilane Gouveia Voss Boaventura will be the
Brazilian Fogarty/Ellison Fellow. -
Jason Nixon, MD candidate, Chicago Medical School, will work
in Bamako, Mali under the mentorship of Drs. Chris Plowe,
University of Maryland, and Prof. Ogobara Doumbo,
University of Bamako. He will participate in research at the Malaria
Research and Training Center of the University of
Bamako. Drissa
Coulibaly,
M.D. will be Malian Fogarty/Ellison Fellow.
Jeremy Schwartz, MD candidate, University of Rochester School
of Medicine and Dentistry, will work in Kampala, Uganda under the mentorship
of Drs. Chris Whalen of Case Western Reserve University, and Moses Kamya,
Makerere University. He will work on HIV/TB research in a project involving
Punctuated Antiretroviral Therapy. Dr. David B. Meya will be
the Ugandan Fogarty/Ellison Fellow. Sara Selig, MD candidate, University of Colorado, will work
in Nairobi, Kenya under the mentorship of Drs.
King Holmes, University of Washington, and James Kiarie, University of
Nairobi AIDS Research and Training Program. Her research will study the
interactions of HIV infection with sexually transmitted diseases. Norman Njogu Kiiru
will be the Kenyan Fogarty/Ellison Fellow. Snigdha Vallabhaneni, MD candidate, Brown University Medical
School, will work in Chennai, India, under the mentorship of Drs.
Kenneth Mayer, Brown University, and Suniti
Solomon, Director of the YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research. She will
work on a project involving the molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidial
infections in HIV infected individuals. Sandeep Pulimi will be
the Indian Fogarty/Ellison Fellow. -
Dalilia Zachary, MD candidate, Johns Hopkins University, will
work in Lusaka, Zambia under the mentorship of Drs. Sten
Vermund, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Moses Sinkala of the
Center for Infectious Disease Research. Her research will study HIV
seroincidence among women targeted for inclusion in HPTN 035. Dr.
Aggrey Mweemba will be
the Zambian Fogarty/Ellison Fellow.
Each fellowship is for a one-year period. The term will begin with a
three-week orientation program on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland
in July 2004 followed by approximately eleven months of intense research
training at the foreign site.
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