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Uganda Project: Collaboration with UM Medical School and Ross School of Business
Project description:
Much of the effort in international health is through technological development and vertically-oriented public health or governmental programs. There has not been as much attention on delivery systems. The project is a joint effort between the UM Medical School and the UM Ross School of Business to help not-for-profit hospitals in emerging markets to reorganize so that they can become independent of donor funding. Currently, the effort has begun with 2 hospitals in Uganda but the plan is to develop a network of participating hospitals in several countries that can serve as a clearinghouse of information for researchers and a facile vehicle for communication between participating hospitals.
Most recently, a team of seven from the UM traveled to Kumi Hospital in Kumi, Uganda in order to help the hospital reorganize to become a center of excellence in orthopedics and rehabilitation. Formerly, Kumi Hospital was a leprosarium and, as such, had a history of working with patients with disabilities. Currently, it is a full service hospital but with a high volume of orthopedic cases. The team is helping the hospital extend its mission beyond that of just acute orthopedics and to include full service rehabilitation services - - a model essentially non-existent in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Global Research Initiative Program, Behavioral/Social Sciences (R01) - (PAR-07-328)
John E. Fogarty International Center
National Eye Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
Office of Disease Prevention
Office of Research on Women's Health
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Sept. 21, 2009
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International Research Collaboration - Basic Biomedical (FIRCA-BB) [R03] - (PAR-06-436)
John E. Fogarty International Center
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Eye Institute
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see annoucement.
International Research Collaboration - Behavioral, Social Sciences (FIRCA-BSS) [R03] - (PAR-06-437)
John E. Fogarty International Center
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Eye Institute
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see annoucement
Fellowships through the University of Michigan Global Health Research and Training Initiative (UM-GHRT):
Funded by the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health, the University of Michigan Global Health Research and Training Initiative engages undergraduate and graduate students in multidisciplinary global health research; encourages innovative research collaborations across the University; and supports research and training partnerships with institutions in low-and middle-income countries.
NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13/U13) - (PA-06-041)
National Institutes of Health
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Cancer Institute
National Center for Research Resources
National Eye Institute
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Library of Medicine
Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
Office of Disease Prevention
Office of Dietary Supplements
Office of Rare Diseases
Office of Research on Women's Health
Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
International Research Collaboration - Basic Biomedical (FIRCA-BB) (PAR-05-072)
John E. Fogarty International Center
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Eye Institute
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement
Gift Account: Supporting the Global Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Program
In July, 2008, a group of physicians led by Arnie Advincula, MD and Jonathan Finks, MD, from the University of Michigan, traveled to Ghana, Africa to teach basic laparoscopic surgical skills to Ghanaian gynecologists and surgeons. During a week long course, they gave talks on the basic principles and physiology of laparoscopic surgery. They also taught basic skills using simulators and proctored laparoscopic procedures in the operating room. This course is part of an ongoing post-graduate training program in Ghana that was started in 1986 by Dr. Timothy Johnson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan. Drs. Advincula and Finks are working closely with physicians in Ghana to help develop a minimally invasive surgery program at the main teaching hospital in Accra, Ghana.
The Department of Surgery has set up a gift account to support the Global Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Program and all funds collected for this purpose are deposited into this account. If you would like to make a donation, make sure your donor check indicates what project the money is for so that it can be properly identified. (LINK TO BE PROVIDED ONCE ACCOUNT IS SET UP)
