Training Grants

Enabling Infectious Disease Research Capacity in the Peruvian Amazon

Project Period: 04/11/18-02/28/23
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Oberhelman, Tulane SPHTM
Project Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center
Total Project Funding: $1,230,964
The goal of this program is to expand the local workforce of highly trained professionals with public health and infectious diseases research skills in the Iquitos/Amazon region of Peru, by forming a collaborative master’s degree program for six competitively selected health professionals, leading to a master’s degree in public health from the Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana (UNAP) and a Certificate in International Research in Infectious Diseases from the consortium training program.

Tulane Program to Advance Representation in Minority Health Research (ARMHR)

Project Period: 07/11/19-01/31/24
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Oberhelman, Tulane SPHTM
Total Project Funding: $1,313,095
Project Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
The new Tulane Program to Advance Representation in Minority Health Research (Tulane ARMHR) builds on the foundation of the past 14 years of funding through the Tulane-Xavier MHIRT Program to provide mentored research training experiences to graduate students from groups that are underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, and social science research, including minority groups based on race/ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, and socio-economic disparities. Each year, this program will provide research training for four PhD/doctoral students with an approved prospectus and for four master's degree students, who will work with experienced faculty mentors on projects related to minority health and health disparities. For more information, click here.

Fogarty Global Health Fellows Program/UJMT Global Consortium

Project Period: 04/04/12-06/30/22
Principal Investigators: Dr. Benjamin Chi, UNC-Chapel Hill; Dr. Pierre Buekens, Tulane SPHTM
Total Project Funding: $2,908,190
Project Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center
The UJMT program is a 12-month mentored research training program for pre- and post-doctoral candidates and is sponsored by the Fogarty International Center, as well as several individual NIH institutes, including the National Cancer Institute and the Office of Research for Women's Health.  Based in over 20 years of research and collaboration, the FGHF consortium brings together research training sites in Africa, Asia, and South America. Trainees are assigned a team of mentors, who closely monitor the progress of the trainee and provide on-site supervision. The FGHF program at Tulane is a joint program administered by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Morehouse College Medical School, and Tulane University. For more information, click here.