Fogarty Announces Global Network
for Research Training on Trauma and Injury
The Fogarty International Center (FIC), at the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), announced seven new awardees* for
the International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research
Training Program (ICTIRT).
Supported by FIC, seven other NIH components**,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO), this program covers research training
in basic science and applied science, the epidemiology
of risk factors, acute care and survival, rehabilitation,
and long-term mental health consequences of trauma and
injury.
"Most trauma and injury here at home and worldwide
are completely preventable," said U.S. Surgeon General
Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS. "To reduce traumas
and their heartbreaking results, we need answers that
come from relevant and timely research. As a trauma
nurse, a surgeon, and as Surgeon General, I look forward
to the results of this important collaborative effort."
The program funds a collaboration between an institution
in a high-income country and one in a low- or middle-income
country. It involves training researchers at the master's,
doctoral, and post-doctoral levels to tackle the increasing
global burden of trauma and injury.
"Often overlooked, trauma and injury are leading causes
of death and disability worldwide," said Sharon H. Hrynkow,
Ph.D., FIC Acting Director. "This program allows us
to train researchers from resource-poor settings to
develop low-cost, locally-relevant interventions in
emergency care, appropriate triage of critical patients,
and injury prevention programs. The outcomes of this
program will benefit partners abroad and U.S. communities."
According to WHO, six of the 15 leading causes of death
in people aged 15 to 44 are connected to trauma. Each
year, more than five million deaths — and countless
disabilities — result from intentional and unintentional
injury.
"The network of researchers and trainees started through
this program is the first of its kind," said Aron Primack,
M.D., FIC program officer.
Training may also focus on relatively low-cost technologies
such as X-ray and ultrasound, ventilators, optimal resuscitation
fluids, blood substitutes, and materials to cover wounds
in burn victims.
The program provides up to $150,000 per year in direct
costs for up to five years. FIC and its partners committed
$4.2 million for the first five years of this program.
The Program Announcement is located at this URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-083.html.
Additional information is on the FIC website: http://www.fic.nih.gov/programs/Trauma.htm.
* The awardees are:
The University of Rochester (Rochester NY) will work
with the Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide
in the China Collaborative Suicide Research Training
Program
Principle Investigator: Dr. Eric D. Caine
Partner: Dr. Sandra Chan
The University of Maryland (Baltimore Maryland) will
train researchers in Injury Prevention Training in Egypt
Principle Investigator: Dr. Patricia C. Dischinger
Partner: Dr. Zeinab Yousef
The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore Maryland) will
train researchers at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan
Principle Investigator: Dr. Ellen J. MacKenzie
Partner: Dr. Judaid Razzak
The University of Washington (Seattle WA) will strengthen
injury control research in Ghana
Principle Investigator: Dr. Charles N. Mock
Partner: Dr. Peter Donkor
The University of Iowa (Des Moines IA) will determine
the scope of issues and then train researchers in injury-related
health needs in Croatia
Principle Investigator: Dr. CorinnePeek-Asa
Partner: Dr. Aida Mujkic
Emory University (Atlanta GA) will train researchers
at the University of Eduardo Mondlanein Mozambique
Principle Investigator: Dr. David W. Wright
Partner: Dr. Otilia Neves
UCLA (Los Angeles CA) will work with the UCLA-South
African Research in Trauma Training Program
Principle Investigator: Dr. Gail E. Wyatt
Partner: Dr. Madu Sylvester
** The NIH Participating
Organizations are:
Fogarty International Center (FIC/NIH)
(http://www.fic.nih.gov)
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI/NIH)
(http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
(NIBIB/NIH)
(http://www.nibib.nih.gov)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR/NIH)
(http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA/NIH)
(http://www.niaaa.nih.gov)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH/NIH)
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov)
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR/NIH)
(http://obssr.od.nih.gov/)
Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH/NIH)
(http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC/CDC)
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/)
The Fogarty International Center, the international
component of the NIH, addresses global health challenges
through innovative and collaborative research and training
programs and supports and advances the NIH mission through
international partnerships. NIH is an agency of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |