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Varsha Dhurde, PhD, MS

LMIC Fellow - India
Lata Medical Research Foundation

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Estimation of prevalence of anemia and coverage of adolescent anemia control programs among girls aged 15-19 years in Nagpur District, India Mentors: Drs. Patricia Hibberd and Archana Patel

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Nikhil Venkateshmurthy, MD

LMIC Fellow - India
Public Health Foundation of India and Centre for Chronic Disease Control (PHFI/CCDC)

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Beginning with the end in mind: Assessment of context and factors crucial for scale-up of an innovative strategy to address hypertension and diabetes in India Mentors: Drs. Mark Huffman and Sailesh Mohan

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Angela Achieng, PhD, MSc

LMIC Fellow - Kenya
Center for Global Health Research (CGHR)

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Targeting the LAIR1 pathway for development of novel therapeutics in pediatric severe malarial anemia Mentors: Drs. Douglas J. Perkins and Collins Ouma

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Ola Oladimeji, PhD, MBBS, MPA, MSc

LMIC Fellow - Nigeria
University of Jos and Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH)

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Drug resistant tuberculosis treatment outcome and transmission risk among patients with and without HIV infection in Nigeria (DR-TB RISK STUDY) Mentors: Drs. Robert Horsburgh, Ayuba Zoakah, and Tom Achiki

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Roxana Garcia, MD, MP

U.S. Fellow - Peru
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Evaluating the Neurosurgical Capacity for Traumatic Brain Injury in Peru, a Mixed-Methods Proposal Mentors: Drs. Patricia Garcia and Mamta Swaroop

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Elizabeth Louis, PhD, MA

U.S. Fellow - Rwanda
University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Expanding Community Health Workers and Nontraditional gatekeepers in mental health settings in Rwanda Mentors: Drs. Giuseppe Raviola, David Henderson, and Fredrick Kateera

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Cheryl Hendrickson

U.S. Scholar - South Africa
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO)

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Feasibility and choice determinants of PrEP delivery among a cohort of university students in South Africa in order to predict national cost and uptake of PrEP services in this setting Mentors: Drs. Brooke Nichols, Matthew Fox, and Lawrence Long

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Andrew Kim

U.S. Scholar - South Africa
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO)

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Biological memories of apartheid: Intergenerational effects of apartheid-based prenatal stress on HPA axis function and mental health in Soweto, South Africa Mentors: Drs. Shane Norris and Christopher Kuzawa

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Josh Murphy

U.S. Scholar - South Africa
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO)

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Matching Patient Records Across Non-Networked Databases to Determine Loss to Care and Patterns of Patient Mobility at Facilities in the Public Sector HIV Program in Johannesburg, South Africa Mentors: Drs. Sophie Pascoe, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, and Matthew Fox

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Caleb Figge, PhD, MA

U.S. Fellow - Tanzania
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)

Fellowship Year: 2019-2020 Research Project Title: Design and validation of contextually-sensitive trauma, posttraumatic stress, and health assessments for trauma-affected Tanzanian youth. Mentors: Drs. Mary Smith Fawzi and Sylvia Kaaya