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Projects and Resources: Foreign Project Database

In effort to better coordinate and support University of Massachusetts Medical School's Global Health initiatives, we have cataloged the various Global Health related activities here. If you are participating in a Global Health activity that is not featured here, please let us know by completing our brief Global Health Activities Survey. For additional information about particular programs shown below, please contact the Office of Global Health.

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Africa

Country	Project Title	Project Type	Principal Investigator	Department/Program	Opportunities
Africa & Papua New Guinea	Human Copy number polymorphism and severe Malaria	Research	Jeffrey Bailey, MD	Bioinformatics & Integrative Biology	GSBS research opportunity, contact PI
Ghana	The Worcester Infant Mortality Assessment Project (WIMAP)	Research and Educational Program for faculty/staff	Merianne Felice, MD	Pediatrics
Kenya	Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Ann Moormann, PhD, MPH	Pediatric Immunology	SOM research & mentorship opportunity, contact PI
Kenya	AMPATH Consortium with Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exchange	Ann Moormann, PhD, MPH	Pediatric Immunology	4th YR SOM clinical rotation & mentorship opportunity, contact PI
Kenya	Helping Babies Breath Collaboration Project Central Kenya - Tigoni District Hospital and UHAI	Healthcare worker Education	Pegeen Eslami, MD	Pediatrics
Kenya	Flow Cytometry Workshop - KEMRI	Scientific Education	Richard Konz, BS	Medicine
Kenya	T Cell Immunity in Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma - KEMRI	Research	Ann Moormann, PhD, MPH	Pediatric Immunology	SOM research & mentorship opportunity, Contact PI
Kenya	Public Health Projets in under-resourced settings - Tigoni District Hospital	Education and Non-clinical Research	Pegeen Eslami, MD	Pediatrics	SOM research & mentorship opportunity, Contact PI
Liberia	Center for Excellence in Health and Life Sciences - University of Liberia, JFK Memorial Medical Center	Pre-clinical Education, Nursing, Library Sciences	Katherine Luzuriaga, MD	Office of Global Health	Faculty teaching, nurse clinical mentorship opportunity, contact OGH
Liberia	International Rescue Committee in Liberia	MOU / Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Patricia McQuilkin, MD	Pediatrics	Resident/fellow rotation, contact PI
Liberia	Academic Collaboration Supporting Medical Education in Liberia (ACSMEL)	MOU / Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Patricia McQuilkin, MD	Pediatrics	Resident/fellow rotation, contact PI
Liberia	Health Education & Relief Through Teaching (HEARTT) - Volunteer Patient Care	MOU / Patient Care	Patricia McQuilkin, MD	Pediatrics	Resident/fellow rotation, contact PI
Liberia	University of Liberia	MOU / Faculty Exchange	Katherine Luzuriaga, MD	Office of Global Health	Contact OGH
Liberia	John F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Center	MOU / Fellow and Attending Faculty Exchange	Katherine Luzuriaga, MD	Office of Global Health	Resident/fellow rotation, nursing, contact OGH
Liberia	Assessing the Impact of Pediatric Training Program in Liberia - JFK Memorial Medical Center	Research, Patient Care	Patricia McQuilkin, MD	Pediatrics
South Africa	Pathogenesis of TB/HIV Co-Infection - Kwazulu-Natal Research Institute for TB and HIV	Research	Christopher Sassetti, PhD	Microbiology and Physiological Systems
South Africa	Antibiotic-induced tolerance in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis - University of Stellenbosch Tygerberg	Research	Christopher Sassetti, PhD	Microbiology and Physiological Systems
Uganda	Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECC) Emergency Care Training in Resource Limited Setting - Nyakibale Hospital	Education and Patient Care	Mark Bisanzo, MD	Emergency Medicine	SOM, GSN, residents, fellows clinical opportunity, contact PI
Zimbabwe	HIV-1 Evolution and Functional Correlates of MTCT - Johns Hopkins University and University of Zimbabwe	Research	Katherine Luzuriaga, MD	Pediatrics Immunology	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI

Asia

Country	Project Title	Project Type	Principal Investigator	Department/Program	Opportunities
Armenia	Reforming Emergency Medical Care in the Republic of Armenia	Patient Care, Research	Richard Aghababian, MD	Emergency Medicine
Australia	Innate Immune Receptors for T. gondii - University of Western Australia	Research	Ricardo Gazzinelli, DSC, DVM	Infectious Diseases
Australia/USA	Adjuvant Development Program - CSR Behring LLC	Research	Shan Lu, MD	Medicine	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Cambodia	A Novel Approach to Understanding Human Genetic Susceptibility to Dengue	Research	Daniel Libraty, MD	Medicine/Infectious Disease	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
China	Peking Union Medical College	MOU / Student & Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Guangping Gao, MD	MaPS	SOM, GSN, GSBS, residents, fellows clinical and research opportunity, contact OGH
China	Tongji University Medical School	MOU / Student & Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Guangping Gao, MD	MaPS	SOM, GSN, GSBS, residents, fellows clinical and research opportunity, contact OGH
China	West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University	MOU / Student & Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Guangping Gao, MD	MaPS	SOM, GSN, GSBS, residents, fellows clinical and research opportunity, contact OGH
China	Shanghai Mental Health Center	MOU / Student & Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Douglas Ziedonis, PhD	Psychiatry	SOM, GSN, GSBS, residents, fellows clinical and research opportunity, contact OGH. SOM mentorship opportunity, contact PI
China	Addressing Tobacco through Organizational Change (ATTOC) in China - Shanghai Mental Health Center, Tongji University	Research	Douglas Ziedonis, PhD	Psychiatry	SOM research & mentorship opportunity, contact PI
China	Mental Health Center and the Psychiatric Laboratory studying pathology of Schizophrenia - West China Hospital	Research	Nanying Zhang, MD	Psychiatry	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
China	Cultural Translation of a Mind/Body Wellness Program for Diabetes Prevention in China - Tongji University	Research	Sherry Pagoto, PhD	Medicine/Division of Preventive and Behavioral	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
China	Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Experimental and Human Gonococcal Infection - Institute of Dermatology Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences	Research	Peter Rice, MD	Medicine
India	Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research - Clinical Research Clerkship	MOU / Patient Care and Research	Brett Leav, PhD	MassBiologics, Medicine	SOM clinical and research opportunity, contact PI
India	Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College	MOU,	Brett Leav, PhD	MassBiologics, Medicine	SOM clinical and research opportunity, contact PI
India	Effects of Diabetes in Tuberculosis Severity - M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Center	Research	Hardy Kornfeld, MD	Medicine
India	Maharashtra State Assesment of elderly health and psychosocial needs and Elderly and caregiver perceptions towards potential Geriatric Care program in the community	Research	Abhijeet Patil, MD	Geriatric Medicine
Japan	Kitasato University Medical School	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	SOM clinical rotation opportunity, contact OGH
Japan	Hokkaido University	MOU / Graduate Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	SOM, GSBS, post-doc clinical rotation and research opportunity, contact OGH
Japan	Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences	MOU / Graduate Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	SOM, GSBS, post-doc clinical rotation and research opportunity, contact OGH
Japan	Therapeutic Development for Diabetes & Neurodegeneration using MANF - ONO Pharmaceuticals	Research	Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD	PGFE	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Japan	Characterization of STING as a receptor for the Vascular disrupting agent DMXAA - DS Pharma	Research	Kate Fitzgerald, PhD	Medicine/Infectious Disease	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Japan	The roles of Neuroligin-Nuerorexin interactions in the balance of excitatory and inhibitory synapses - Japand Foundation for Pediatric Research	Research	Kensuke Futai, PhD	Psychiatry	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Japan / South Korea	Regulation of lymphatic vessel smooth muscle contraction - Riken Institute, KBSI	Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Japan / South Korea	Integration of Sensory Disorder Gene Products - Riken Institute, KBSI	Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Japan / South Korea	Actin Cytoskeletal Reorganization and Myosin - Riken Institute, KBSI	Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Japan / South Korea	Regulation of Myosin X and filopedia formation - Riken Institute, KBSI	Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
South Korea	Myosin X and Cytoskeletal Rearrangement, Riken Institute, KBSI	Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Japan / South Korea / Switzerland	Rac1 in Smooth Muscle - Riken Institute, KBSI, Paul Scherrer Institute	Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Japan / South Korea / Switzerland	Smooth Muscle Podosome and Myosin - Riken Institute, KBSI, Paul Scherrer Institute	Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Nepal / Republic of Georgia	Collaboration to Enhance MDR-TB Surveillance in Diverse Settings - Henry M Jackson Foundation	Research, Technical Consulting	Alexander Sloutsky, Phd	CLDC Operations
Philippines	A Clinical Study of Protective and Pathogenic Immunity to Dengue during Infancy - Asian Foundation for Tropical Medicine	Research	Daniel Libraty, MD	Medicine/Division of Infectious Disease	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
South Korea	Korea Basic Science Institute	MOU / Faculty Exchange, Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	GSBS research opportunity, contact OGH
South Korea	Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: Quantitative Rupture-Risk Assessment; Non-Invasive Molecular Imaging - Yonsei University	Research	Alexei Bogdanov, PhD	Radiology
South Korea	Structural Study on the Regulation of Unconventional Myosin - KBSI	Research	Mitsuo Ikebe, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc, GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
South Korea	Antimycobacterial Mechanisms of Apoptosis in the Lung - International Tuberculosis Research Center	Research	Hardy Kornfeld, MD	Medicine/Pulmonology
Thailand	Mae Tao Clinic	MOU / Patient Care, Research	Meredith Walsh	Graduate School of Nursing	GSN clinical and research opportunity, contact PI
Thailand	Addressing Barriers to the Adoption of IUDs Among Women Seeking Post-Abortion Care on the Thai/Burma Border - Mae Tao Clinic	Research	Meredith Walsh	Graduate School of Nursing

Europe

Country	Project Title	Project Type	Principal Investigator	Department/Program	Opportunities
Denmark	Role function, Depressed Primary Care Patients, and Computer Adaptive Testing - National Research Centre for the working Environment	Research	Milena Antchkova, PhD	Quantitative Health Sciences	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Finland	Adapting the Open Dialogue Model in the United States: Developing and Piloting and Organizational Change Approach and Behavioral Therapy Manual - University of Jyvaskyla	Research	Douglas Ziedonis, PhD	Psychiatry	SOM research & mentorship opportunity, contact PI
France	Mission Interuniversitaire de Coordination des Echanges Franco-Americains (MICEFA)	Letter of Agreement / Student Training	Michael Godkin, PhD, Olga Valdman, MD	International Medical Education, OUME	SOM elective exchange opportunity, contact PI
France	Effects of low dose IL-2 on antigen specific responses Project 2 of Low-dose IL-2 for the treatment of Islet autoimmunity - Assistance Publicque-Hopitaux de Paris	Research	Sally Kent, PhD	Medicine/Diabetes
Germany	The Universities of the State of Baden-Wurttemberg	MOU / Faculty Exchange, Research	Sue Kelly	UMass President's Office	Contact OGH
Germany	Ministry of Higher Education, the State of Hessen Germany	MOU / Faculty Exchange, Research	Sue Kelly	UMass President's Office	Contact OGH
Germany	Impact of the aging immune system and bone marrow on bone in Rheumatoid Arthritis - University of Erlangen Medical School	Research	Ellen Gravallese, MD	Medicine/Rheumatology
Germany	Membrane potential as a driver of airway smooth muscle hypercontraction and remodeling - University of Tubingen	Research	Ronghua Zhuge, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Germany	Network for Vascular MicroRNAs - Hanover Medical School	Research	Nathan Lawson, PhD	Program in Gene Function and Expression	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Germany	Therapeutic targeting of the inflammasomes in Alzheimer's Disease - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases	Research	Eicke Latz, MD	Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Germany / Netherlands	ToF-Breast PET/CT: Development of a dSiPM-Based ToF-PET System for Breast Imaging - Philips Technology GmbH / Delft University	Research	Stephen Glick, PhD	Radiology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Hungary	Simmelweis University	MOU / Student & Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Gyongyi Szabo, PhD	Medicine	SOM, GSN, GSBS clinical and research opportunity, contact OGH
Ireland	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Melissa Fischer, MD, MEd	Medical School	SOM, GSN, GSBS clinical and research opportunity, contact OGH
Ireland	DNA sensors and associated signaling pathways in the innate immune response - Trinity College Dublin	Research	Kate Fitzgerald, PhD	Medicine/Infectious Disease	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Italy	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exhange	Anthony Carruthers, PhD	Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences	SOM, GSN, GSBS clinical and research opportunity, contact OGH
Italy	Universita degli Studi di Milano	Letter of Agreement / Student Training	Michael Godkin, PhD, Olga Valdman, MD	International Medical Education, OUME	SOM elective exchange opportunity, contact PI
Italy	Function and regulation of elemental Ca2+ signaling in urethral smooth muscle - University of Siena	Research	Ronghua, Zhuge, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Italy	Identification of De Novo Mutations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Using a Trio-Based Exome Sequencing Approach - IRCCS Instituto Auxologico Italiano	Research	Jonathan Landers, PhD	Neurology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Italy	DNA Tandem Repeat Numbers as Predictive Tools for Personalized Chemotherapy (PQ20) - University of Modena Italy	Research	Rosella Tupler, MD, PhD	Program in Gene Function and Expression	Postdoc position available, contact PI
Italy	Targeting IFN-g-dependent events for the treatment of vitiligo - Vitiligo Research Foundation	Research	John Harris, MD, PhD	Medicine/Dermatology	Postdoct and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Italy	Identification of factors contributing to the pathogenesis of FSHD, Biomarkers for Therapy of FSHD - University of Modena Italy	Research	Rosella Tuppler, MD, PhD	Program in Gene Function and Expression	Postdoc position available, contact PI
Netherlands, The	ToF-Breast PET/CT: Development of a dSiPM-Based ToF-PET System for Breast Imaging - Delft University	Research	Stephen Glick, PhD	Radiology
Netherlands, The	High throughput chemical screening for small molecules that inhibit adhesion of fungal pathogens to human cells - Schlumberger Foundation, the Hague	Research	Vineeta Bajaj	Program in Gene Function and Expression
Poland	Movement analysis and modeling of Parkinson's Disease patients after DBS procedure - Polish Japanese Institute of Information Technology	Research	Andrezej Przybyszewski, PhD	Neurology
Portugal	Mechanisms of Tissue Growth Control by Nutriet & Growth Factor Sensing Pathways - Coimbra University Hospital	Research	David Guertin, PhD	Program in Molecular Medicine	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Russia	Vavilov Institute of General Genetics	Academic Affiliation / MOU, Student & Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Kimberly Muri	Dean's Office	SOM, GSN, GSBS, GME clinical opportunities, contact OGH
Russia	Organochlorine Exposures and Altered Metabolism in Young Men - Harvard School of Public Health	Research	Mary Lee, MD	Pediatrics/Endocrinology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Russia	Comparison of Tameness and Agression through molecular genetic study for identification of epigenomic and genetic variations in DNA and RNA material - Insistute of Cytology and Genetics (ICG), Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences	Research	Evgeny Rogaev, PhD	Psychiatry	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Russia	Associations between serum Ocs during the critical prepubertal and pubertal developmental windows with later young adult metabolic outcomes - Chapaevsk Medical Association	Research	Mary Lee, MD	Pediatrics/Endocrinology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Scotland	Dissection of Sec1/Munc18 Protein function - University of Glasgow	Research	Mary Munson, PhD	Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Scotland	Role of Protein Turnover Pathways in Aneuploid Cells - Association for International Cancer Research	Research	Eduardo Torres, PhD	Program in Gene Function and Expression	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Scotland	Salmonella Pathogenesis and Processing of Effectors by Caspase-3 - University of Glasgow	Research	Beth McCormick, PhD	MaPS
Spain	European University of Madrid	Letter of Agreement / Student Training	Michael Godkin, PhD, Olga Valdman, MD	International Medical Education, OUME	SOM elective exchange opportunity, contact PI
Spain	ENCODE Data Analysis Center Computational Algorithms - ENCODE	Research	Zhiping Weng, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Spain / Puerto Rico	NIDA International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research - NIDA	Research	Lisa Fortuna, MD	Psychiatry
Switzerland	Extending the cross-platform functionality and parallel computing capabilities of the OMEGA software tool - SUPSI	Research, Software development	Caterina Strambio, PhD	Program in Molecular Medicine
Switzerland	Investigations of protein expression during anti-viral response mechanisms based on innovative mass spectrometric and bioinformatic workflows - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)	Research	Jeremy Luban, MD	Program in Molecular Medicine	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
United Kingdom	Neurotropic HIV-1 Reservoirs Inside and Outside the Brain - University of Nottingham	Research	Paul Clapham, PhD	Program in Molecular Medicine	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
United Kingdom	Role of Ca2+ signaling in atrial myocyte fibrillation - Open University	Research	Michael Sanderson, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
United Kingdom	Understanding outer membrane antibiotic transport in Pseudomonas aeruginosa - University of Southhampton	Research	Bert van den Berg	Program in Molecular Medicine
United Kingdom	Is Bone Resorption Specialized Autophagy? - European Calcified Tissue Society	Research	Hanna Witwicka	Cell Biology
United Kingdom	Diabetes Re-Education and Activation through MI (DREAM) - Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust	Research	Mary Lee, MD	Pediatrics/Endocrinology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
United Kingdom	Epithelial-derived mediators of neutrophil infiltration in the intestine - University of Bath	Research	Rose Szabady	MaPS
United Kingdom	Exosome based therapeutics in Huntington's disease - Oxford University	Research	Neil Aronin, MD	Medicine/Endocrinology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity
United Kingdom	CBM-VAXBT1 A subunit vaccine for tularemia: eliciting humoral and cellular responses by beta-gluban particle delivery - Defense Science & Technology Laboratory	Research	Gary Ostroff, PhD	Program in Molecular Medicine
United Kingdom	Evolution and Detection of HIV-1 R5 Macrophage-Tropic Variants in AIDS and HAD - University of Nottingham	Research	Paul Clapham, PhD	Program in Molecular Medicine	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI

Latin America

Country	Project Title	Project Type	Principal Investigator	Department/Program	Opportunities
Bolivia	VIEDMA Clinical Hospital and Institute of Human Development	MOU / Student & Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Douglas Golenbock, MD	Medicine/Infectious Diseases	SOM, GSN, GSBS, GME clinical and research opportunity, contact PI
Brazil	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Douglas Golenbock, MD	Medicine/Infectious Diseases	SOM, GSN, GSBS clinical and research opportunity, contact PI
Brazil	The Universidade de Sao Paulo	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Sue Kelly	UMass President's Office	SOM, GSN, GSBS clinical and research opportunity, contact PI
Brazil	Developing a Network of Tobacco Control among Women in Parana, Brazil	Research, Education	Sharina Person, PhD	Quantitative Health Sciences
Brazil	Optimizing Initial Communication in Autism	Research	William McIlvane, PhD	Psychiatry	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Brazil	Immunopathogenesis of P. Vivax Malaria	Research	Ricardo Gazinelli, DSC, DVM	Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Brazil	A Synthetic TLR4 Agonist as Immunological Adjuvant - Instituto Rene Rachou	Research	Ricardo Gazinelli, DSC, DVM	Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Chile	Universidad Andrew Bello, Centro de Investigacions Biomedicas	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Katherine Luzuriaga, MD	Pediatric Immunology	SOM, GSN, GSBS clinical and research opportunity, contact PI
Colombia	Innate Immunity in Parasitic Infections - Contro Internacional de Entrenamiento e investigaciones Medicase (CIDEIM)	Research	Douglas Golenbock, MD	Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Colombia	Colombia Initiative in Substance use Disorders and Comorbidity - Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario	Education, Research	Gerardo Gonzalez, MD	Psychiatry
Dominican Republic	International Ministries Spring Break Medical Mission Trip	Education, Patient Care	Michele Pugnaire, MD	Medical School	SOM, GSN, GSBS, GME clinical opportunity, contact PI
Dominican Republic	Universidad Tecnologica de Santiago (UTESA)	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Douglas Golenbock, MD	Medicine/Infectious Diseases	SOM clinical and research opportunity, contact PI
Ecuador	Reforming Emergency Medical Care in the Republic of Ecuador: "Mi Emergencia"	Education	Jorge Yarzebski, MD, MPH	Quantitative Health Sciences	Resident / Fellow
Haiti	St. Damien Hospital Global Health Track Resident Training Program - St. Damien Hospital	MOU / Patient Care, Education	Patricia McQuilkin, MD	Pediatrics	Resident / Fellow
Haiti	Development of a National Infrastructure for TB Diagnostic and Surveillance - Ministere de la Sante Publique et de la Population	Research, Technical Consulting	Alexander Sloutsky, PhD	CHPR
Nicaragua	Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) - UMMS Collaboration	MOU / Student & Resident Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Melissa Fischer, MD	Medical School	SOM, GSN, GSBS, GME clinical and research opportunities, contact PI
Peru	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Letter of Agreement / Student Training	Michael Godkin, PhD, Olga Valdman, MD	International Medical Education, OUME	SOM elective exchange opportunities, contact PI
Suriname	TB Diagnostic Training - Suriname MOH	Technical Consulting	Alexander Sloustky, PhD	CHPR

Middle East

Country	Project Title	Project Type	Principal Investigator	Department/Program	Opportunities
Israel	Chromatin dynamics in Yeast - Hebrew University Jerusalem	Research	Rando Oliver, MD, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Israel	Systematic Dissection of Histone Modification in Transcriptional Dynamics - Hebrew University Jerusalem	Research	Rando Oliver, MD, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Israel	Evolutionary profiling of the transcriptome and post-transcriptional wiring of the circadian clock in normal and perturbed conditions - Hebrew University Jerusalem	Research	Manuel Garber, PhD	Program in Bioinformatics and Integrated Biology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Israel	Systematic mapping of the protein-DNA network mediating the response to pathogens - Weizmann Institute of Science	Research	Manuel Garber, PhD	Program in Bioinformatics and Integrated Biology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Israel	A novel role for promoter in cytoplasmic mRNA decay - U.S. Israel Binational Science Foundation	Research	Allan Jacobson, PhD	MaPS	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Israel	ICOB: Wiring and remodeling the circadian transcriptional network: an evolutionary perspective on the plasticity and robustness of the circadian clock - Hebrew University Jerusalem	Research, Education	Manuel Garber, PhD	Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Lebanon	American University of Beirut	MOU / Student Training, Faculty Exchange, Research	Melissa Fischer, MD	Medical School	SOM, GSN, GSBS clinical and research opportunity, contact OGH
Pakistan	Pakistan - US Science and Technology Cooperation Program - GC University, Lahore	Education, Research	Celia Schiffer, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Saudi Arabia	Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training - Saudi ARAMCO	Education	Denise Jolicoeur, MPH, CHES	Medicine/Division of preventive and Behavioral Health

North America

Country	Project Title	Project Type	Principal Investigator	Department/Program	Opportunities
Canada	Towards New Therapeutic Approaches to Type 1 Diabetes Based on Rat Immunobiology - University of Toronto	Research	John Mordes, MD	Medicine	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Canada	Model-free mathematical analysis of DNA replication kinetics - Simon Fraser University	Research	Nick Rhind, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Canada	Identification of FDA-Approved Drugs that Mitigate Retinal Degeneration - University of British Columbia	Research	Shalesh Kaushal, MD	Ophthalmology
Canada	Vaccines that Replicate the neutralization-competent structure of the gp41 MPER - Simon Fraser University	Research	Shan Lu, PhD	Medicine	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Canada	Development of a compact PET scanner for simultaneous PET/MR breast imaging - Excelitas Technologies	Research	Stephen Glick, PhD	Radiology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Canada	Runx2 and Deregulation of Osteoblast Proliferation	Research	Andre van Wijnen, PhD	Cell Biology
Canada	The Regulation of DNA Replication Kinetics - Simon Fraser University	Research	Nick Rhind, PhD	Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology	Postdoc and GSBS research rotation opportunity, contact PI
Canada	Effects of maintenance Treatment with Olanzapine vs Placebo on Brain Structure - University of Toronto	Research	Anthony Rothschild, MD	Psychiatry
Canada	Validation and Characterization of Candidate Leukemia Suppressor Genes - Canadian Institute of Health Research	Research	Magnolia Pak, PhD	Gene Function and Expression
United States	Medicorps	MOU / Patient Care	Melissa Fischer, MD	Medical School	SOM clinical opportunity, contact PI
United States	Ibis Reproductive Health	MOU / Research	Meredith Walsh	Graduate School of Nursing	GSN research opportunity
United States	Learning and Working during the Transition to Adulthool Rehabilitation Research and Training Center) - SRI International, California branch	Research	Maryann Davis, PhD	Psychiatry

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