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Progress Report: Training a New Generation of Doctors in Tanzania
More than two years after being awarded a $10 million grant from the US government, The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and the Duke Global Health Institute have made strides in strengthening medical education in Tanzania. Through the KCMC-Duke Medical Education Partnership Initiative, collaborators have advanced teaching and research using information technology, which has already begun to transform the learning experience of Tanzanian medical students.
Watch the video above to learn about specific accomplishments of the project so far, and the partnership that has been able to make change happen in rural Tanzania.
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 World-Renowned Obesity Expert Kelly Brownell named Dean of Sanford School
DGHI is pleased to add its warm welcome to Kelly Brownell as the new dean of the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy. The James Rowland Angell Professor of Psychology at Yale University, Brownell is a leading authority on public policies to enhance nutrition and combat obesity. DGHI Director Michael Merson said, "We are delighted to welcome Kelly Brownell to the Duke family. Brownell's knowledge and experience in policy related to obesity will complement one of DGHI's existing research priorities, combating chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease and obesity in the US and around the globe."
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 DGHI Faculty Awarded Grants for Research on Obesity and Malaria Prevention
Sara Benjamin Neelon, assistant professor of community and family medicine and global health, received a five-year $3.3 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to evaluate an intervention aimed at improving diet and physical activity for young children at home and in child care settings.
William Pan, assistant professor of global environmental health, has been awarded a one-year $10,012 grant from Johns Hopkins University to study the complex interplay of factors believed to lead to childhood obesity.
Wendy O'Meara, assistant professor of medicine and global health, has been awarded a $197,345 grant from Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) to develop a tool to identify and eliminate bottlenecks to malaria prevention.
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