Committee on International Child Healthcare

Pediatric Global Health at Brown University

Highlights the global health activities within the Department of Pediatrics, including the Brown Residency International/Global Health Training (BRIGHT) Pathway, monthly global health lectures, and other resources. https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/globalhealth/Home

Brown University’s Global Health Initiative Website

The Brown Global Health Initiative is a multidisciplinary, university-wide effort and its mission is to reduce health inequalities among underserved populations locally and worldwide through education, research, service, and the development of partnerships. http://med.brown.edu/GHI/

* To receive more information regarding global health activities in all disciplines at Brown University, you may be added to the GHI listserve by contacting: globalhealth@brown.edu

Review article:

Global Health Medical Education In Rhode Island: A Review and Look To the Future

PDF: see attached. Link to article: http://rimed.org/medhealthri/2010-03/2010-03-83.pdf

International Collaborations/Academic Exchange Programs

The Brown Kenya Program: http://brownmedicine.org/kenya/index.htm

The Angkor Hospital for Children - Cambodia Exchange Program

http://angkorhospital.org/default.php

NIR School of the Heart

http://www.nirschool.org/default_no_intro.html

La Romana Dominican Republic Program

Affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital in La Romana

Medical outreach to the sugarcane villages outside of La Romana

Contact Carol Lewis, MD, Department of Pediatrics

HEARTT Program – Liberia

http://www.heartt.net/projects.html

Links:

Brown University Global Health Organization Links:

Center For AIDS Research at Brown University

The Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is a joint research effort between Tufts and Brown Universities and their affiliated hospitals and centers. The CFAR is part of a national program begun by the National Institutes of Health in 1988. There are currently 20 Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) located at academic medical centers throughout the United States.

http://www.lifespan.org/cfar/

Brown University AIDS Program

The Brown University AIDS Program (BRUNAP) is the educational arm of the Brown AIDS Center. It is nationally and internationally known as a center for training researchers and clinicians in AIDS-related disciplines. Its grant from HRSA allows it to serve as a regional training site for physicians and nurses in areas ranging from how take a sexual history to molecular virology to current advances in anti-HIV chemotherapy. With NIH funding, our faculty are training lab and clinical people from overseas - primarily from South East Asia - through the Fogarty Fellows program at The Miriam Hospital.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/BRUNAP/

Brown/Tufts/Miriam Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP)

Brown University, Tufts University and the Miriam Hospital operate the Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP), funded since 1993 by the National Institutes of Health-Fogarty International Center (D43-TW000237). The Brown/Tufts/Miriam AITRP currently works with trainees from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kenya and the Philippines

http://www.lifespan.org/tmh/services/aids/fogarty_aitrp/

International Health Institute at Brown University

http://publichealth.brown.edu/ihi/

International Global Health Organization Links:

AAP-Section on International Child Health

http://www.aap.org/sections/ich/default.cfm

Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative

http://bayloraids.org/

Global Health Education Consortium

http://globalhealthedu.org/SitePages/Home.aspx

Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI)

http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/
topics/prevention_care/child/imci/en/index.html

Funding Opportunities for Global Health Electives for Pediatric Residents

AAP-section on international child health (SOICH) - funding for residents for international clinical electives ($500) grants. Applications accepted in March and September.

http://www.aap.org/sections/ypn/r/funding_awards/international_travel.html

The Brown University Framework in Global Health Scholarship Award for up to $3,500 to support global health research, service and advocacy activities directly linked to Brown University faculty scholarly projects.

http://med.brown.edu/ihi/framework

Cambodia-RI-AAP Grant