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Welcome to Vanderbilt

VIGH faculty, staff and students gathered for dinner to welcome new and returning students. The event was hosted by Marie Martin, Ph.D., M.Ed. and Brian Heuser, Ed.D. View event photos on Flickr »»

HIV and Diabetes Research in Zambia and Tanzania

The next journal club will be hosted by VIGH faculty members, Douglas Heimburger, M.D. and William Wester, M.D., MPH on September 11 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Centennial Perk, 2525 West End Avenue, 8th Floor. Access article and RSVP here.

Applications for the 2018-2019 VECD Global Health Fellows cohort are open

The Global Health Fellowship Program is a one-year research training program for pre- and post-doctoral candidates from the U.S. and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) and several collaborating Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Applications are due November 1, 2017.
The purpose of the program is to support a one-year mentored research fellowship to study diseases and conditions in developing countries. Several training sites are available through the Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke (VECD) Consortium. 
Program Website Link
Funding Opportunities
Global Health
Grand Rounds
Mondays at 11 a.m
2525 WEA, 8th Floor
Sept. 4
Holiday
Sept. 11
Bahr Weiss, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Sept. 18
Mentoring students in the MPH program and beyond by Marie Martin, Ph.D., M.Ed., Assistant Director, VIGH Education and Training
SAVE THE DATE
Global Health at Vanderbilt: The Impact of
an Institute without Walls
September 25, 2017
afternoon with reception to follow
Keynote
Kayvon Modjarrad, MD, PhD
Associate Director for Emerging Infectious Disease Threats
Walter Reed Army
Institute of Research 
and U.S. Military
HIV Research Program
Upcoming Events and Important Dates
Sept. 5
Applications due: VIGH Student Advisory Council (link)
Sept. 12 | 12 - 1 p.m.
2525 West End Ave, 6th Floor
Epidemiology 
Grand Rounds
"The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation (ITC) Project in a Low Resourced African Country: The Case of Zambia” by Fastone M. Goma, M.D., Ph.D., Centre for Primary Care Research (CPCR), University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka
Sept. 15 | 5 p.m.
Call for Posters: 
2017 Vanderbilt Translational Research Forum (link)
Sept 23 | 8 a.m. - 12
JOIN us for the Nashville AIDS Walk & 5K Run (link) 
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 750 | Nashville, TN 37203 US
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