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O'Neill Institute, NMAC release first of two reports to help prevent HIV in communities of color

Two HIV policy experts from the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law working in partnership with NMAC have released the first of two reports to help prevent HIV in communities of color.

15 Dec 2016

New review shows how automated telephone systems could play vital role in delivery of health care

A new Cochrane Review, summarizing data from 132 trials of automated telephone systems in preventing and managing long-term health conditions, concludes that they probably have the potential to play an important role in the delivery of health care.

15 Dec 2016

Opioid users treated in compulsory drug detention centre more likely to relapse, study shows

People with chronic opioid use disorders are more likely to relapse and do so sooner if they are treated in a compulsory drug detention centre rather than a voluntary drug treatment centre using methadone maintenance therapy, according to the first study comparing the outcome of both approaches published in The Lancet Global Health.

9 Dec 2016

Peer support interventions effective in improving blood sugar levels of Hispanics with diabetes

Diabetes is a global health problem that disproportionally affects individuals of ethnic and racial minorities.

6 Dec 2016

Project to help those living with HIV launched by Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is launching an international HIV/AIDS award at the 2016 conference for the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) being held in Cape Town, South Africa (December 3 to 8).

From Beckman Coulter Diagnostics 5 Dec 2016

Monell Center receives Gates Foundation grant to support innovative global health research project

The Monell Center announced today that it has received a $345,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant supports an innovative global health research project titled, "Developing Novel Pediatric Formulation Technologies for Global Health: Human Taste Assays."

1 Dec 2016

New global network to explore link between genes and environmental factors to tackle health challenges

A new global network linking leading research centres across the world has launched today to tackle some of the most pressing global health challenges of our time such as autism, cancer, diabetes and dementia.

1 Dec 2016

Improved surveillance systems and coherent policies needed to combat Rift Valley fever

Research on the mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever in east Africa and the Arabian Peninsula shows that current surveillance systems are unable to detect the virus in livestock before it spreads to humans.

22 Nov 2016

Global effort may help win battle against antibiotic resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) does not seem to cause much worry among the general population and can be thought of as a future problem.

17 Nov 2016

Crowdsourcing new prediction tool for better prognosis of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Knowing the likely course of cancer can influence treatment decisions. Now a new prediction model published today in Lancet Oncology offers a more accurate prognosis for a patient's metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

16 Nov 2016

Portland State University wins Grand Challenges Explorations grant

Portland State University announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

16 Nov 2016

New, rapid diagnostic test for malaria wins $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant

An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Vanderbilt University headed by Stevenson Professor of Chemistry David Wright has designed a new kind of rapid diagnostic test for malaria that has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant which is designed to support innovative global health and development research projects.

15 Nov 2016

Global Health News and Research

O'Neill Institute, NMAC release first of two reports to help prevent HIV in communities of color

New review shows how automated telephone systems could play vital role in delivery of health care

Opioid users treated in compulsory drug detention centre more likely to relapse, study shows

Peer support interventions effective in improving blood sugar levels of Hispanics with diabetes

Project to help those living with HIV launched by Beckman Coulter

Monell Center receives Gates Foundation grant to support innovative global health research project

New global network to explore link between genes and environmental factors to tackle health challenges

Improved surveillance systems and coherent policies needed to combat Rift Valley fever

Global effort may help win battle against antibiotic resistance

Crowdsourcing new prediction tool for better prognosis of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Portland State University wins Grand Challenges Explorations grant

New, rapid diagnostic test for malaria wins $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant

Research supports re-introduction of penicillin-type antibiotics as adjunct therapeutic for MRSA infections

York University researchers find new way to quickly trap and kill E. coli in water

International research initiative brings leading experts to track health impacts of climate change

GUMC to honor health professional Roger I. Glass with 2016 Cura Personalis Award

Prevalence of HIV in western Nepal linked to lack of technical and vocational education

International consortium awarded $36.9 million grant to accelerate introduction of new typhoid vaccines

Research shows new role for plasmids in antibiotic resistance

President and CEO of MMIS to discuss case study at CBI 3rd Global Compliance Congress for Life Sciences

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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