World Health Week 2022 at VUMC

The VUSM Global Health Organization is excited to present an in-person World Health Week, taking place from Monday, April 11 to Thursday, April 14! World Health Week is a series of events dedicated to spreading awareness about global health and features panels and talks by clinicians and students involved in the field.  Monday (4/11) 5:30p-6:30p @ EBL 320/21 Internal Medicine

Capacity-building grant trains biostatisticians in West Africa

The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH), Vanderbilt Department of Biostatistics, and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), longstanding collaborating institutions in the U.S. and Nigeria, have partnered on a new five-year, $1.4 million training grant from Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  The program seeks to create a cohort of highly skilled Nigerian biostatisticians with the capacity to lead and supervise high-level biostatistics activities for HIV research studies in West Africa. 

VIGH well-represented at annual global health international conference

Seven groups of Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) faculty, staff, and trainees will present at the annual international conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH). Established in 2008 with a mission focused on empowering academic institutions and other partners to address global health challenges and ultimately transform global health, CUGH works to improve the well-being of people and the planet through education, research, service, and advocacy. 

Vanderbilt-Nigeria Biostatistics Training Program (VN-BioStat)

Fellowship applications are open for this NIH collaborative research training grant focused on creating a cohort of highly skilled Nigerian biostatisticians with the capacity to lead and supervise high-level biostatistics activities for HIV research studies in West Africa.Focus includes hands-on biostatistics training. Trainees will take biostatistics courses, become members of a team of biostatisticians doing HIV research at Vanderbilt, and will be assigned to HIV research projects using data from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH).

Grant administrators learn vital research administration skills in Nigeria

By Adeniyi Adeyemo, VRAMP Coordinator at AKTH  Toward promoting effective leadership in grants management and research administration at partner sites Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and Bayero University Kano (BUK) in Nigeria, the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) organized and facilitated the Vanderbilt-Nigeria Research Administration and Grant Management Training Program (V-RAMP), Pre-Award Training Workshop in March

Peter Lane, BA

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Program Manager
2525 West End Ave, Suite 750
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Pete Lane serves as a Program Manager working with Dr. Ritu Banerjee on the Global Action in Healthcare Network (GAIHN) on the Antimicrobial Resistancemodule in hospitals in Greece. Pete recently retired as an Army Major, where he held the roles of Senior Program Manager for the U.S. Special Operations Command’s Civil Affairs Brigade, Director of Special Operations Forces (SOF) in the U.S. Embassy in Nepal, Assistant Director of SOF and Liaison for USAID in the US Embassy in the Philippines and a lead defense advisor for both US Ambassadors. He developed and managed classified operations and training initiatives for a 1500-person organization while partnering with friendly nations, academic institutions and headquarters. He supervised cross-functional teams, community outreach projects, and training programs that assisted vulnerable populations in building resilience in Mindanao and Marawi. Pete has worked with the Nepali Government, USAID, and the interagency to assist vulnerable population centers in Covid-19 response and educational programs. Pete attended the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center's Korean School, served in countries across the Pacific and Europe, earned a B.A. in history, and was commissioned from Cornell University in 2012. He enjoys teaching chess, rock climbing, and doing Jiu-Jitsu in his spare time. 

Aima Ahonkhai receives grant to improve HIV care in Tennessee

The Office of Minority Health announced phase one winners of The HIV Challenge, a national competition seeking innovative approaches to reduce HIV-related stigma and increase prevention and treatment among minority communities. The HIV Challenge provides an opportunity for individuals and organizations to develop novel, innovative approaches for implem