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Global Environmental Health in Ecuador

Dr. Jose Riccardo Suarez launched a collaboration with CIMAS Foundation in Ecuador and signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish Quito, Ecuador as a key international site for the Division’s global health activities starting in 2015. 

Research Ethics and Global Mental Health in Jordan

Research Ethics: In collaboration with Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), we lead a memorandum of understanding between UC San Diego and JUST. This collaboration involves research on tobacco, clinical training and research in mental health, and training in research ethics. The NIH Fogarty International Center International Research Ethics Training Program is led by Professor Wael Al-Delaimy and with collaborators from JUST to implement an annual Fellowship for training up to 30 researchers form Jordan and the Middle East on epidemiology research methods and research ethics relevant to public health with specific focus on non-communicable diseases.  The training program involves online courses, a practicum and research papers. For further details visit the website: http://jordanrcrprogram.com/

Global Mental Health: The Middle East Consortium on Mental Health is led by the Division of Global Health in collaboration with George Washington University and the University of San Diego. This collaboration builds on the work among refugees in San Diego who are from the Middle East and started in 2014 by a visit organized through our division for Jo Ellen Patterson to take a group of students for training of Family Medicine physicians in Jordan on mental health collaborative care models. This was followed by a reciprocal visit by Dr. Adi Khassawneh, professor of family medicine from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) to UC San Diego. The group is launching the initiative in Jordan through the first National mental health in primary care workshop in April 2016 where all entities working with mental health in Jordan provide their insight and solutions to the challenge of mental health. This work will be expanded to Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza and other nearby countries hosting refugees. The delegation from the Consortium who organized this workshop are Wael Al-Delaimy, James Griffith from George Washington University, and Todd Edwards and Jo Ellen Patterson from the Division of Global Health and San Diego University.

Non-Communicable Diseases in Mozambique

Global Health initiated a multifaceted collaboration with Mozambique National Institute of Health Directorate of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) to provide research, mentorship, and training for the Directorate. The focus in Mozambique and sub-Saharan African has been on infectious diseases while there is a steady growth of NCDs in these countries but limited data on prevalence and incidence or risk factors. This collaboration is extended to mentor local staff in Maputo on database management, statistical analyses, and grant writing and administration. This collaboration is a model of how expertise from UC San Diego can help develop capacity focused on areas not addressed by ongoing research and collaborations in the country of Mozambique.