Projects

Building Research in Inter-Disciplinary Gender and HIV through the Social Sciences (The BRIDGES Programme)

Investigators: Christopher James  Colvin (Contact PI), Mark Lurie (co-Investigator) and others
Agency: NIH Fogarty International Center (D43TW011308)
The BRIDGES Programme aims to strengthen interdisciplinary HIV social science research capacity at the University of Cape Town by providing training to PhD and Postdoctoral Fellows in two Thematic Areas of focus: 1) Reducing HIV incidence in adolescent girls and young women, and 2) Improving the performance of men in the HIV cascade. This project is a collaborative effort between the University of Cape Town (lead institution), Brown University (key collaborator), the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, the South African Medical Research Council, and Sonke Gender Justice.

NAMBARI, the Moi-Brown Partnership for HIV Biostatistics Training

Investigators: Joseph Hogan and Ann Mwangi (MPIs); Mark Lurie (co-Investigator) and others
Agency: NIH Fogarty International Center (D43TW010050)
Statistics training in Kenya has typically been theoretical in nature with applied work focusing primarily on biometry and agricultural statistics, and there is a substantial need for expansion of expertise among current faculty and development of potential new faculty members at Kenyan Universities. NAMBARI – “numbers” in Kiswahili – is a research training program that aims to expand research and curricular capacity in HIV-related biostatistics and advanced quantitative methods at the graduate and post-doctoral level at Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya.

Integrated Modeling of Epidemiologic and Economic Long-term Outcomes in Africa

Principal Investigator: Omar Galarraga, Brown University
Agency: NIH (Fogarty International Center)/ PEPFAR
The inMODELA training program responds to the need for more data by supporting the development of mathematical models that can estimate the burden of HIV and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Kenya and South Africa. These models additionally quantify the effects of integrated care, and evaluate the preliminary cost-effectiveness of integrated interventions. Training is provided via applied practice exercises, lectures, group work, and publications.