Global Health Faculty Pilot Research Grant

Assessment of Variation between LMIC and HIC Surgical Resident Training Experience and the Development of a Universal Case Log System for LMIC Settings
Principal Investigator: Mike Mallah, M.D., College of Medicine

Co-investigators: Edgar B. Rodas, M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University; C. Sierra Stingl, M.D. Stanford University; Benjamin Cassidy, Virginia Commonwealth University

MUSC Department Engaged: Surgery

Partner: Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons

Assessment of Maternal Recognition of Neonatal Sepsis Following Implementation of Standardized Newborn Discharge Education in Western Uganda
Principal Investigator: Lacey MenkinSmith, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators: Andrea Summer, M.D., College of Medicine; Kathryn Koval, M.D., College of Medicine; Christopher Daly, M.D., College of Medicine; Ian Kane, M.D., College of Medicine; Anthony Alerre, College of Medicine

MUSC Department Engaged: Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Partners: Masindi Kitara Medical Center

Impacting the Sustainability of Health and Economic Self-Sufficiency Through an Organic Farming Business Model in Rural Ghana
Principal Investigator: Cynthia Swenson, Ph.D., College of Medicine

MUSC Department Engaged: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Kidney Transplantation in Tanzania: A Retrospective Study of Patient Characteristics and Outcomes
Principal Investigators: Amanda Parks, M.D., and Zipporah Krishnasami, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators:

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences: Paschal J Ruggajo, M.D.; Francis Fredrick, M.D.
Muhimbili National Hospital: Jonathan Mngumi, M.D.; Jacqueline Shoo, M.D.; Faraja Chiwanga, M.D.

MUSC Departments Engaged: Infectious Disease, Nephrology

Identifying Cohort for Gene Therapy in Costa Rican Children with Retinal Dystrophy
Principal Investigator: Mae Millicent Peterseim, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators: Dayna Wolff, Ph.D., MUSC College of Medicine; Joaquin Martinez, M.D., National Children’s Hospital, San Jose

MUSC Departments Engaged: Ophthalmology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

VIA Screening Methods to Prevent Cervical Cancer in Ethiopia: Database for Surveillance of HPV and Associated Risk Factors
Principal Investigator: Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Ph.D., College of Medicine

Co-investigators: Jeff Korte, Ph.D., MUSC College of Medicine; Kathleen Cartmell, Ph.D., Clemson University; Tadesse Urgie, M.D., Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College; Mebrahtu Abay, MPH, and Semaria Solomon, MSc, Aksum University

MUSC Department Engaged: Public Health Sciences

Community Navigation to Address Hypertension Management in Rural Belize
Principal Investigator: Jessica Chandler, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing

Co-investigators: Suparna Qanungo, Ph.D., and Martina Mueller, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing; Dr. Jorge Sajia, Corozal Community Hospital and Deputy Regional Health Manager

Partner: Northern Region of Belize Ministry of Health

Development of a Kenyan Stakeholder-Informed Palliative Care Research Agenda
Principal Investigator: Kathleen Cartmell, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing

Co-investigators: Suparna Qanungo, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing; Maryellen Potts, Ph.D., University of Kansas; Richard Powell, MS, and Faith Mwangi-Powell, Ph.D., MWAPO Health Development Group; Ali Zipporah, M.D., MPH, Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association

Feasibility of Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Performed at Mid-Levels of the Healthcare System in Tanzania
Principal Investigator: Susan Dorman, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators: Peter Zwerner, M.D., and Eric Powers, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine
Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI): Mohamed Janabi, M.D., Ph.D.; Delilah Kimambo, M.D.; Robert Pallangyo, M.D.

Partner: Tanzania Muhimbili National Hospital

MUSC Departments Engaged: Infectious Disease, Cardiology

Improving Quality of Life for Children with Cerebral Palsy in Vietnam: Implementation of Intensive Models of Rehabilitation
Principal Investigators: Patty Coker Bolt, Ph.D., OTR/L, and Craig Velozo, Ph.D., OTR/L, MUSC College of Health Professions

Co-investigators: Stephanie DeLuca, Ph.D., Virginia Tech; Craig Volozo, Ph.D., OTR/L, MUSC College of Health Professions; Baudewijns Johan, Humanity Inclusion, Vietnam

Partners: HoChi Minh City Children’s Hospital; Hanoi Rehabilitation Hospital

Strengthening Food Security by Changing Village Farming Practices in Rural Ghana: The Nkabom Organic Farming Project
Principal Investigator: Cynthia Swenson, Ph.D., Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators: Samuel Nkrumal Yeboah and Nana Ama Yeboah, Project Okurase in Ghana; Isaac Owu Nkabom, Organic Garden; Carmen Ketron, MUSC Urban Farm

Nurse-Led Education and Engagement for Diabetes Care in Sub-Saharan Africa (NEEDS)
Principal Investigators: Michelle Nichols Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing, and Art Singh, M.D., KNUST Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Co-investigators: Carolyn Jenkins, DrPH, and Suparna Qanungo, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing

Stroke Information Surveillance System (SISS) in Nigeria
Principal Investigator: Bruce Ovbiagele, M.D., Neurology, MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators:

University of Ibadan: Mayowa O Owolabi, DrMed, MBBS; Onoja Akpa, Ph.D.; Joshua Akinyemi, Ph.D.; Oluwafemi Popoola, MB, MSc; Rufus Akinyemi, Ph.D., Issa Kehinde; Oyedunni Arulogun, Ph.D., MPH; Olaniyan Olanrewaju, Ph.D., MSc
MUSC: Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Ph.D., and Anbesaw Selassie, DrPH, Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine; Carolyn Jenkins, DrPH, College of Nursing

Long Distance Travel for HIV-Related Care in Tanzania: Burden or Choice?
Principal Investigator: Virginia Fonner, Ph.D., MUSC College of Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Co-investigators: Samuel Likindikok, M.D., Muhumbili University of Health and Allied Sciences; Faraja Chiwanga, M.D., Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania

HIV Oral Self-Testing in Tanzania
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Korte, Ph.D., Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine

Co-investigator: Mulugeta Gebregziabher Ph.D., Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine

Partner: Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania

Menstrual Education and Personal Hygiene Supplies to Empower Young Women in Haiti
Principal Investigator: Patty Coker Bolt, Ph.D., OTR/L, MUSC College of Health Professions

Co-investigator: Janet O’Flynn, OTC, Episcopal University of Haiti

Partner: Days for Girls

A Preliminary Investigation of Assets and Challenges Affecting Health and Participation after Spinal Cord Injury in India
Principal Investigators: Susan Newman, Ph.D., and Suparna Qanungo, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing

Partner: Empowering Spinal Cord Injured Persons (ESCIP) Trust India

Survey of HIV Testing at Nairobi VAP Football Tournaments
Principal Investigator: Jeff Korte, Ph.D., Public Health Sciences, MUSC College of Medicine

Co-Investigators: Carolina Vrana and Danielle Stevens, Ph.D. students, MUSC College of Graduate Studies; Samson Chama, Ph.D., Oakwood University

Partner: Vijana Amani Pamoja - Kenya

Patient Navigation to Enhance Palliative Cancer Care Services in Rural India
Principal Investigators: Suparna Qanungo, Ph.D., and Kathleen Cartmell, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing

Co-investigators: Martina Mueller, Ph.D., and Barbara Edlund, RN, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing

Partner: Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute in India

Lipidomic Profile and Contaminants Associated with Pansteatitis in South Africa
Principal Investigator: John Bowden, Ph.D., MUSC College of Graduate Studies

Co-investigators: Theresa Cantu and Jacqueline Bangma, Ph.D. students, MUSC College of Graduate Studies

Partner: University of Limpopo, South Africa

Immune Regulation by Arsenic
Principal Investigator: Azizul Haque, Ph.D., MUSC College of Graduate Studies

Co-investigators: Abigail Lauer, MS, Public Health Sciences, MUSC College of Medicine; Abu Noman, Ph.D., University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Genetic Analysis of Children and Families with Retinal Dystrophy in Costa Rica
Principal Investigator: Mae Millicent Peterseim, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators: Daynna Woolf, Ph.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Partner: National Children’s Hospital of Costa Rica

MUSC Departments Engaged: Ophthalmology, Pathology and Lab

Health and Simulation in Midwifery Curriculum in India
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Shearer, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing

Co-investigator: Leena Raj, MSc, College of Nursing, Bangalore Baptist Hospital in India

Establishment of a Pilot Telemedicine Network in Honduras
Principal Investigator: Andrea Summer, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators: James McElligott, M.D., and Ken Holden, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine

MUSC Departments Engaged: Pediatrics, Neurology

Improving Health Through Implementation of a Village-Based Complex Biogas System
Principal Investigator: Cynthia Swenson, Ph.D., Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigator: Sara Logan, Ph.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Community Assessment for Phone-Based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (CA for PINGS)
Principal Investigators: Carolyn Jenkins, DrPH, MUSC College of Nursing, and Bruce Ovbiagele, M.D., Neurology, MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators: Frank Treiber, Ph.D., MUSC College of Nursing; Fred Sarfo, Ph.D., Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Partnership Screening Program for Sickle Cell Disease in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Principal Investigator: Julie Kanter, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigator: Shelly Ann-Williams, M.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Partner: The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

MUSC Departments Engaged: Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology, Pediatrics

Spatiotemporal and Regional Variation in HIV Testing
Principal Investigator: Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Ph.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators:

MUSC College of Medicine: Patrick Mauldin, Ph.D., Andrew Lawson, Ph.D., Anbesaw Selassie, Ph.D., and Michael Sweat, Ph.D., Preston Church, M.D.
Mekelle University, Ethiopia: Amanuel Haile, M.D., and Loko Bongassie, M.D.

MUSC Departments Engaged: Public Health Sciences, Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Modeling Tobacco Control Policy in Mexico: A Tool for Public Health
Principal Investigator: Kenneth Cummings, Ph.D., MPH, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC College of Medicine

Co-Investigator: James Thrasher, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Partner: Mexico Ministry of Health

Prevalence and Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease in Rural Tanzania
Principal Investigator: David Ploth, M.D., Nephrology, MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigators: Philip Zager, M.D., University of New Mexico; Michael Sweat, Ph.D., MUSC College of Medicine

Partner: Muhimibili University of Allied Health and Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania

MUSC Departments Engaged: Nephrology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Identification of Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors Targeting PqsR: A Novel Strategy to Treat Pseudomonas Infection
Principal Investigator: Yong-Mei Zhang, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MUSC College of Graduate Studies

Co-investigator: Chen-Hang Sun, Ph.D., Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Building Global Capacity for Pediatric Constraint-induced Movement Therapy in Low-Income Countries
Principal Investigator: Patty Coker-Bolt, Ph.D., OTR/L, College of Health Professions

Co-investigators: Michelle Woodbury, Ph.D., College of Health Professions; Eric Gokcen, M.D., Cure Ethiopia Hospital; Stephanie DeLuca, Ph.D., and Sharon Ramsey, Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Applying the Science of Early Childhood Development in Rural Ghana
Principal Investigator: Eve Spratt, M.D., Pediatrics, MUSC College of Medicine

Co-investigator: Jennifer Poon, M.D., Pediatrics, MUSC College of Medicine

Partner: Project Okurase, Ghana