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Students, faculty and staff at Duke have a passion for addressing disparities in our local community and throughout the world through research. The Duke Global Health Institute seeks to make substantial contributions to new scholarship, knowledge and technology through the support of this research.

Asia and the Pacific South Asia Europe Africa Central and South America North America

Africa & the Middle East

Infectious Diseases in Africa: Measurement of Immune Responses

(CHAVI countries in Africa)
Guido Ferrari, Experimental Surgery

Nitric Oxide and Severe Malaria

(Tanzania, Indonesia)
J. Brice Weinberg, Hematology / Immunology

HIV, TB, and Malaria Vaccine Development for Africa

(Zambia, Tanzania)
Barton Haynes, Immunology

International Clinical Trials Unit

(Tanzania)
John Bartlett, Infectious Diseases

HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Unit

(Tanzania, Southeast U.S.)
John Bartlett, Infectious Diseases

AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP)

(Tanzania)
John Hamilton, Infectious Diseases

Genetic Studies of POAG in Ghana, West Africa

(Ghana)
R. Rand Allingham, Ophthalmology

Positive Outcomes for Orphans

(Cambodia, Ethiopia,  Kenya, Tanzania, India)
Kathryn Whetten, Public Policy

Coping with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

(Tanzania)
Kathryn Whetten, Public Policy

Low Fertility in the Islamic Republic of Iran

(Iran)
Phil Morgan, Sociology

Asia & the Pacific

Demographic Analysis of Healthy Longevity in China

(China)
Yi Zeng, Demographic Studies/Sociology

Nitric Oxide and Severe Malaria

(Tanzania, Indonesia)
J. Brice Weinberg, Hematology / Immunology

Positive Outcomes for Orphans

(Cambodia, Ethiopia,  Kenya, Tanzania, India)
Kathryn Whetten, Public Policy

South Asia

Monitoring and Evaluation of an ARV Pilot Program in Tamil Nadu, India

(India)
Michael Merson, DGHI

Structural Interventions for HIV Prevention among High-Risk Groups

(India)
Kim Blankenship, Sociology

Positive Outcomes for Orphans

(Cambodia, Ethiopia,  Kenya, Tanzania, India)
Kathryn Whetten, Public Policy

Europe

Clinical Predictors of Antiretroviral Failure

(Romania)
Daniel Benjamin, Infectious Diseases

Biodemography of Disease and Death in Moscow

(Russia)
James W. Vaupel, Public Policy

From Intervention Development to Services

(Russia)
Kathryn Whetten, Public Policy

Central & South America

Gender, Migration, and HIV Risk Among Hispanics: A Tri-National Study

(Honduras, Mexico, Durham, NC)
Emilio Parrado, Sociology

North America

HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Unit

(Tanzania, Southeast U.S.)
John Bartlett, Infectious Diseases

Hypertension in Black Americans: A Life Course Approach

(U.S.)
Sherman James, Public Policy

Secondary Analysis: Effect of Incident Stress/Traumatic Events on HIV Outcomes

(U.S.)
Brian Pence, Public Policy

Until Death Do Us Part

(U.S.)
Don Taylor, Public Policy

Visual Impairment, Treatment and Effects for the Elderly

(U.S.)
Frank Sloan, Public Policy

Determinants and Consequences of Alcohol Abuse

(U.S.)
Frank Sloan, Public Policy

Gender, Migration, and HIV Risk Among Hispanics: A Tri-National Study

(Honduras, Mexico, Durham, NC)
Emilio Parrado, Sociology

Point of View

“Research will not eliminate health disparities, but research is necessary to document them, to understand them, and to guide policy solutions to address them.”

- from the Duke Global Health Steering Committee Report, 2006.

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Learn about the Duke Global Health Institute plans to create several interdisciplinary signature research initiatives.
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View poster presentations from past student global health research projects.
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