EFGH Manuscript Writing Certificate Program

The EFGH Manuscript Writing Certificate Program is a 16-month structured training and mentorship program intended to support first-author manuscripts led by early-career researchers within the EFGH Consortium using already collected data from the EFGH study. It was developed to offer a concrete response to partner-identified priorities of more training in research proposal, data analysis, and manuscript writing, as well as to ensure data generated from EFGH is equitably utilized by both investigators from LMIC institutions and US/UK institutions.

Program Aims:

• Promote the use of existing EFGH data by early career LMIC researchers within the consortium & support them to publish first-authored manuscripts
• Provide tailored data analysis/proposal/manuscript writing mentorship
• Support presentation of EFGH findings at international conferences
• Build a strong professional network of early career EFGH researchers

Program Inputs & Outputs

Inputs

• Monthly cohort meetings with didactic training and one-on-support
• Mentor and project matching
• Data analysis support & access to online data analysis training
• Access to University of Washington library resources
• Stipend (~$2,000 USD) to support international conference presentation/attendance

Outputs

• Short research proposal
• Data analysis plan & shell tables
• Manuscript-style data results tables and figures
• Draft manuscript ready for peer-reviewed submission to a journal
• Final presentation of the research project (poster/PPT)

 

Member Profiles

Bangladesh

Mahzabeen Ireen
MBBS
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Project: “Factors associated with hospitalization of children aged 6- 35 months presenting with diarrhea at EFGH health facilties in seven developing countries”

Ismail Hossen
MBBS
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Project: "Risk factors associated with linear growth faltering following a medically attended diarrhea episode among children aged 6-35 months"

Kenya

Caren Oreso
BSc
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research

Project: "Frequency and correlates of receipt of age-appropriate vaccines among children aged 6-35 months with medically attended diarrhea in EFGH –Shigella study sites (2022-2024)"

Raphael Ochieng Anyango
BSc
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research

Project: "The accuracy of caregiver's 'hot to touch' assessment in pediatric healthcare among children aged 6-35 months with medically attended diarrhea- Findings from EFGH Shigella surveillance, 2022-2024"

Malawi

Maureen Tayamika Ndalama
MSc
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme

Project: "Risk factors associated with delayed care seeking among children aged 6-35 months with Medically Attended Diarrhea (MAD) in Malawi, Mali, Bangladesh, Peru, Pakistan, Kenya and the Gambia."

Vitumbiko (Vitu) Munthali
BS
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme

Project: "Risk factors associated with Shigella diarrhoea: a cross-sectional study in Ndirande Health Centre, Malawi"

Mali

Adama Mamby Keita
MSc
Center for Vaccine Development- Mali

Project: "WHO diarrhea management guidelines among Malian children aged 6-35 months presenting to selected health facilities with diarrhea."

Peru

Paul Garcia Bardales
BSc
Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Peru

Project: "Comparative estimation of Shigella incidence in children aged 6-24 months through active and passive surveillance methods in Northeastern Peru"

The Gambia

Bubacarr E. Ceesay
BSc
Medical Research Council Unit- The Gambia

Project: "Pathogen and host correlates of persistent diarrhea among children 6-35 months enrolled in the Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella study"

Bakary Conteh
MD
Medical Research Council Unit- The Gambia

Project: "The incidence and risk factors of acute respiratory tract infections in the 3 months following medically-attended-diarrhea in children aged 6-35 months enrolled in the Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella surveillance study in seven countries"

Pakistan

Naveed Ahmed
MSc
Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Project: "Modeling catastrophic health spending related to diarrhea treatment in seven countries from South Asia, Africa and Latin America"