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Where we work

The Global Cardiovascular Health Program has 18 faculty with more than 40 projects globally, including programs in Brazil, Cambodia, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda and Uganda. Click on a country to see which projects our faculty are working on or explore the list below the map to see all projects by region.

Projects

 

Brazil

DOT-HF

Development and Implementation of a Digital Optimization Toolkit for Management of Heart Failure (DOT-HF) after Discharge.
Faculty:
Chris Longenecker


 

Cambodia

Stroke training and registry development.

Development of a short series of lectures on stroke risk, diagnosis and management with the hopes to start collecting data on stroke rates in Monrovia, Liberia and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Faculty:
Malveeka Sharma


 

Kenya

Building Capacity to Address the Burden of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Diseases in LMIC.

Faculty:
Annette Fitzpatrick


Evaluating the Impact of Integrating Hypertension Screening and Treatment into HIV Clinics in Kenya.

Faculty:
Sarah Masyuko


INTEGRATE/HIV Care Cascade Training Program

Faculty:
Carey Farquhar


Women and HIV Training Program

Faculty:
Carey Farquhar


 

Liberia

Neurology curriculum development

Education targeting the level of resident physicians in resource limited settings. The program had its first set of graduates in September 2022.
Faculty:
Malveeka Sharma


Stroke training and registry development

Development of a short series of lectures on stroke risk, diagnosis and management with the hopes to start collecting data on stroke rates in Monrovia, Liberia and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Faculty:
Malveeka Sharma


 

Mozambique

SCALE SAIA-HTN

Scaling out and Scaling up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and care cascade for HIV-infected individuals.
Faculty:
Sarah Gimbel , David Watkins , Kenneth Sherr , Yanfang Su


SAIA-HTN

Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and care cascade for PLHIV individuals.
Faculty:
Sarah Gimbel , Bryan Weiner , Kenneth Sherr , Nona Sotoodehnia


SAIA-T2D

Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the type 2 diabetes diagnosis and care cascade.
Faculty:
Sarah Gimbel , Kenneth Sherr


 

Nepal

Building Capacity to Address the Burden of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Diseases in LMIC.

Faculty:
Annette Fitzpatrick ,


Enhancing Access to Care and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease in Nepal.

Faculty:
Jay Pal


Role of Statins in Slowing Rheumatic Heart Disease Progression

Faculty:
Nona Sotoodehnia


 

Peru

Coronary Atherosclerosis and Immune Activation in HIV and Tuberculosis Infection

Faculty:
Chris Longenecker


Interdisciplinary Cerebrovascular Diseases Training Program in South America (ICTuS)

Faculty:
Jospeh Zunt


PERLA

Program in Education and Research in Latin America

Faculty:
Jospeh Zunt


Fogarty- Global Health Fellows

Northern Pacific Global Health Research Fellows Training Consortium

Faculty:
Jospeh Zunt


 

South Africa

MUTIMA

Myocardial Fibrosis and Steatosis Burden and Region-Specific Predictors of Progression among ART treated Women with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa (The MUTIMA Study)
Faculty:
Chris Longenecker


Uganda

ADD-RHD

Utilizing Technology to Facilitate Active Case Detection and Decentralized Dynamic Registry to Improve the Uptake of Rheumatic Heart Disease Secondary Prevention.
Faculty:
David Watkins , Chris Longenecker , Yanfang Su


PULESA

Strengthening the Blood Pressure Care and Treatment cascade for Ugandans living with HIV-Implementation Strategies to save lives.
Faculty:
Chris Longenecker


ADUNU

Accelerating Delivery of rheUmatic heart disease preventive iNterventions in Uganda (ADUNU).
Faculty:
Chris Longenecker , David Watkins , Kenneth Sherr , Allison Webel


MUTIMA

Myocardial Fibrosis and Steatosis Burden and Region-Specific Predictors of Progression among ART treated Women with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa (The MUTIMA Study)
Faculty:
Chris Longenecker


GOALIE

Faculty:
Allison Webel


Methods and tools for tracking cardiovascular health policy implementation in low-and middle-income countries

Faculty:
David Watkins


Screening for CHD among hospitalized children and infants in LMIC

Nelangi Pinto

Vietnam

Vietnam National Heart Association Congresses “Training Villages”.

Faculty:
James Kirkpatrick


American Society of Echocardiography Foundation Global Outreach.

Faculty:
James Kirkpatrick


Development of Surgical Skills Trainer for Use in Low-and Middle-Income Countries.

Faculty:
Jay Pal


Global Cardiovascular E-Learning: Transcending Borders During COVID-19 and Beyond.

Faculty:
Jay Pal


Future cardiovascular disease averted by Resolve to Save Lives cardiovascular health interventions.

Faculty:
David Watkins


Global Burden of Disease (GBD).

Faculty:
Greg Roth


Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS).

Faculty:
Yanfang Su