The Global Cardiovascular Health Program has 15 faculty with more than 40 projects globally, including programs in Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, 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.
Brazil
DOT-HF
Development and Implementation of a Digital Optimization Toolkit for Management of Heart Failure (DOT-HF) after Discharge.
Faculty:
Chris Longenecker
Colombia
Methods and tools for tracking cardiovascular health policy implementation in low- and middle-income countries
This study is exploring the opportunities for using routinely-collected health data (e.g., disease registries, insurance claims databases) to assess how well cardiovascular disease policies are being implemented in Uganda and Colombia.
Faculty:
David Watkins
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
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
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
This study is exploring the opportunities for using routinely-collected health data (e.g., disease registries, insurance claims databases) to assess how well cardiovascular disease policies are being implemented in Uganda and Colombia.
Faculty:
David Watkins
Screening for CHD among hospitalized children and infants in LMIC
Faculty:
United States
Reciprocal Innovations to Improve Cardiovascular Care in Rural America (Rural PRO-CARE)
Rural PRO-CARE is an AHA Funded Health Equity Research Network Award which supports the coordinating center. The Coordinating Center supports logistical and synergistic needs of the Rural PRO-CARE Network projects. Research institution locations are the University of Washington, Oregon Health & Science University, Duke Clinical Research Institution, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research.
Faculty:
Chris Longenecker , Sarah Masyuko , Allison Webel , Sarah Gimbel ,
A Global to Rural Innovation Network to Adapt Evidence- Based Cardiovascular Interventions to Context
Our goal is to engage communities and rural practitioners to equitably create sustainable infrastructure that will facilitate adaptation and implementation of cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention interventions in rural primary care.
Faculty:
Chris Longenecker , Sarah Masyuko
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:
David Watkins , Yanfang Su
