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The Global WACh Rising Star seed award<\/strong> aims to identify highly talented junior investigators from institutions in low-middle income countries (LMIC) who are committed to a career in research in woman, adolescent, and child health, and support their career pathway to becoming independent researchers. A secondary aim of this award is to strengthen Global WACh\u2019s and the University of Washington’s (UW) relationship with our partner institutions and broaden our base of collaborators.<\/p>\n Program benefits include:<\/p>\n Applicants are only allowed to submit one application to this program per cycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Projects must relate to the health of women, adolescents and children. We will prioritize projects unlikely to be eligible for other UW seed awards, including the Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) HIV-related research and UW Global Mental Health awards. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The total direct costs must not exceed $10,000 USD. No indirect costs will be provided. Funds may be used for:<\/p>\n Please send the following, via Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF, to gwach@uw.edu<\/a>, by Monday, February 17th at 11:59 PM PST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Detailed application instructions can be found in the Request for Application (RFA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Successful candidates will be selected by a panel of LMIC mid-level and senior investigators. However, oversight and clarifying inputs will be provided by the project leaders from UW. Awards will be made based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Global WACh and the Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella surveillance study<\/a> (supported by the Gates Foundation) launched two independent Rising Star Awards in 2022 to catalyze awardees’ career pathways to becoming independent researchers.\u00a0 Meet the Rising Stars!<\/p>\n Award: EFGH Rising Star<\/p>\n Project Title: Comparative Genomics of Shigella isolates: Identifying Genes Associated with Diarrheal Disease Severity<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Naveed Ahmed<\/strong><\/a> Award: EFGH Rising Star<\/p>\n Project Title: An introduction of vaccine in routine immunization program Pakistan using case study of Shigella vaccine \u2013 A stakeholder analysis<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jane Juma<\/strong><\/a> Award: EFGH Rising Star<\/p>\n Project Title: Gastrointestinal microbiome profiles associated with shigellosis in children<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Maureen Ndalama<\/strong><\/a> Award: EFGH Rising Star<\/p>\n Project Title: Understanding the knowledge, decision making and healthcare seeking behaviors of caregivers under 5 children with diarrhea in urban Blantyre, Malawi<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rafiuk Cosmos Yakubu<\/strong><\/a> Award: Global WACh Rising Star<\/p>\n Project Title: Association of Inhaled-Substance Use and Respiratory Problems in Adolescents in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Award: Global WACh Rising Star<\/p>\n Project Title: The association between health worker home visits and growth and neurodevelopment in Kenyan children<\/p>\n Award: Global WACh Rising Star<\/p>\n Project Title: Suicidal behaviour in pregnant adolescent girls in Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Award: EFGH Rising Star<\/p>\n Project Title: Proportion of secondary Shigella transmission and predisposing factors for developing Shigella infection among household contacts in the EFGH catchment area, Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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Samba Juma Jallow
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\nMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine<\/p>\n2023-2024<\/h2>\n
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\nAga Khan University<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Jane-Juma_Photo.jpg\")
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\nCenter for Vaccine Development – Mali<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
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\nTamale Teaching Hospital and University for Development Studies, School of Medicine<\/p>\n2022-2023<\/h2>\n
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Ednah Ojee<\/b><\/a>
\nMBChB, MMed
\nUniversity of Nairobi<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RisingStarEmmanuel_500x500.png\")
Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie<\/strong><\/a>
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\nUniversity of Ghana<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RisingStarIslam_500x500.png\")
Md. Taufiqil Islam<\/b><\/a>
\nMBBS, MPH
\nInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RisingStarOgwel_500x500.jpg\")
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