Training Programs

NIH Fogarty International Center Training and Research Programs at UAB

Training programs at UAB funded by the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center.

AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) 
Target Countries: Bangladesh, India, China, Russia, Zambia, Pakistan, Mongolia, Rwanda
PI: Sibylle Kristensen, DrPH, MSPH, MPH

UAB International Clinical Research Management Training Program (ICER)
Target Country: India, Uganda, Mali
PI: Eric Chamot, MD, PhD

International Training and Research in Environmental & Occupational Health (ITREOH)
Target Country: Pakistan
PI: Nalini Sathiakumar, MD, DrPH

NIAID Fogarty International Centers of Excellence in Research Training Program
Target centers in India, Mali, and Uganda.
PI. Eric Chamot, MD, PhD

NCI Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program

The purpose of the CPCTP is to train interdisciplinary cancer prevention and control researchers. This is done by an interdisciplinary team that recruits, supports, and mentors pre- and postdoctoral trainees in academic programs associated with the Comprehensive Cancer Center. CPCTP trainees undertake a specialized curriculum that is tailored to their disciplinary and research interests, and conduct research related to cancer prevention and control.

Annual International Public Health Summer Institute

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) through the Sparkman Center for Global Health offers a unique opportunity for qualified public health professionals to enhance their public health skills as summer institute scholars. The Summer Institute is designed to enhance basic public health training with concrete skill-building in leadership, management, computing, research design and topic-area expertise, especially on HIV/STD/TB control and prevention in resource-limited settings.

The Summer Institute is primarily targeted to enhance skills of mid-level and senior public health professionals whose ability to impact their country’s public health policies is substantial, but whose opportunities for upgrading skills is limited by either language or time barriers.

To provide access to scholars from abroad, all course activities are simultaneously translated into Russian through the use of personal headsets. Course materials are also translated into Russian.

Field Studies in Developing Countries: Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Epidemiology and Sparkman Center for Global Health teaches an intensive course in infectious disease surveillance and control in Kingston, Jamaica by faculty from UAB, Rice University, San Diego State University, the University of the West Indies (UWI), West Indies School of Public Health, and the Jamaican Ministry of Health.

The primary focus of the work is vector ecology and biology, infectious disease surveillance and control with special focus on HIV/AIDS and STIs, and water and sanitation in a developing country.

The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine