Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Nov 22;106(2):419-423. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0311.
Training the next generation of global health researchers is vital for sustainable research partnerships and global health equity. The Fogarty International Center (National Institutes of Health) supports postdoctoral fellows and professional/graduate students in long-term, hands-on mentored research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We surveyed 627 alumni (58% from the United States, 42% from LMICs) from three sequential Fogarty-sponsored global health research training programs (response rate: N = 257, 41%). Publications in the Index Medicus were used to ascertain scholarly output. Most alumni (63%) reported remaining engaged in LMICs and/or worked in academic/research careers (70%). Since completing their Fogarty fellowship, 144 alumni (56%) had received 438 new grants as principal investigator (PI), co-/multi-PI, or site PI. The 257 responding alumni had 5,318 publications during and since their Fogarty fellowships; 2,083 (39%) listed the Fogarty trainee as the first or senior author. These global health training programs highlight the value of LMIC research experience in nurturing the global health research workforce.
培养下一代全球健康研究人员对于可持续的研究伙伴关系和全球健康公平至关重要。Fogarty 国际中心(美国国立卫生研究院)支持在低收入和中等收入国家(LMICs)进行长期、实践导向的、受指导的博士后研究员和专业/研究生研究。我们调查了来自三个连续的 Fogarty 资助的全球健康研究培训计划的 627 名校友(58%来自美国,42%来自 LMICs)(应答率:N = 257,41%)。使用 Index Medicus 中的出版物来确定学术产出。大多数校友(63%)报告说仍在参与 LMICs 并/或从事学术/研究职业(70%)。自完成 Fogarty 研究员以来,144 名校友(56%)作为首席研究员(PI)、共同/多 PI 或现场 PI 获得了 438 项新资助。257 名回应的校友在 Fogarty 研究员期间和之后有 5318 篇出版物;2083 篇(39%)列出 Fogarty 受训者为第一作者或资深作者。这些全球健康培训计划突出了在培养全球健康研究人员方面,LMIC 研究经验的价值。