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Research Training of U.S. Fellows and Haitian Collaborators

There are currently two infectious diseases fellows and one PhD graduate student in nutrition who are receiving advanced research training in Haiti. They are listed below with their research areas of interest.

Serena Koenig, M.D., Fellow in Medicine (Harvard): Cost-effective analysis of national antiretroviral therapy program

Dahlene Fusco, Fellow in Medicine (Weill Cornell): HIV mucosal immunity

Rebecca Heidkamp, PhD candidate (Weill Cornell): Ready to use therapeutic foods for children of HIV-infected mothers

There is also an extensive training program for Haitian biomedical personnel in-country and at Cornell and Vanderbilt Universities. Currently, over 40 GHESKIO staff are receiving NIH-funded training at Gheskio, Cornell, and Vanderbilt to facilitate HIV research and care in Haiti. In addition, 10 "Centers of Excellence for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care" have been established with training at GHESKIO;the goal is 25,000 AIDS patients on therapy in 2008. GHESKIO has also been designated by UNAID, WHO, USAID as an "International Caribbean AIDS Training Center."

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