The primary objectives of this training program, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health are to:

- Provide students with research experience in both foreign and domestic institutional and social settings
- Provide opportunities for students to benefit from the mentorship of experienced researchers at research sites
- Encourage students to pursue research careers by increasing their ability to become first class researchers
STUDIES PLANNED FOR 2022



- Jamaica
- Varying effects of COVID-19 (SARS CoV-2) infection on pregnancy and birth outcomes during 2021-2022 in Western Jamaica
- Indonesia
- The burden of human papillomaviruses in the anus and cervix of women infected with human immune deficiency virus (HIV)
- Kenya
- Sexual and reproductive health training for adolescents in Uasin Gishu county, Kenya
- Nepal
- Assessment on the status of cervical cancer screening services initiated during HPV Vaccine demonstration project in Kaski and Chitwan districts
- Assessment of Menstrual Waste Management in select districts of Nepal
- Tanzania
- Acceptability and feasibility of unsupervised HIV self-testing among networks of men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- USA
- The effect of age-based changes in screening guidelines on identification of women at risk for developing cervical cancer
- South Korea
- Understanding the roles of dietary factors and nutrition education for the prevention of obesity, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases
- Ghana
- Assessment of Onchocerciasis disease risk in selected communities in Southern Ghana