CWRU Receives Funding for Post-doc Training in Papua New Guinea
Dr. Elizabeth Madigan serves as one of the principal investigators
Posted 2/2/2011
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Elizabeth Madigan, PhD, RN, FAAN |
New funding from the National Institute of Health’s Fogarty International Center and the National Institute of Nursing Research will support three post-doctoral trainees in anthropology, epidemiology and nursing from Case Western Reserve University. Over the next year, the trainees will undertake behavioral science research in Papua New Guinea to study self-management of potential drug treatments for lymphatic filariasis.
As part of the training, they will collaborate on a trial of potential drugs to destroy the lymphatic filariasis parasite that causes blockages in the lymphatic system.
James Kazura and Christopher King from the Center for Global Health and Disease at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine direct the drug study. The principal investigators on the new, one-year $228,000 grant are Elizabeth Madigan, professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing; Janet McGrath in the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences; and Daniel Tisch in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Medicine.
The post-doc trainees represent three schools participating in the Global Health Framework project at Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Global Health and Disease.
“This is an unusual opportunity to fund post-docs fellows for overseas research,” Madigan said, explaining funds usually are made available to support foreign students coming into the country.
