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Global Health graduate researcher Henry Kamugisha works to reduce malaria in the Ethiopian Highlands
Notre Dame postdoctoral scholar working to improve cancer diagnosis through groundbreaking technology
Notre Dame faculty reveal a relationship between anemia in mothers and their babies
"Paradise in wilderness": Celebrating 90 years of science and stewardship at Notre Dame’s Land O'Lakes
Understudied cell in the brain could be key to treating glioblastoma
Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., elected 18th president of the University of Notre Dame
Success of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in fighting dengue may be underestimated
Eck Institute Announces 2023-2024 Graduate Research Fellows
Notre Dame’s Eck Institute and Institute for Latino Studies professors partner to help students explore Hispanic/Latino health
Eck Institute welcomes new partners to enhance the impact of its Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) Work Group
Postdoctoral scholar joins Eck Institute for Global Health and Environmental Change Initiative in fight against cholera
Eck Institute for Global Health launches global health minor in fall 2023
Eliminating public health scourge can also benefit agriculture
Health Equity Data Lab awards launch data science innovations at Notre Dame in addressing healthcare disparities
Human activities cause for buzzkill: Notre Dame biologist’s research determines insects are on the decline
Taking Research to Heart
Notre Dame selected to join Association of American Universities
Notre Dame-led coalition aims to address health disparities in the South Bend-Elkhart community
Sanders named associate director of Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility
Events
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Master of Science in Global Health Information Session
Join us for a virtual session to learn about the Master of Science in Global Health program!
The University of Notre Dame's Master of Science in Global Health (MSGH) program enables students to bridge classroom training with complex, real health needs of low-resource communities around the world through hands-on experience.…
Friday, March 22, 2024
MNCH Speaker Series: Speeding the Translation of Research into Real-World Clinical Settings to Improve Mental Health Outcomes in High-risk Children and Teens
Join us for the Eck Institute for Global Health Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) Speaker Series event featuring professor Bernadette Melnyk.
Melnyk will share insights on how investigators can strategically design their research to effectively partner with healthcare systems for research innovation and translation. Drawing from her groundbreaking work in pediatric mental health research, Melnyk will illustrate practical strategies for shortening the time it takes to integrate research innovations into systems of care.…
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Mulch Madness 2024
University of Notre Dame students are invited to spread mulch around homes in the Near Northwest Neighborhood (NNN) in South Bend, Indiana, as part of “Mulch Madness,” an annual service event aimed at shielding local children from the risks of lead-tainted soil.…
Media Mentions
WVPE
Groups ready to tackle public health with new state money
February 12, 2024
St. Joseph County is getting ready to spend $3.3 million in new state money this year, funding that aims to boost Indiana’s dismal health statistics.
Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health is proposing pop-up pregnancy and family villages. One would be on South Bend’s west side and the other would be somewhere in Mishawaka, in August and September.
The New York Times
Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
September 29, 2023
By Stephanie Nolen
"Such largess is unusual — and not a sustainable pathway for vector control research," said John Grieco, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame who coordinates the multicountry spatial repellent trial, which is also running in countries including Mali and Sri Lanka. The spatial repellents and most other new tools are commodities: items that have to be bought, then bought again six months or a year later. The protection they offer is temporary, as is the funding that allows for their purchase.
NPR
Bangladesh has been effective at fighting malaria. Can it eliminate the disease?
September 20, 2023
Bangladesh has slashed its malaria numbers dramatically. But the parasite that causes the disease has a history of fighting back — and it seems it's doing so once again.