Eck Institute for Global Health

While the Caribbean braces itself and addresses the rapid emergence and spread of the chikungunya virus, Notre Dame scientists and alumni in the field continue their monitoring, tracking, and planning for this crippling disease to potentially hit the US ...

Eck Institute for Global Health faculty member receives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration grant after having initial funding from the Institute. Notre Dame receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant for research in global health and development…

ASTMH President Alan Magill, MD, FASTMH, and seven members of the Society’s leadership took to Capitol Hill on Monday, May 5 for meetings with 13 Congressional offices. The meetings followed the Mid-Year ASTMH Council meeting. In small groups, ASTMH leaders...

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have a long history of leadership in fighting the battle of man vs. mosquito.  Recently, Notre Dame announced a $23 million dollar research grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to show...

The Ebola virus outbreak this week is challenging World Health Organization (WHO) officials around the world. On Wednesday, 67 WHO disease professionals have been mobilized to prevent further spread of Ebola and address the infection in hopes of stopping the...

University of Notre Dame biologists Nicole Achee and Neil Lobo are leaders of an international $23 million research grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ...

A team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Mayland Chang and Shahriar Mobashery have discovered a new class of antibiotics to fight bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other drug-resistant bacteria that threaten public health ......

The Global Health Colloquium kicked off the 2014 Spring semester with a special presentation by Karen A. Goraleski, Executive Director of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). Her lecture, “The Scientist as an Advocate: It’s a New...

While going mobile is a trend we are all following, the University of Notre Dame’s Master of Science in Global Health curriculum includes a new class on mobile health. Facilitated by Nick Martin of TechChange: The Institute for Technology and...

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the Indiana University School of Medicine have revealed a putative role for the circadian clock in the liver in the development of alcohol-induced hepatic steatosis, or fatty liver disease ...

The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) was recently awarded a contract from Project Concern International (PCI) to conduct a post-project sustainability study. The study will evaluate the long-term impact of Project CHOICE (Child Health Opportunities Integrated with Community...

By collaborating with the University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health and Harper Cancer Research Institute, Torrorey hopes to pinpoint the unique characteristics that make breast cancer more aggressive in Kenyan women, and by doing so, find better...

The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) was recently awarded a $375,000 contract from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to conduct an evaluation of MCC’s water project in Ghana ...

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The Eck Institute for Global Health has awarded seven Fellowships for the 2013-2014 academic year. Congratulations to Callan Driscoll, Quirine ten Bosch, and Victoria Smith who are all first time recipients. Renewing for this year are Lindsay Turnbull, Emily Williams,...

New research at the University of Notre Dame looks more closely at the effects of the influenza vaccine on the elderly, who are considered the highest-risk group for influenza-related mortality ...

In Eldoret, Kenya, the harm imposed by substandard or counterfeit medicine is all too real. Unscrupulous manufacturers or distributors replace expensive medicines with cheaper, less effective ones - or even worthless maize meal or chalk. This type of activity is...

The University of Notre Dame has a long and rich tradition of research and training programs focused on reducing the burden of tropical infectious diseases around the globe. In honor of that tradition, the University established the George B. Craig,...

A new study by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers, which appears in the Sept. 2 edition of the journal PLoS ONE, is a significant step in understanding the molecular genetic and physiological basis for a spectrum of...

In work published this week in Nature: Scientific Reports, a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health, led by Associate Professor Giles Duffield and Assistant Professor Zain Syed of the Department of Biological...

University of Notre Dame researchers, as part of a collaborative effort, have identified a protein that potentially could be a target for drugs that that would help people recover faster from jet lag and better adjust their circadian rhythms during...

Breast cancer is a major health problem worldwide, and the incidence of the disease is rising across Africa ...

Biting mosquitoes are not only annoying but can be dangerous, even deadly. A new study involving researchers at the University of Notre Dame explores a potential biological mechanism through which disease virus can alter the behavior of mosquitoes ...

Thanks to Fr. Tom Streit, CSC, & Dr. Marie Denise Milord at the Haiti program for supporting the MSGH students. view the Haiti Program's summer newsletter here…

The Report is out! The EIGH is excited to be in partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Catholic Health Association (CHA) in support of the newly formed Health Systems Strengthening Initiative ...

Passion. Commitment. Service to humanity: “Strong Bodies Fight, that weak bodies may be nourished.” This is Notre Dame ...

Over 250 scientists from around the world attended the 2013 Arthropod Genomics Symposium and VectorBase Workshop. For the first time the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame hosted this annual event of professional scientists and researchers...

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Transforming the way we look at lymphatic filariasis will improve the way we look at parasite eradication on a global scale. The Eck Institute for Global Health supports research being done by Notre Dame Professor Edwin Michael, PhD ...