JH-IIRU Awarded NIH Training Grant

The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit was recently awarded a five-year training grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study trauma, injuries and disabilities in Uganda. The Johns Hopkins – Makerere University Chronic Consequences of Trauma, Injuries and Disability (JHU-MU Chronic-TRIAD) award will allow researchers from the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) to strengthen research capacity on the long-term health and economic consequences of trauma, injuries and disability across the lifespan in Uganda.

JH-IIRU director, Adnan A. Hyder, will lead a team that includes faculty and researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Makerere University School of Public Health in Uganda. Dr. Olive Kobusingye, a well-known expert in trauma and injury prevention in Africa and developing nations, will lead the project for Makerere University.The team will develop a collaborative program that will train a core group of researchers in Uganda to generate relevant data and apply it for promotion of key national priorities to reduce the growing chronic burden of disability from trauma and injuries across the lifespan.  In addition the team will also establish a sustainable training program that will provide a home for faculty across Makerere University, and develop an annual forum in collaboration with the Ugandan Ministry of Health for research-to-policy dialogue on the chronic consequences of trauma, injuries and disabilities.

To read more about this new grant, visit the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news page: http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2012/hyder_trauma_research.html