Our goal is to to create a research and training center for environmental health based in Lima, Perú, with links to the neighboring countries of Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile.
The Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) program from the Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has the objective of supporting the development of institutions in the low or middle income countries (LMICs) that will serve as regional hubs for collaborative research, data management, training, curriculum and outreach material development, and policy support around high local and regional environmental and occupational threats. GEOHealth funding partners include NCI, NIEHS, NIOSH (CDC) and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
Our GeoHealth Hub has received funding to link a Research proposal (U01) with a Training proposal (U2R) with the purpose to create a research and training center for environmental health based in Lima, Perú, with links to neighboring countries Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile.
Our GeoHealth Hub has received funding to link a Research proposal (U01) with a Training proposal (U2R) with the purpose to create a research and training center for environmental health based in Lima, Perú, with links to neighboring countries Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile.
Our team of environmental health researchers from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Emory University, University of Georgia (UGA) Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA (Proyectos de Informática, Salud, Medicina y Agricultura), and Universidad de Chile have extensive research and professional training experience in Perú. We have built this project based on a previous GeoHealth Hub planning grant, 15 years of Fogarty sponsored work in Perú and Chile through the International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health program (ITREOH), as well as more than 20 years of strong collaborative research among JHU, UPCH and A.B PRISMA.
The GeoHealth hub centered in Perú has the support of key Peruvian governmental institutions, including the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Health/National Institute of Health.
The GeoHealth hub centered in Perú has the support of key Peruvian governmental institutions, including the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Health/National Institute of Health.
Our research and training project is highly relevant to public health in Perú, as it enhances the capacity of scientists and professionals in the region to carry out research and provide data useful to policy makers in our three focus areas of research: household air pollution in relation to cardiovascular outcomes, outdoor air pollution in relation to cardiorespiratory diseases, and climate change in relation to future predicted health effects
ResearchOur research has three focus areas: household air pollution in relation to cardiovascular outcomes, outdoor air pollution in relation to respiratory diseases, and climate change in relation to future predicted health effects.
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TrainingOur training enhances the capacity to carry out research in Perú. It includes short courses and one-on-one training in Perú and Chile, as well as graduate training opportunities of Peruvians in the United States and Chile.
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News and PublicationsThe III session of the International Environmental Health course in Lima, Peru, will be held May 7-11, 2018. The GEOHealth Hub will provide 25 scholarships for interested professionals.
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