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Debra Olson, Executive Director Presentation to the Council of Research Associate Deans (CRAD) May 21, 2015
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Vision One Health One Science One World Mission Focus and strengthen the impact of U of M’s global land grant mission with regard to health issues at the interface of humans, animals and ecosystems. We accomplish this by facilitating trans-disciplinary partnerships and collaborations across the U of M and worldwide.
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What is Global Health? Area of study, research, and practice Improving health and achieving health equity Emphasis on transnational health issues Numerous disciplines within & beyond the health sciences Interdisciplinary collaboration Combines population-based prevention with individual-level clinical care from Kaplan JP etal. Lancet 2009, 373:1
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CGHSR Network EducationResearchCapacity
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Network CGHSR EducationResearchCapacity Network Goal Advance networks of affiliated sites focused on global health to support interdisciplinary education, training, and research collaborations for the U of M and partners.
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Network CGHSR EducationResearchCapacity Hubs of Innovation Hubs built on existing relationships, to offer infrastructure for partnered global health research and education. Assess and evaluate strategic alliances through a quality improvement program. Incentivize education and research at identified Hubs
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Affiliation Agreements RegionTotal NumberDetails South Asia2523 India, 2 Bangladesh Europe31including 3 Sweden + 1 Norway + 1 Denmark, + multiple other countries from Turkey to Iceland Americas24including multiple Central & S. American & Caribbean countries, but excluding US and Canada Central & East Africa 18including Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, and Zambia SE Asia10including Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Philippines China7excluding Taiwan Worldwide137non-US agreements in the database including current, expired, and pending
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Hubs of Innovation Scandinavia South Asia SE Asia Central & East Africa The Americas
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CGHSR Network EducationResearchCapacity Education Goal Champion interdisciplinary opportunities to exchange knowledge and expand abilities of teachers and learners for the advancement of global health.
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CGHSR Network EducationResearchCapacity Support opportunities to help learners prepare for and conduct global health experiences Create student opportunities at home and abroad Global Health Institute Global Team Experiences Annual Global Health Case Competition
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2014 Team UMN, from left to right: Justin Schlitz, Tino Nguyen, Bao Mei, Mentor Dr. Cliff Steer, Katelyn Pastick, Andrielle Cowl, and Rebecca Schultz Global Health Case Competition 2014 team takes 4 th place at Emory 2015 team wins Emory Virtual Competition Third annual is on Jan 30, 2016
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11 month fellowship for PhD candidates and post-docs Stipend, travel, & research funds Opportunity to gain mentored research experience Kenya, Uganda, Thailand Fogarty Global Health Fellowships
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CGHSR NetworkEducationResearchCapacity Research Goal Catalyze effective global health research at the U of M, as well as in CGHSR networks and hubs.
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CGHSR NetworkEducationResearchCapacity Convene transdisciplinary groups to pursue grant opportunities. Connect researchers to each other and to resources. Pursue seed funding for global health research. Administer the Frontiers Research Partnership & Fogarty Global Health Fellowship
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AHC Sponsored Research Expenditures FY 2013 in thousands School or UnitExpenditure% of University Total Medical School$188,38326.0% School of Public Health$86,49512.0% AHC Centers$62,8069.0% College of Veterinary Medicine$14,8682.0% College of Pharmacy$13,8702.0% School of Dentistry$8,5131.0% School of Nursing$3,8630.5% AHC Total$378,79852.5% University Total$721,590 16
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Trends in Health Research 17 Interdisciplinary Team-based Multi-institutional Global Informatics and big data Genomics and personalized medicine Greater emphasis on reducing time from research to adoption
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What are Minnesota’s Strengths in this Changing Research World? 18 One of the most comprehensive AHC’s in the nation History of strong interdisciplinary research Programs and centers of national strength Investments in research facilities: Bio Discovery District Investments in research infrastructure: o Global Health o Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute o Genomics o Informatics o Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
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2013 Faculty International Travel Registration Source: UMN GPS Alliance
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20 AHC Proposal Routing Forms - International Collaboration July-September, 2014
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AHC Proposal Routing Forms - International Collaboration July-September, 2014
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The Range of Health Research Basic Translational Clinical Population Patient outcomes and health care delivery Policy 22
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Trends in Health Research 23 Interdisciplinary Team-based Multi-institutional Global Informatics and big data Genomics and personalized medicine Greater emphasis on reducing time from research to adoption 23
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AHC-Wide Health Research Priorities 24 Programmatic AreasResearch Infrastructure Cancer Biomedical/Health Informatics Neurological disease Patient outcomes research and projects Cardiovascular Global health outcomes Diabetes/Obesity Clinical genomics and proteomics / precision medicine Infectious disease Pediatrics
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CGHSR Network EducationResearchCapacity Capacity Goal Strengthen the infrastructure supporting global health research and education at the U of M AHC.
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CGHSR Network Development EducationResearchCapacity Improve Capacity of AHC Schools Explore new models for supporting and delivering global health education and research. Convene Partners: Leadership Council, Global Health Student Advisory Board, etc. Showcase global health at the U of M
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globalhealthcenter.umn.edu/global-partnerships/map
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globalhealthcenter.umn.edu Thank you! Debra Olson, Executive Director, olson002@umn.edu
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