- The 5-year training Programme in TB and HIV Research in Ghana is funded by a grant from the NIH-Fogarty International Centre and is only open to people affiliated with the University of Ghana. The Programme is led on the Brown side by Principal Investigator, Awewura Kwara, Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown University; Co-Investigator, Omar Galarraga, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice from Brown School of Public Health; and on the UG side by Principal Investigator Margaret Lartey, Associate Professor of Medicine, UG School of Medicine and Dentistry and Co-Investigator, Richard Adanu, Professor of Women’s Reproductive Health and Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist and dean of the University of Ghana School of Public Health..
The multidisciplinary research training programme will offer a variety of training modules including advanced degree training programmes, long term post-doctoral research training and a mix of medium term training, short courses, laboratory training as well as in-country research training workshops to interested trainees. These trainees will ultimately develop independent, high quality research to address yet unanswered and emerging questions that could transform TB prevention and care programmes for people living with HIV in Ghana.
Categories of Training Modules
- Long-term Training
Long-term Trainees will participate in well-established training programmes at UG, Brown or South Africa. University of Ghana PhDs and Master’s degree training will undertake a complete thesis project or gain technical skills degree in an important area that is currently unavailable in Ghana. The training will be customized to trainee’s needs and ultimate career goals. For example, trainees will be able to obtain a Masters in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Clinical or Translational Research, Behavioural Interventions, Global or Public Health at Brown University. Trainees will be expected to develop their own independent projects with their mentors to be submitted for independent review with the TAG for up to $10,000 (PhD) or $7,000 (Masters) for a one time in-country research project during the degree training.
Post-doctoral trainees will work in specific laboratories or established programs to obtain requisite skills in a variety of disciplines including public health, immunology, molecular biology, pharmacology, or other related basic science disciplines, or clinical research trainees will be work closely with active, NIH-supported clinical research projects that are ongoing at Brown or in Ghana or South Africa.
- Medium Term Training:
Trainees who need training in a specific area, but are not able to travel to the US for a full year, can travel to the US or South Africa for six months for specific research training. The medium-term trainees will follow a similar training model as the long-term clinical research training plan. The medium term trainees will take courses for only one semester and receive clinical research training in one of the specific research areas from their US or South African mentor for six months.
- In-Country Short-term Training:
Faculty from Brown, UG and South Africa will conduct in-country trainings and workshops in Ghana, when a specific research need has been identified, to train a large number of faculty and staff. Examples include workshop on research methods, ethics, manuscript writing, grant writing or TB/HIV research priorities in Ghana. These workshops will have capacity to train 20 to 40 scientist and researchers depending on the topic.
- Advanced Degree Training Programs at University of Ghana
All trainees in this program including medium and short-term trainees will have access to courses that are offered in the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program at the University Of Ghana School Of Public Health if needed to advance their research. They will especially be encouraged to take courses from the Biostatistics department and also from the Epidemiology and Disease Control Department. Trainees will also be able to have internships on research projects that are run at UGSPH. They can work with faculty mentors to analyse existing HIV and TB data from Ghana.
Interested applicants are to follow the link below and click on ‘here’ for the training programme application:
Training Program in TB and HIV Research in Ghana
Please contact the Programme Administrator at htbprojectoffice@gmail.com with any questions and further information on eligibility criteria