The Sparkman Center is excited to announce the awardees in the fourth cohort of Pilot Project Grantees.

The request for applications for the Pilot Grant Funding initiative was posted in December of 2021. A first application of a 2-page concept was due in February, after which top applicants were selected to submit a full application by May 1st. A panel of reviewers convened to select the top proposals to receive funding to start on June 1, 2022. 

Congratulations to the Principal Investigators and teams selected this year!

MacCarthy/Bruxvoort

1. "PrEP Implementaion among Adolescent Key Populations in Brazil"

Principal Investigators: Sarah MacCarthy, ScD & Katia Bruxvoort, PhD, MPH- School of Public Health

Co-investigators:

In-country partner: CCollective Health Institute of the Federal (Brazil)

Gutnik

2."Breast Cancer Survivors as Enablers of Change: A Pilot Feasibility Study of an Education and Stigma Reduction Intervention" (Jointly funded by SCGH & Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health)  

Principal Investigator: Lily Gutnik, MD - UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Co-investigators:

In-country partner:Kilamanjaro Christian Medical College (KCMC) (Moshi, Tanzania)

Piyathilake

3. "A novel evidence-based approach to increase the accuracy of cervical cancer screening in HIV infected"

Principal Investigator: Chandrika Piyathilake, BDS, MPH, PhD- School of Health Professions

Co-investigators:

In-country partner: Warmadeva University (Indonesia)

Ritcher

3. "Outcomes for Obstetrics Fistula Services with Social Reintegration in Burkina Faso"

Principal Investigator: Holly Ritcher, MD, PhD - Heersink School of Medicine

Co-investigators:

In-country partner: ARENA NGO (Burkina Faso)

The Sparkman Center is excited to announce the awardees in the third cohort of Pilot Project Grantees.

The third request for applications for the Pilot Grant Funding initiative was posted in December of 2020. A first application of a 2-page concept was due in February, after which top applicants were selected to submit a full application by May 1st. A panel of reviewers convened to select the top proposals to receive funding to start on June 1, 2021. 

Congratulations to the Principal Investigators and teams selected this year!

Manga

1. "Sociocultural and Structural Inequities Affecting Women's Health among Female Sex Workers in Cameroon: A Qualitative Pilot Study"

Principal Investigator: Simon Manga, PhD - Heersink UAB School of Medicine, Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Co-investigators: Margaret Liang, Isabel Scarinci, Alan Tita, & Warner Huh

In-country partner: Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services; Horizons Femmes

Switchenko

2. ""Low-Cost Pulse Oximetry for Oxygen Saturation Measurement in Neonates in Zambia" 

Principal Investigator: Nora Switchenko, MD - UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Co-investigators: Wally Carlo, Albert Manasyan, Colm Travers, & Kunda Mutesu-Kapembwa

In-country partner:University Teaching Hospital | Lusaka, Zambia

Bjornstad

3. "Rapid Detection of Pediatric Trauma-related Acute Kidney Injury in Zambia"

Principal Investigator: Erica Bjornstad, MD - UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Co-investigators: David Askenazi, Gary Cutter, Gower, Albert Manasyan, Aggrey Mweemba, & Michael Saag

In-country partner: University Teaching Hospital & Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia | Lusaka, Zambia

The Sparkman Center is excited to announce the awardees in the second cohort of Pilot Project Grantees.

The second request for applications for the Pilot Grant Funding initiative was posted in December of 2019. A first application of a 2-page concept was due in February, after which top applicants were selected to submit a full application by May 1st. A panel of reviewers convened to select the top proposals to receive $15,000 each. 

Congratulations to the Principal Investigators and teams selected in 2020!

B Turan

1. "Stigma and health among refugees in Istanbul, Turkey" 

Principal Investigator: Bulent Turan, PhD - UAB CAS

Co-investigators: UAB - Kaylee Crockett & Ibrahim Yigit; Koc University - Ceren Zeynep Acarturk & Sibel Sakarya

Arora

2. "Characterizing the burden of congenital cytomegalovirus in Uganda" 

Principal Investigator: Nitin Arora, MD - UAB SOM

Co-investigators: UAB - Drs. Suresh Boppana, Lynn Matthews, Lisa BeBell; Mbarara University of Science and Technology - Drs. Julian Adong and Joseph Ngonzi

The first request for applications for the Pilot Grant Funding initiative was posted in December of 2018. A first application of a 2-page concept was due in February, after which top applicants were selected to submit a full aplication by May 1st. A panel of reviewers convened to select the top proposals to receive $20,000 each. 

Congratulations to the Principal Investigators and teams selected in 2019!

In October of 2019, the UAB Reporter highlighted this new initiative. The article entitled "35,000 miles, $100,000 and 5 paths to global change" outlines the central questions, background, and innovations of each project. Read the full article here

Kempin-Reuter

1. "The Health Situation, Access, and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Lima, Peru" 

Principal Investigator: Tina Kempin Reuter, PhD - UAB Institute for Human Rights & UAB CAS

Co-investigators: Courtney Andrews, Shane Burns

Bateman

2. "Examining a culturally relevant patient-level intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening in Egypt" 

Principal Investigator: Lori Brand Bateman, PhD - Preventive Medicine, UAB SOM

Co-investigators: Mona N. Fouad, Isabel Scarinci

Shrestha

3. "Epidemiology of Head and Neck Cancer in Nepal" 

Principal Investigator: Sadeep Shrestha, PhD - UAB SOPH

Co-investigators: Ravi Paluri, Sudip Shrestha, Pema Lhaki, Amrita Mukherjee, Sanjeev Acharya  

Tipre

4. "Fly ash exposure and infant neurodevelopment in Sri Lanka" 

Principal Investigator: Meghan Tipre, DrPH - UAB SOPH

Co-investigators: Nalini Sathiakumar, Rajitha Wickremesinghe, Pavithra Godamunne

Rocque

5. "Incidence and Risk Factors of Pediatric Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida in Vietnam" 

Principal Investigator: Brandon Rocque, MD - UAB SOM

Co-investigators: James Johnston, Jacob Lepard, Dang Do Thanh Can, Steven Schiff, Le Quang My, Tran Van Si