The UAB Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health proudly announces the fourth cohort of pilot grant awardees.
Three innovative projects have received pilot funding to encourage collaboration between UAB investigators and international partners, tackling critical global health challenges. Award recipients were notified on April 22. Congratulations to the 2025 selected teams!
"Cerebral organoids as a model of acquired hydrocephalus."
“Cerebral organoids as a model of acquired hydrocephalus.”
Principal Investigator: Andrew T. Hale, M.D., Ph.D., UAB Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Mentor: Zechen Chong, Ph.D., UAB Department of Bioinformatics
Co-investigators: Graham Fieggen, MBChB, M.Sc., FCS, M.D., Division of Neurosurgery, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Mubeen Goolam, Ph.D., Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
"Achieving Understanding of the Natural history of sickle cell Trait in Nigeria (AUNT-Nigeria)."
“Achieving Understanding of the Natural history of sickle cell Trait in Nigeria (AUNT-Nigeria).”
Principal Investigator: Najibah Galadanci, Ph.D., UAB Division of Hematology and Oncology
Co-investigator: Julie Kanter, M.D., UAB Division of Hematology and Oncology; Stephen Obaro, M.D., Ph.D., UAB Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease; Aminu Abba Bayero, Ph.D., University Kano, Nigeria, Division of Hematology and Oncology
"Development of a wiki toolkit for intraoperative neuromonitoring using a collaborative model between COA and three hospitals in Vietnam."
“Development of a wiki toolkit for intraoperative neuromonitoring using a collaborative model between COA and three hospitals in Vietnam.”
Principal Investigator: Brandon Rocque, M.D., M.S., UAB Department of Neurosurgery
Co-investigators: Le Nam Thang, M.D., National Hospital of Pediatrics Hanoi, Vietnam Neurosurgery Department; Martina Gonzalez Gomez, M.D., M.Sc., UAB Department of Neurosurgery; James M Johnston, M.D., UAB Department of Neurosurgery; Jeffrey P. Blount, M.D., MPH, FAANS, UAB Department of Neurosurgery; Ms. Sai Shivani Palaparthi, B.A., M.Sc., UAB Collat School of Business; Donald (Trei) King, B.A., R EEG T, CNIMf, Children’s of Alabama Neurophysiology; Nguyen Thi Thao, M.D., M.Sc., National Children’s Hospital Hanoi, Vietnam Neurology Department; Nguyen Thi Huong, B.A., M.Sc., National Hospital of Pediatrics Hanoi, Vietnam Neurology Department