Updated October 2004

Summary
The International Clinical, Operational and Health Services Research and Training Award (ICOHRTA) supports training to facilitate collaborative, multidisciplinary, international clinical, operational, health services and prevention science research between U.S. institutions and those in developing countries, as well as emerging democracies of Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Newly Independent States (NIS).  Applications are accepted from U.S. applicant institutions to support clinical, operational and health services research training programs that will include training at U.S. and foreign collaborating sites and mentored research and training carried out mainly at a foreign site.  Individuals from foreign countries who wish to become trainees must apply to the project director of an awarded grant.

Eligible topics include all clinical, operational, health services and prevention science research areas supported by or relevant to the participating NIH institutes (including mental health/neuropsychiatric disorders, drug abuse/addiction, aging-related and dental/craniofacial-related diseases and disorders and complementary and alternative medicine).  NIMH will also consider applications in the area of HIV/STD prevention. Research topics must also be relevant to a major current or anticipated future medical or public health problem(s) in the foreign collaborating country of trainees participating in the program.

Participating NIH Institutes and Centers

• Fogarty International Center (FIC)

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

• National Institute on Aging (NIA)

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

Principal Investigators, Foreign Collaborators, and Project Titles

Principal Investigator: James C Anthony, PhD
Department of Epidemiology
Michigan State University
 B603 West Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1315
Telephone: (517)-432-3921
FAX: (517) 432-1130
E-mail: janthony@msu.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Raul Leon-Barua, PhD
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Lima, Peru
Project Title: NIDA Epidemiology Training Program: ICOHRTA

Principal Investigator: Eric D Caine, MD
University of Rochester
Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
300 Crittenden Boulevard
Rochester, NY 14642-8409
Telephone: (716) 275-3574
FAX: (716) 273-1066
E-mail: eric_caine@urmc.rochester.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Helen Chiu, MD
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Project Title: ICOHRTA: China-Rochester Suicide Research Center

Principal Investigator: Linda Cottler, MD
Washington University
Department of Psychiatry
4940 Children's Place
St Louis, MO 63110
Telephone: (314) 362-2149
FAX: (314) 362-4247
E-mail: cottler@epi.wustl.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Sanjeev Jain, MD
National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences
Bangalore, India
Project Title: International Research Training in Clinical Sciences

Principal Investigator: Roger Detels, MD
University of California Los Angeles
Department of Epidemiology
Box 951772-School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Telephone: (310) 206-2837
FAX: (310) 206-6039
E-mail: detels@ucla.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Hien Tran Nguyen, MD
Hanoi Medical University
Hanoi, Vietnam
Project Title: Training and Community Intervention to Prevent Drug Use and HIV Transmission in Vietnam

Principal Investigator: Alan M Garber, MD, PhD
Stanford University
PCOR/ Dept of Medicine
179 Encina Commons/ School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305-6019
Telephone: (650) 723-0920
FAX: (650) 723-1919
E-mail: garber@stanford.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Zhengzhong Zhang, MD, PhD
China National Health Economics Institute
Beijing, China
Project Title: China-US Health and Aging Research Program

Principal Investigator: Judy Garber, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology & Human Development
Kennedy Center
Peabody Box 512/ 230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203-5701
Telephone: (615) 322-8141
FAX: (615) 343-9494
E-mail: judy.garber@vanderbilt.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Hoang Cam Tu, PhD
National Institute of Pediatrics
Hanoi, Vietnam
Project Title: Training of Child Intervention Researchers in Vietnam

Principal Investigator: Byron J Good, PhD
Harvard University Medical School
Department of Social Medicine
641 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone: (617) 432-2612
FAX: (617) 432-2565
E-mail: byron_good@hms.harvard.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Dominic Lee, MD
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China
Project Title: Training Program in International Mental Health

Principal Investigator: Michael H Merson, MD
Yale University
Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
60 College St/PO Box 208034
New Haven, CT 06520-8034
Telephone: (203) 785-2867
FAX: (203) 785-6103
E-mail: michael.merson@yale.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Mary Crewe, MD
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Project Title: Training in HIV Prevention and Care Research in South Africa

Principal Investigator: Kerim Munir, MD, MPH, DSc
Children's Hospital Boston
Department of Medicine/Division of General Pediatrics
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone: (617) 355-7166
FAX: (617) 355-7940
E-mail: kerim.munir@tch.harvard.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Nese Erol, MD, MPH, DSc
Ankara University
Ankara, Turkey
Project Title: International Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities

Principal Investigator: George W Rutherford, MD
University of California San Francisco
Epidemiology & Biostatics/Prevention Sciences Group
74 New Montgomery St, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94143-0886
Telephone: (415) 597-9108
FAX: (415) 597-9213
E-mail: grutherford@psg.ucsf.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Mauro Ramos, MD
Centro de Estudos de AIDS do Rio Grande do Sul
Pôrte Alegre, Brazil
Project Title: ICOHRTA Visiting Scientists Program

Principal Investigator: Richard M Scheffler, PhD
University of California Berkeley
School of Public Health
140 Warren Hall, Mc 7360
Berkeley, CA 94720-7360
Telephone: (510) 642-9525
FAX: (510) 643-8614
E-mail: rwj@socrates.berkeley.edu
Foreign Collaborator: Martin Potucek, PhD
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
Project Title: Finances and Mental Health Services in Czech Republic 

Principal Investigator: Sten H Vermund, MD, PhD
University of Alabama At Birmingham
Department of Epidemiology & International Health
845 19th St S, BBRB 206B
Birmingham, AL 35294-2170
Telephone: (205) 975-7700
FAX: (205) 934-5600
E-mail: sten@uab.edu
 Web-site: http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=29402
Foreign Collaborator: Vasyl Moroz, MD, PhD
Vinnitsa State (Pirogov) Medical University
Vinnitsa, Ukraine
Project Title: UAB-NDRI-Substance Abuse ICOHRTA in Ukraine

Principal Investigator: O.Dale Williams, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Pediatric Medicine
1717 6th Ave S, Src 068
Birmingham, AL 35294-7201
Telephone: (205) 934-2130
FAX: (205) 975-5554
E-mail: odalew@mail.dopm.uab.edu
Foreign Collaborator: V. Mohan, MD
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Chennai, India
Project Title: Clinical Research Training For Studies of CVD in India

Principal Investigator: Robert A Zucker, PhD
University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry
Substance Abuse Section, Addiction Research Center
2025 Traverwood Drive, Suite A
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2194
734-998-7454 x 306
FAX: 734-998-7992
E-mail: zuckerra@umich.edu
website:  http://www.med.umich.edu/psych/sub/index.htm
Foreign Collaborator: Jan Czeslaw Czabala, PhD
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology
Warsaw, Poland
Project Title: International Substance Abuse Research Program

Contacts

Kathleen Michels, PhD
Program Director
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, B2C39
31 Center Drive MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 496-1653
FAX: (301) 402-0779
E-mail: ICOHRTA@nih.gov

Steven Gust, PhD
Acting Director, International Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Room 5-274
6001 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: 301-443-6480
Email: sgust@nih.gov

Willo Pequegnat, PhD
Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS
Division of Mental Disorders, Behavioral Research and AIDS
National Institute of Mental Health
Room 6205 NSC, 6001 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301 443 6100.
E-mail: wpequegn@mail.nih.gov

Enid Light, PhD
Program Official
Career Development and Research Training and Fellowships Programs
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Boulevard, Rm. 7117,
Bethesda, MD 20892-9629
Telephone: 301-443-1185,
E-mail: elight@nih.gov

NIA/NIH:
Elisabeth Koss, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Alzheimer's Disease Centers Program
Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Gateway Building, Suite 3C307
7201 Wisconsin Ave MSC 9205
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205
Telephone: 301-496-9350
Fax: 301-496-1494
Email: kosse@nia.nih.gov

Georgeanne E. Patmios
Acting Branch Chief, Population & Social Processes Branch
Behavioral and Social Research Program
National Institute on Aging
Gateway Building, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 533
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205
Tel: 301-496-3138; Fax: 301-402-0051
Email: Patmios@nih.gov 
NIA Website: http://www.nia.nih.gov

Contact for grants management and other fiscal matters:
Bruce Butrum
Grants Management Officer
Fogarty International Center
Building 31, Room B2C39
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 496-1670
FAX: (301) 594-1211
E-mail: butrumb@mail.nih.gov

Archive

NIH News Release — November 16, 2001: Fogarty International Center Announces Awards for International Clinical, Operational, and Health Services Research and Training Focused on Non-Communicable Diseases

ICOHRTA In the News: November  21, 2001 Washington Fax
Fogarty International Center announces first awards for chronic diseases

ICOHRTA In the News: February  21, 2001 Washington Fax
New program from Fogarty International Center will fund collaborative international research on non-communicable disease

Additional Information and Frequently Asked Questions about the RFA

The announcement for this program appeared in the NIH Guide February 13, 2001 (TW-01-003)