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Global Health Research
Project Research Map
The faculty members associated with the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health conduct research in 120 countries, with new projects added to our database every day.
To learn more about Johns Hopkins' global health efforts across the world, click on a red dot on the map. Then, scroll down below the map for information about individual projects in that city.
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Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group
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The Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group aims to prepare, maintain and promote access to systematic reviews of interventions used to prevent or treat eye diseases and/or visual impairment. The work of the CEVG is carried out by over 300 members in more than 30 countries. The CEVG editorial team is located in London, UK and the CEVG US Project (CEVG@US) is a US-based satellite at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The CEVG@US is funded by the National Eye Institute. The overall objective of CEVG@US is to develop a critical mass of US-based vision researchers and practitioners who are trained in preparing and using systematic reviews.
The CEVG@US aims to accomplish four main goals: 1) Expand awareness of evidence-based health care in general and in eyes and vision specifically, 2) Develop a critical mass of vision researchers who are able to perform and interpret systematic reviews, and train others to do the same; 3) Develop a critical mass of clinicians who use the results of systematic reviews as an evidence base to guide their practice, and to train others to do the same; 4) Generate an increased number of systematic reviews in priority vision research areas, published in The...
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International Genetic Epidemiology of Oral Clefts
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During the initial period of R01-DE-014581 (2003-2008), we successfully conducted a multi-center, international study on the genetic etiology of oral clefts (including cleft lip, CL; cleft lip and palate, CLP; and cleft palate, CP) by recruiting cases from 5 sites (Maryland, Singapore, Taiwan, and 2 sites in China). We have assembled 1497 case-parent trios, and successfully genotyped 5412 single nucleotide polymorphic (SNP) markers in candidate genes and candidate pathways on subsets of trios. Several genes have been identified as influencing risk to oral clefts (including some recognized candidate genes and some novel ones), and some genes show distinct parent-of-origin effects and potential interaction with common environmental risk factors. This competitive renewal application will extend and build upon our previous studies plus a genome wide association study (GWAS) from a consortium of our Hopkins group and 4 other groups. We propose 4 specific aims: 1) To compare our GWAS findings using case-parent trios with those of a German case-control study through combined analysis followed by fine mapping of new case-parent trios from the US, Asia, Germany and Ireland. 2) To consider models for assessing gene-environment (GxE) interactions with common maternal exposures (maternal smoking, alcohol consumption and vitamin supplementation) by analyzing the...
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Johns Hopkins Singapore
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Johns Hopkins International Medical Center – Located in a private pavilion of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, JHM International provides care in a 30 bed inpatient unit, and a large outpatient chemotherapy suite with a large mix of international patients seeking care for a variety of oncology related diagnoses. Operating since 1999, the facility recently doubled its capacity. The original site for the JH International Medical Center was the National University Hospital, however, due to growth the facility moved to Tan Tock Seng Hospital in May 2005. Johns Hopkins Singapore is currently working on expanding the scope of its services to include respiratory medicine.
Johns Hopkins Singapore – Research Activities - Funded through an initial 5-year US$35 M grant by the Singapore Government in 1998, Johns Hopkins has established and implemented a clinical and translational research program. In 2004, the grant was renewed and expanded for an additional 5 years at US$50 million with an added element of providing educational programs for Ph.D. students.
Joint Commission Accreditation – Singapore – JHI provided consulting and technical assistance to our partners in Singapore to develop systems and standards to prepare for and ultimately receive Joint Commission International Accreditation. While Johns Hopkins –...
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