Table 5.
Trainee research project topics
| Research focus | No. |
|---|---|
| Behavioral studies, stigma | 40 |
| Bioassays, diagnostics, drug resistance | 8 |
| Cancer | 18 |
| Cardiovascular disease, diabetes | 8 |
| Child or infant health, adolescent health | 30 |
| Chronic disease, aging | 8 |
| Climate | 4 |
| Dental/oral health | 3 |
| Diarrheal and gastrointestinal diseases | 15 |
| Economics, education, trauma and injury | 3 |
| Eye or ear disease | 5 |
| Genetics | 9 |
| HIV/AIDS, opportunistic infections | 91 |
| Infectious diseases, disease transmission | 28 |
| Maternal/women's health, pregnancy, contraceptives | 20 |
| Mental health, neurological disorders, stroke | 12 |
| Nutrition | 12 |
| Parasitic disease, including malaria | 23 |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 18 |
| Substance abuse, tobacco-related diseases | 10 |
| Tuberculosis | 24 |
| Vaccines, viral diseases including hepatitis | 10 |
| Zoonoses, including leptospirosis | 4 |
*
HIV/AIDS = human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Many trainees work on more than project during their training year. This list reflects all projects with Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars and Fellows Program trainee participation. Topics that covered two topics, such as oral health manifestations of HIV, are listed under both topics.