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Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) This project is funded by Teasdale-Corti Global Health Leadership Award that is sponsored by the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) and collaborating partners. The purpose of this award is to support the career progression of emerging leaders in health system or research institutions in LMICs by building individual and institutional capacity to conduct strategic applied health research that addresses pressing health system and policy issues in the candidate’s country or region. The Argentinean Tobacco Research Program, directed by Dr Raúl Mejía has been selected with this award. The goal of the program is to train a new generation of researchers and policy leaders not only in tobacco control but also in global health problems. This program will also integrate local institutions with different academic expertise and from different socioeconomic status. The multidisciplinary perspective of this program will inform the scientific skills of future generations of researchers. The ultimate objective of this program is to assist the government in the implementation of the “Technical Package for Tobacco Control” in Argentina to reduce the prevalence cigarette smoking by 5% in 2015. This 18-month program will develop research capacity through course work in research methods and through a mentored research experience in an area related to tobacco use conducted within a culture of mentorship trainees will be exposed to a broad variety of researchers from the participant institutions such as CEDES, Program of General Intern Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, ICTER, Jujuy, and the University of California San Francisco. Participants of this mentored course will select their course work from a list that will provide them with a strong didactic and methodological background in global health research and advocacy. After this training, scholars will be required to conduct a supervised study in a smoking area in Argentina. Participants will be recruited from a variety of fields related with tobacco or its consequences. Bases de la convocatoria: |