Global Research and Innovation

The MGH Center for Global Health Research program invests in a diverse and interdisciplinary network of researchers and faculty across fields to increase the exchange of ideas, the creation of partnerships, and the dissemination of research; seeds the growth of novel research areas where MGB is strong and need is emergent; and develops shared infrastructure that administratively supports and promotes the advancement of science between MGB and international partners.

The Center for Global Health has two long-term goals for its research program:

1. Encourage growth of global health research across MGB
2. Advance equity in global health partnerships

To accelerate transformative global health research, we aim to:

• Invest in the Global Health Research Collaborative—a diverse and interdisciplinary network of researchers and faculty across multiple fields of medicine, involving faculty based at MGB.
• Promote the growth of research areas where MGH has considerable expertise and global partners desire support—especially infectious disease, diabetes, pulmonary disease, cancer, maternal mortality, infant mortality, and social and behavioral science and policy.
• Administratively support global health research initiatives, ensuring there are adequate resources to deliver quality work.

The Global Non-Communicable Diseases Research Training Program

The Global Non-Communicable Diseases Research Training (GNCDRT) Program, an institutional research training grant (T32), funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

The GNCDRT, led by Jessica Haberer, MD, MS, brings together faculty from the MGH Divisions of Cardiology, Endocrinology, Pulmonology, and Hematology, to offer a formal research training program for global NCDs. Our goal is to help launch the research careers of early-stage investigators. This program provides a dedicated career development mentor and a research mentor for each trainee, didactic seminars, research training through coursework at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a community of practice within the program and with other global health fellows. Training emphasizes best practices in global health research.

Funding is for up to two years and awards cover salary, travel to professional meetings, some tuition costs, and other training-related expenses.

ABC Global Health Meetings

Weekly meetings (Friday at 10am) to promote research productivity and career development: The meeting is intentionally flexible and driven by the needs of participants. Activities include peer review of research ideas and specific aims for grants, input on analytic approaches, sharing of knowledge and resources, and the opportunity to practice professional talks. It also helps strengthen the global health research community and support system at MGH and among our partners. Please see the calendar to find out more about our next meeting.

Monthly Administrative Update Meetings

These meetings serve as a resource to the MGB global health research community. Topics are generated by the group and focus on ways to ease administration, logistics and financial management of working with foreign partners in resource-limited settings. Attended by investigators and grant administrators, this meeting is a forum to share information, knowledge and best practices so that investigators can focus on their studies.

CGH Research Development Award

This award is designed to support investigators who are beginning careers in global health research. The award is not restricted to any specific area within global health, but the research must be grounded in a robust, in-country partnership and contribute to the local research agenda.

MGH Global Health Finish Line Grant (GHFLG)

The purpose of this award is to promote the advancement of junior investigators/trainees from MGH Global Health faculty partner sites, who have a project that is near completion and requires funding to bring the project “over the finish line.” The aim of this award is to serve as a catalyst for the completion of these projects and support mentorship between MGH Global Health faculty and junior investigators/trainees.