RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE FUNDED PROPOSALS

1.    Incorporating Economic Indicators into Guideline Development in LDC Settings
                     by Dr. Dick Heller, University of Newcastle, Australia

2.    Improving Inpatient Care of Acute Lower Respiratory Illness in Children
                     by Dr. Antonio Alves da Cunha, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro and Dr. Alvaro Leite, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil

3.    Brazilian Study of Abuse in Family Environments (BrazilSAFE)
                     by Drs. Isabella Bordin and Solange Andreoni, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil

4.    Colombian Neuroepidemiological Survey (Manuscript Preparation Grant)
                     by Dr. Diego Roselli, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

5.    The Large Scale Study on the Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia - an International Cooperative Program (Hunan Medical University, Royal Victoria Hospital - Canada, Oregon Health Sciences University - Portland; Nanjing Medical University, Biejjing Medical University)
                     by Dr. Zhao Shuiping, Hunan Medical University, China; Dr. Allan Sniderman, Royal Victoria Hospital, Canada; Dr. Roger Illingworth, Oregon Health Science University, USA

6.    Development of Rational Strategies for the Management of Acute Myocardial Infraction in Various Countries
                     by: Dr. Geoff Anderson, University of Toronto, Canada

7.    Improving the Management of Stroke
                     by: Prof. Richard Heller, University of Newcastle Australia

8.    The AfriCLEN Invasive Bacterial Infections Surveillance (IBIS) Study
                     by: Dr. Rose Kambarami, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

9.     World Studies of Abuse in the Family Environment Collaboration (WorldSAFE)
                      by: Dr. Desmond Runyan, University of North Carolina, USA

10.   "INCLEN Manuscript Preparation Grant": Invasive Bacterial Infections Surveillance (IBIS) Study       
                     by: Dr. Kurien Thomas, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

11.    Acute Respiratory Infections Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance (an INCLEN/ARCH project)
                    by: Dr. Shally Awasthi, King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India

12.   The Role of Pharmacists (an INCLEN/ARCH project)    
                   by: Dr. Juan Lozano, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

13.    INCLEN Child Health Collaboration
                    by: Dr. Peter Margolis, University of North Carolina, USA

14.    Development of an Adolescent Health Service Program for Thailand                    
                    by: Dr. Chitr Sitthi-amorn, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

15.    The Determinants, Etiology, and Outcome of Injury in Four African Countries
                     by: Dr. Ronald Lett, Canadian Network for International Surgery;
                           Dr. Olive Kobusingye, Makerere University;
                           Dr. Tadios Munie, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia;
                           Dr. William Macharia, University of Nairobi, Kenya;
                           Dr. Amr Hassan, Suez Canal University, Egypt

16.    Workshop on Maternal Mortality at INCLEN XV
                     by: Dr. Jorge Tolosa, Thomas Jefferson University, USA;
                           Dr. Tsungai Chipato, University of Zimbabwe;
                           Dr. Xu Lianghzi, West China University of Medical Sciences, China;
                           Dr. Sompop Limpongsanurak, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand;
                           Dr. Pisake Lumbiganon, Khon Kaen University, Thailand;
                           Dr. Manorama Purwar, Government Medical College, India;   
                           Dr. Sheela Shenoy, Medical College, Trivandrum

17.    RCT of Antibiotics and Urethritis                         
                    by: Shally Awasthi, MD, King George’s Medical College, India

18.    Workshop for Effects of Zinc & Copper Supplements in the Treatment of Acute Diarrhea in Childhood
                      by: Dr. Michael Dibley, University of Newcastle, Australia

19.    Collaboration Research Strengthening of 2 CEUs                
                    by: Dr. Antonio Ledo Alves da Cunha, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

20.    Correcting Misguided Popular Preventive Health Practices Against Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Youth: a Multi-site Intervention in the Philippines and Thailand                     
                    by: Dr. Jorge Tolosa, Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania, USA

21.    Amoxicillin for Fever and Sore Throat Due to Presumed Viral Infection: Beneficial or Harmful?
                    by: Dr. Amorn Leelarasamee, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

22.    Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions: Applying Evidence-Based Criteria and an Emergent Conceptual Framework in a Multi-Site Study (Thailand, Uganda, Canada)
                    by: Dr. Dennis Willms, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

23.    InterHeart: An International Case Control Study to Identify The Risk Factors of AMI
               by: Dr. Salim Yusuf, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada;
                          Dr. Christopher Kuaban, University of Yaounde, Cameroon;
                          Dr. Jonathan Matenga, University of Zimbabwe;
                          Dr. Antonia Dans, University of the Philippines;
                          Dr. K. Srinath Reddy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India;
                          Dr. Chitr Sitthi-amorn, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand;
                          Dr. Fernando Lanas, Universidad de la Frontera, Chile;
                          Dr. Antonio Castellanos, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico

24.   Funding to attend INCLEN XVI, Mexico                             
                    by: Dr. William Macharia, University of Nairobi, Kenya

25.   A Multi-Center Study on the Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Control Tuberculosis                                
                    by: Dr. David Evans, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

26.    Funds to Participate in the WHO Meeting in Geneva on Adolescent Health                                
                    by: Dr. Dennis Willms, MD, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

27.    Analysis of Regional Variation of Health Variables                              
                    by: Dr. Paul Ekwaru, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  CAPACITY BUILDING SUBCOMMITTEE FUNDED PROPOSALS

1. "Community Mental Health and Research Methodology"
                by Ms. Shuba Kumar, Chennai Medical College, Chennai, India

2.    "Technology Assessment and Management Tools"
                by Dr. Chitr Sitthi-amorn, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

3.    "Workshop on Evaluation of Diagnostic Test and Screening for IndiaCLEN"
                by Dr. L. Jeyaseelan and Mr. S.M. Nair, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

4.    "Joint Short Course on Clinical Epidemiology for AfriCLEN"
                by Dr. Fatma Hassan, Suez Canal University

5.    "Strengthening Capacities in Health Social Science Intervention and Action Research on Lifestyle-related Diseases"
                by Dr. Laurie S. Ramiro, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines

6.    "Completion of Doctoral Training - Ph.D. in International Health Policy and Economics"
                by Ms. Diana Margarita Pinto, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

7.    "Course on Systematic Reviews & Cochrane Collaboration"
                by LuisGabriel Cuervo, Pontifica Universidad Javeriana

8.    "Doctoral dissertation of repeated measurements in Clinical Epidemiology Studies"
                by Antonio Isac Sanhueza.

9.     "Advanced Health Social Science Workshop in Chennai"
                by: Dr. Shuba Kumar, Chennai Medical College, Chennai, India

10.     "Professor Salim Yusuf’s Technical Visit to Thai CERTC Consortium, September 3-8, 1997"
                by: Dr. Chitr Sitthi-amorn, Thai CERTC Consortium, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand and Professor Salim Yusuf, McMaster University, Canada

11.     "External Evaluation of Phase II Program and 3 Workshops on EBM/Health Econ./DALYs"
                by: Dr. Wang Jialiang, Director, R-CERTC, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

12.     "Development of Health Social Sciences in the Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit"
                by: Prof. Asdie H. Ahmad Husain, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

13.     "The Erasmus Summer Programme"
                by: Ms. Venus Udomprasertgul, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

14.     "First Clinical Economics Capacity Building Workshop (CE-CBW)"
                by: Dr. Shally Awasthi, King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India

15.     "Data Analysis and Writing-up Workshop"
                by: Dr. Tonny Sadjimin, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and
                Dr. Richard Heller, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia

16.     Workshop on "Using Burden of Disease and Cost Effectiveness to Define National Control Priorities and Essential   Packages of Care"
                by: Dr. Visanu Thamlikitkul, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

17.     "Training of social scientists for Javeriana University R-CERTC"
                by: Dr. Carlos Gomez and Dr. Maria Ospina, Pontifica Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, D.E., Colombia

18.    "Biostatistics training for biostatistians & clinical epidemiologists"
                by: Dr. L. Jeyaseelan, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

19.     "Capacity building in health care technology"
                by: Dr. Jose Acuin, De La Salle University, Cavite, Philippines

20.     "Technical site visit of Prof. Annette Dobson"
                by: Dr. Chitr Sitthi-amorn, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand