Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University are building and expanding global relationships and collaborations in the fields of public health and health informatics.
Highlights of a recent trip to Ethiopia include:
- Brian Dixon, PhD, MPA, director of public health informatics at Regenstrief and IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI, met with leaders of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about building informatics capacity across the continent.
- Funding was announced for a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Digital Health Activity in Ethiopia, in which Regenstrief will play a significant role.
- Dixon and Regenstrief Global Health Informatics Associate Director Theresa Cullen, M.D., M.S., met with leaders of the University of Gondar in Ethiopia to discuss a partnership.