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A Study of Enteropathogenic Bacteria Transmitted from Animals to Humans

Award Number: K01TW009484
ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/12/2013
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2017

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A Study of Enteropathogenic Bacteria Transmitted from Animals to Humans - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many important infectious diseases are associated with exposure to human and animal feces. In fact, most diarrheal diseases - the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide - result from exposure to infectious microorganisms in feces. To date, research has focused principally on exposures to human feces. Research on the significance of feces from animals to diarrheal diseases in humans is limited and not well understood. Yet, animal feces, replete with human enteric pathogens, are common contaminants in the human environment of poor communities. Further, the population of animals raised for food is rising due to increased demand for meat, poultry and dairy products in low and middle-income countries. In order to maximize our ability to prevent the spread of infectious diseases associated with feces we need to better understand the conditions that contribute to the transmission of enteric infections. Understanding the role that animals play in human enteric infections could lead to important and efficacious population-based strategies that improve the management of animal feces - breaking the fecal-oral route of zoonotic disease. This International Research Scientist Development Award (K01) will enable Dr. Jay Graham, a global environmental health researcher at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Science (SPHHS), to establish himself as an independent investigator through a combination of mentorship in advanced epidemiology, molecular microbiology and conducting international research. Dr. Graham's research focuses on diarrheal diseases and emerging infectious diseases associated with animals and livestock, with particular emphasis on childhood exposures to pathogenic enteric bacteria. The proposed K01 training and research will allow Dr. Graham to accomplish the following goals: 1) Improved ability to design studies that can quantitatively test disease transmission between humans and animals in diverse low-income semi-rural communities characterized by differing levels of interactions between humans and animals; 2) Increased knowledge of special ethical issues in conducting research in low-income communities; 3) Enhanced skills at working with community partners at all levels of research and implementation of interventions; 4) Increased aptitude to build a broad network of mentors and colleagues who will serve as collaborators on future projects; and 5) Success at applying novel molecular microbiologic techniques to study the spread of zoonotic enteric infections. To become a successful independent global health researcher, Dr. Graham will engage in a four-year training program under the primary mentorship of Dr. Melissa Perry, the Chair and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the GW SPHHS and Dr. Gabriel Trueba, a leading public health and veterinary microbiologist at The Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Dr. Graham has an experienced and collaborative mentoring team, which also includes Dr. Lance Price (GW SPHHS), an expert in genomics analysis of bacterial pathogens and Dr. Joseph Eisenberg, a leading epidemiologist in infectious enteric disease transmission.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = -$158 )
2018	2017	PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE	555 12TH ST STE 1050	OAKLAND	CA	94607	ALAMEDA	USA	International Research and Research Training	000	5	4/9/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$158
														Subtotal = -$158

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $133,650 )
2017	2017	PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE	555 12TH ST STE 1050	OAKLAND	CA	94607	ALAMEDA	USA	International Research and Research Training	000	5	11/19/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$133,650
2017	2016	PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE	555 12TH ST STE 1050	OAKLAND	CA	94607	ALAMEDA	USA	International Research and Research Training	002	4	12/22/2016	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$3,819
2017	2016	THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	2121 I ST NW STE 601	WASHINGTON	DC	20052	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	International Research and Research Training	001	3	12/22/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$3,819
														Subtotal = $133,650

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $133,650 )
2016	2016	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	44983 KNOLL SQUARE	ASHBURN	VA	20147	LOUDOUN	USA	International Research and Research Training	002	3	6/23/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$60,881
2016	2016	PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE	555 12TH STREET	OAKLAND	CA	94607	ALAMEDA	USA	International Research and Research Training	001	4	6/23/2016	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$60,881
2016	2016	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	44983 KNOLL SQUARE	ASHBURN	VA	20147	LOUDOUN	USA	International Research and Research Training	000	3	11/17/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$133,650
														Subtotal = $133,650

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $133,650 )
2015	2015	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	44983 KNOLL SQUARE	ASHBURN	VA	20147	LOUDOUN	USA	International Research and Research Training	000	2	12/23/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$133,650
														Subtotal = $133,650

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $133,650 )
2014	2014	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	44983 KNOLL SQUARE	ASHBURN	VA	20147	LOUDOUN	USA	International Research and Research Training	001	1	2/22/2014	NEW	$66,825
2014	2014	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	44983 KNOLL SQUARE	ASHBURN	VA	20147	LOUDOUN	USA	International Research and Research Training	000	1	12/14/2013	NEW	$66,825
														Subtotal = $133,650

Grand Total All Awards = $534,442

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A Study of Enteropathogenic Bacteria Transmitted from Animals to Humans

Award Number: K01TW009484

ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/12/2013

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2017

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