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1/2 - The Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the Middle East and North Africa Region (GEOHealth-MENA) - Lebanon

Award Number: U01TW012236
ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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1/2 - The Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the Middle East and North Africa Region (GEOHealth-MENA) - Lebanon - 7. Project Summary/Abstract The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, especially its LMIC countries, faces a myriad of environmental and occupational health (EOH) challenges in a context of dynamic political changes, multiple concurrent humanitarian crises, weak regulations, and limited investment in EOH research and research capacity building. The American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon (U01 application) is partnering with Yale University (U2R application) in collaboration with the University of Iowa in the US to establish a Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the MENA region (GEOHealth MENA), where AUB serves as the Hub Institution and one university in each of Egypt and Sudan will serve as Spoke Institutions. The aim of GEOHealth MENA is to build and strengthen EOH research capacity in the context of disadvantaged populations, at AUB, sister institutions, and relevant NGOs in Lebanon and the MENA region. The focus of the current project will be agricultural health and safety with an emphasis on exposure to pesticide among refugee populations. The MENA region hosts more than 50% of the world’s total population of internally displaced persons and refugees. The U01 application proposes to evaluate the pathways of pesticide exposure among Syrian refugee agricultural workers, investigate the association of such exposure with neurobehavioral outcomes, and explore the role of social factors in this association. Findings will inform policy and practice guidelines that can improve the health of all agricultural workers. The multidisciplinary research team at AUB will build on a strong track record of studying refugee and migrant populations and translating evidence into policy. Yale and the University of Iowa will provide support to the AUB team in exposure assessment and the assessment of neurobehavioral performance. The U2R will provide full scholarships to 3 highly qualified and committed applicants (one from each of Egypt, Lebanon, and Sudan) to pursue a PhD in Epidemiology at AUB’s Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) focusing on EOH issues. The U2R will also provide full scholarships to 4 highly qualified and committed MDs (two from Lebanon and one from each of Egypt and Sudan) to pursue an MPH at AUB’s FHS and a fellowship in Occupational Medicine at AUB’s Faculty of Medicine. The 7 trainees will spend 3 months (MD/MPH) or 6 months (PhD) during their study period at Yale and Iowa for advanced and relevant research training and training on agricultural safety and health (AgS&H). Additionally, the U01/U2R applications will offer short-term research and AgS&H training to the community.


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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $289,051 )
2025	2025	AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT	3 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLZ	NEW YORK	NY	10017	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	000	4	3/10/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$289,051
														Subtotal = $289,051

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $289,049 )
2024	2024	AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT	3 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLZ	NEW YORK	NY	10017	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	001	3	3/12/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$289,049
2024	2023	AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT	3 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLZ	NEW YORK	NY	10017	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	000	2	11/6/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $289,049

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $578,100 )
2023	2023	AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT	3 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLZ	NEW YORK	NY	10017	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	002	2	9/26/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2023	2023	AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT	3 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLZ	NEW YORK	NY	10017	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	000	2	3/6/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$289,050
2023	2023	AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT	3 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLZ	NEW YORK	NY	10017	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	001	2	9/8/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$289,050
														Subtotal = $578,100

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $289,050 )
2022	2022	AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT	3 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLAZA 8TH FL	NEW YORK	NY	10017	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	000	1	5/30/2022	NEW	$289,050
														Subtotal = $289,050

Grand Total All Awards = $1,445,250

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1/2 - The Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the Middle East and North Africa Region (GEOHealth-MENA) - Lebanon

Award Number: U01TW012236

ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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