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Advancing Public Health Research in Eastern Africa through Data Science Training (APHREA-DST)

Award Number: U2RTW012123
ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/22/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2027

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Advancing Public Health Research in Eastern Africa through Data Science Training (APHREA-DST) - Despite major strides in training professionals in public health data science globally, such as those made by NIH’s Data Science Initiative for Africa (DS-I Africa), more effort is needed to keep pace with the fast changing landscape in data science tools, increasing complexity of data streams, and new developments in artificial intelligence. This training grant has achieved major accomplishments in the past few years to fill the gap by training new workforce in Eastern Africa via multi-tiered training programs in public health data science in Ethiopia and Kenya. The program has benefitted American public health protection efforts by providing immersion opportunities and insights with direct relevance to the health of US populations by partnering with several ongoing research projects led by Columbia University (CU)-based team members or affiliated partners on environmental health, exposure assessment, remote satellite data, occupational exposures, extreme weather and heat, infectious diseases, health surveillance, and health system monitoring and evaluation. It also helped with curriculum refinements at CU through mutual cross-learnings between CU faculty and those at Addis Ababa University (AAU, Ethiopia) and University of Nairobi (UofN, Nairobi), and has enhanced the training of CU-based students via interactions with visiting faculty scholars. Specifically, we (i) established new Master of Science degree programs in public health data science at AAU and UofN by leveraging world class strengths in data science at CU, (ii) conducted several short-term training programs, and (iii) trained 12 faculty scholars across three cohorts (with 6 faculty scholars each from Ethiopia and Kenya) through a year-long mentorship and continued engagements across scholar cohorts and CU counterparts. In recognition of the rapidly evolving field necessitating program enhancements and training activities within the original scope of work, we propose to carry out additional activities through supplemental funding in order to fill important gaps that would strengthen the original goals of the grant. Specifically, we propose two activities: (i) conduct a comprehensive assessment and revision of the curricula for the MS degree programs in public health data science at AAU and UofN, both developed and implemented during years 1 and 2, and (ii) enhance the exploration and accelerate the potential development of PhD programs in public health data science at AAU and UofN proposed in year 5. Evaluation and monitoring will continue as in the parent grant to track the success of the training programs as well as of the trainees’ achievement of their development goals, successful completion of the research training, scientific presentations and publications, and the sustainability and growth of the MS degree programs. Our project will continue to benefit the American public through use of data science and AI tools to examine impacts of high air pollution and other environmental exposure levels (not available in the US) and serving as real world platforms for assessing health system strengthening for disaster preparedness that benefit the American public.


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: 2026 ( Subtotal = $199,986 )
2026	2026	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	006	5	7/23/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$40,014
2026	2026	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	007	5	7/23/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$40,014
2026	2026	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	International Research and Research Training	005	5	7/23/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$119,958
2026	2025	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	5	11/21/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2026	2025	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	004	5	7/20/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2026	2025	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	5	11/21/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2026	2025	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	5	7/18/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2026	2025	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	5	7/19/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $199,986

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $349,969 )
2025	2025	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	5	9/13/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$149,974
2025	2025	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	5	9/18/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$99,997
2025	2025	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	5	9/19/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$99,998
														Subtotal = $349,969

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $349,927 )
2024	2024	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	4	8/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$349,927
														Subtotal = $349,927

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $349,991 )
2023	2023	TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	3	7/20/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$349,991
														Subtotal = $349,991

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $349,990 )
2022	2022	TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	2	7/19/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$349,990
2022	2021	TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	10/13/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $349,990

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $349,973 )
2021	2021	TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	9/16/2021	NEW	$349,973
														Subtotal = $349,973

Grand Total All Awards = $1,949,836

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Advancing Public Health Research in Eastern Africa through Data Science Training (APHREA-DST)

Award Number: U2RTW012123

ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/22/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2027

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