Videos

Dr. Aisha Walcott-Bryant shares examples of IBM Research’s work in Africa leveraging artificial intelligence and data science to address major health challenges in Africa and their approach to local collaboration and partnerships. Specifically, she describes work to support decision-making related to malaria, generate interventions to reduce the spread of COVID-19, and improve maternal, newborn, and child health.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/AfricaData

Learn more about the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform: https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadata...

The SPARC Plug vlog’s Tools & Tech video series features SPARC-funded research tools and technologies. In our fourth video, learn about specialized electrodes that can detect, monitor, and modulate peripheral nerve activity. These tools and techniques could potentially be used in the future to manipulate peripheral nerves and their electrical signals to help improve treatment of diseases and conditions such as hypertension, gastrointestinal disorders, type II diabetes, and more. Learn more about SPARC-funded research projects at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmD

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmQ

Dr. David Moinina Sengeh – himself an accomplished data science researcher – shares perspectives on the potential of data science as a government leader. Minister Sengeh describes how Sierra Leone is harnessing the power of data for evidence-informed policy-making in response to COVID-19 and other health challenges and comments on how researchers can best contribute to this growing field.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/AfricaData

Learn more about the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform: https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadata...

Brian Gitta is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and innovator from Uganda whose desire is accelerating continental development by engaging directly with entrepreneurs across African countries and beyond. In his talk, he shares how we can use data to build stronger health infrastructures within Africa. Using matibabu – the startup he helped build around a point-of-care malaria diagnostic device – as a case study, Mr. Gitta also describes the challenges and opportunities for data science for health in Africa from the perspective of an entrepreneur.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/AfricaData

Learn more about the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform: https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadatasymposium

Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi shares her perspectives on evidence-based policy making based on her work at the Africa Population and Health Research Center, a non-profit think tank generating evidence to drive policy action to improve the health and wellbeing of African people. Dr. Kyobutungi discusses the importance of African leadership and the need to strengthen the data ecosystem across the continent.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/AfricaData

Learn more about the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform: https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadatasymposium

Dr. Beatrice Murage shares an overview of Philips’ healthcare research work in Africa and the importance of collaboration between public sector, academia, private sector, and other stakeholders to capitalize on the potential of data science. Dr. Murage emphasizes the importance of African leadership and talent in building an ecosystem that delivers access to quality healthcare across the continent.

Read more on how Philips is expanding access to care: https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/sustainability/access-to-care.html#_read.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/AfricaData

Learn more about the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform: https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadatasymposium

In his welcoming address, Dr. Collins describes the great potential of rapid advances in data science for improving health in Africa and the vision for how the NIH’s new Common Fund initiative, "Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery & Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa)," will support African leadership and global partnerships for research and training in this exciting field.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/AfricaData

In this webinar, NIH staff explain the application process for the NIH Director's New Innovator Award and answer attendee questions.

An audio-described version of this video is available here: https://youtu.be/tz-NJgxDMO8.

The New Innovator Award is part of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, and supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator

In this webinar, NIH staff explain the application process for the NIH Director's Transformative Research Award and answer attendee questions.

An audio-described version of this video is available here: https://youtu.be/5pTlLOEbovc

The Transformative Research Award is part of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, and supports individuals or teams proposing transformative projects that are inherently risky and untested but have the potential to create or overturn fundamental paradigms and may require very large budgets.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/tra

NIH SPARC Program Tools & Tech: Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) (SPARC Plug: Tools & Tech 3)
The SPARC Plug vlog’s Tools & Tech video series features SPARC-funded research tools and technologies. In our third video, learn how electrical currents can be used to create 3-D images of nerves in action! These tools and techniques could potentially be used in the future to manipulate peripheral nerves and their electrical signals to help improve treatment of diseases and conditions such as hypertension, gastrointestinal disorders, type II diabetes, and more. Learn more about SPARC-funded research projects at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmD

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmQ

The SPARC Plug is a monthly video series in which SPARC-funded investigators talk about their research and experiences in the SPARC program. In the nineteenth SPARC Plug, meet SPARC investigator Dr. Leah Reznikov (University of Florida). Learn more about Dr. Reznikov’s SPARC-funded research project at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmD.

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmQ.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the New Innovator Award supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects.

For more information visit us at: https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator

The SPARC Plug vlog’s Tools & Tech video series features SPARC-funded research tools and technologies. In our second video, learn about biosensors—cutting-edge tools that are being developed and used to detect and monitor nerve activity and organ function. These tools and techniques could potentially be used in the future to manipulate peripheral nerves and their electrical signals to help improve treatment of diseases and conditions such as hypertension, gastrointestinal disorders, type II diabetes, and more.
Learn more about SPARC-funded research projects at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmD

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmQ

The SPARC Plug is a monthly video series in which SPARC-funded investigators talk about their research and experiences in the SPARC program. In the eighteenth SPARC Plug, meet four SPARC investigators, Dr. Marmar Vaseghi, Dr. Eleonora Grandi, Dr. Colin Reardon, and Dr. Sarah Stanley. Learn more about their SPARC-funded research projects at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmD.

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmQ.

The SPARC Plug is a monthly video series in which SPARC-funded investigators talk about their research and experiences in the SPARC program. In the fifteenth SPARC Plug, meet four SPARC investigators, Dr. Steve Lewis, Dr. Sarah Stanley, Dr. James Schwaber, and Dr. Leah Reznikov. Learn more about their SPARC-funded research projects at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmD.

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmQ.