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Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
Household Air Pollution Investigation Network (HAPIN)
Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI)

Funded Research H3Africa

Limited Competition: Human Heredity and Health in Africa Consortium Biorepository (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) RFA-RM-18-020
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ABIMIKU, ALASH'LE G.	INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY	Institute of Human Virology H3Africa Biorepository (I-HAB)
JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	Intergrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda
MAYNE, ELIZABETH	WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD	Human Heredity and Health in Africa Consortium Biorepository

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM 17-020**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ANITA GHANSAH (contact) ARULOGUN, OYEDUNNI SOLA	UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	Developing Best Practices of Community Engagement for Genomics and Biobanking in Africa - CEBioGEN

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM 17-021**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
AKINYEMI, RUFUS OLUSOLA (contact) ARULOGUN, OYEDUNNI SOLA	UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	African Neurobiobank for Precision Stroke Medicine - (ELSI) Project
OCHIENG, JOSEPH	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	Genetics and genomic research in Uganda: Towards context specific ethics guidelines

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Informatics Network (U24) RFA-RM-16-011**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
MULDER, NICOLA	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	H3ABioNet: informatics solutions for H3Africa

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Global Health Bioinformatics Research Training Program (U2R) RFA-RM-16-012**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ADEBIYI, EZEKIEL FEMI (contact) AMOAKO-YIRENKYI, PETER DOUMBIA, SEYDOU	COVENANT UNIVERSITY	WEST AFRICAN SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION TRAINING IN BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH (WASLITBRe)
DOUMBIA, SEYDOU (contact) LI, JIAN SHAFFER, JEFFREY G	UNIV OF SCIENCES, TECH & TECH OF BAMAKO	West African Center of Excellence for Global Health Bioinformatics Research Training
KATEETE, DAVID PATRICK (contact) JJINGO, DAUDI JORDAN, IRVING KING MARDON, GRAEME	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	NURTURING GENOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH CAPACITY IN AFRICA (BRecA)
MASIGA, DANIEL KANANI	INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOG	Eastern Africa Network for Bioinformatics Training - (EANBiT)

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM-16-013**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
SABAKAKI, ERISA MWAKA	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	Ethical and social issues in informed consent processes in African genomic research

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM-16-014**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
WONKAM, AMBROISE (contact) DE VRIES, JANTINA	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	Individual Findings in Genetic Research in Africa (IFGeneRA)

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Research Grants (U01) RFA-RM-16-015**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ABIMIKU, ALASH'LE G	INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY	Breast Milk Microbiota Influence on Infant Immunity and Growth (BEAMING)
ADEBAMOWO, CLEMENT ADEBAYO	INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY	AFRICAN FEMALE BREAST CANCER EPIDERMIOLOGY (AFBRECANE) STUDY
LANDOURE, GUIDA	UNIV OF SCIENCES, TECH & TECH OF BAMAKO	Clinical and genetic studies of hereditary neurological disorders in Mali
LOMBARD, ZANE	WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD	Deciphering Developmental Disorders in Africa (DDD-Africa) - Evaluating Clinical Exome Sequencing in an African Setting
MORRIS, LYNN	WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD	Immunoglobulin gene diversity in an African population and impact on antibody function in HIV infection
MUTESA, LEON (contact) JANSEN, STEFAN UDDIN, MONICA WILDMAN, DEREK	NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA	Transgenerational Epigenomics of Trauma and PTSD in Rwanda
STEIN, DAN JOSEPH (contact) KOEN , NASTASSJA RESSLER, KERRY J. WINGO, ALIZA PHAM	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	Transgenerational Effects of Maternal Stressors: Investigating the Role of Infant Gene Expression
WONKAM, AMBROISE	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	Hearing Impairment Genetics Studies in Africa (HI-GENES Africa)

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM-16-016**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ADU, DWOMOA (contact) OJO, AKINLOLU OLUSEUN SALAKO, BABATUNDE	UNIVERSITY OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL	H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network- Collaborative Centers
ANABWANI, GABRIEL (contact) JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME KEKITIINWA, ADEODATA RUKYALEKERE MARDON, GRAEME MPOLOKA, SUNUNGUKO WATA	BOTSWANA BAYLOR CHILD/CLINCAL CTR/EXCELL	Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN)
ASHAYE, ADEYINKA	UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	EYES OF AFRICA : THE GENETICS OF BLINDNESS
HAPPI, CHRISTIAN T	REDEEMER'S UNIVERSITY	Genomic Characterization and Surveillance of Microbial Threats in West Africa
NICOL, MARK PATRICK	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	Center for Research on the Respiratory Microbiota of African Children (ReMAC)
OFORI-ACQUAH, SOLOMON FIIFI (contact) AWANDARE, GORDON AKANZUWINE MAKANI, JULIE	UNIVERSITY OF GHANA	SickleGenAfrica:Sickle Cell Disease Genomics Network of Africa
RAMSAY, MICHELE MICHELE	WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD	AWI-Gen Phase 2: Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease in Africans

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Coordinating Center (U24) RFA-RM-16-017**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
SKELTON, MICHELLE	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	H3Africa Administrative Coordinating Centre: Enabling and Supporting Genomics and Health Research Capacity Building in Africa

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-12-003**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ABIMIKU, ALASH'LE G.	INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY	IHVN H3 Africa Biorepository Initiative

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-12-008**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda - IBRH3AU

**Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM-13-005**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
DE VRIES, JANTINA	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	Stigma in African genomics research on Schizophrenia and Rheumatic Heart Disease
MATIMBA, ALICE (contact) GWANZURA, LOVEMORE KANGWENDE, RUGARE ABIGAIL	COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIS UNIV OF ZIMBABWE	GENOMICS, INHERITANCE, ETHICS, LAW AND SOCIETY (GILES) - Initiative for genomics, ethical, legal and societal issues in bioresources for human genomics in Zimbabwe
MOODLEY, KEYMANTHRI	STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY TYGERBERG CAMPUS	Community Engagement for H3Africa Biobanking Research: The Tygerberg Model

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM-13-005**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ADEBAMOWO, CLEMENT ADEBAYO	INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY	INDIGENOUS LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CONCEPTS OF HERITABILITY AND COMPREHENSION OF
TADELE, GETNET	ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY	ENHANCING ETHIOPAN YOUTHS LITERACY ABOUT THE GENE X ENVIRONMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues (ELSI) Research Program (U01) RFA-RM-12-005**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
WONKAM, AMBROISE	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	Exploring Perspectives on Genomics and Sickle Cell Public Health Interventions

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM-12-006**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ADEBAMOWO, CLEMENT ADEBAYO	INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY	African Collaborative Center for Microbiome and Genomics Research (ACCME)
ANABWANI, GABRIEL (contact) JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME KEKITIINWA, ADEODATA RUKYALEKERE MARDON, GRAEME MPOLOKA, SUNUNGUKO WATA NKOMAZANA, OATHOKWA MOOKETSANA	BOTSWANA BAYLOR CHILD/CLINCAL CTR/EXCELL	Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAFGEN)
HAPPI, CHRISTIAN	REDEEMER'S UNIVERSITY	Host and Microbial Genetic Determinants of Febrile Illness in West Africa
OWOLABI, MAYOWA OJO	UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN	Stroke Investigative Research & Eduicational Network (SIREN)

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Research Grants (U01) RFA-RM-12-007**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
AMENI, GOBENA	ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY	Systems Biology for Molecular Analysis of Tuberculosis in Ethiopia
LANDOURE, GUIDA	UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO	Clinical and genetic studies of hereditary neurological disorders in Mali
NICOL, MARK PATRICK (contact) ZAR, HEATHER JOY	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	The nasopharyngeal microbiome and respiratory disease in African children
PATTERTON, HUGH-GEORGE	UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE	Reprogramming of the Trypanosoma brucei epigenome during human infection: opportu

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants. (UH2/UH3)**
**RFA-RM-12-008**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
JENTSCH, UTE	WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD	Establishment of an H3Africa Biorepository at Contract Laboratory Services
JOLOBA, MOSES LUTAAKOME	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda - IBRH3AU

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM-11-008**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ADU, DWOMOA	NOGUCHI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE / MEDICAL RES	H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network
RAMSAY, MICHELE MICHELE	WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD	Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease in Africans

**Human Health and Heredity in Africa (H3Africa): Research Grants (U01) RFA-RM-12-004**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
AFFOLABI, DISSOU	NAT'L HOSPITAL/TUBERCULOSIS/PUL/DISEASES	Contribution of genetic variation to pharmacokinetic variability and toxicity in

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Bioinformatics Network (U41) RFA-RM-11-010**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
MULDER, NICOLA	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

**Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants. (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-12-003**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
ABAYOMI, AKIN EMMANUEL	STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY TYGERBERG CAMPUS	Development of stem cell, blood & DNA bio repositories to facilitate studies on H
ABIMIKU, ALASH'LE G.	INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY	IHVN H3 Africa Biorepository Initiative

Funded Research HAPIN

**Household Air Pollution (HAP) Health Outcomes Trial (UM1) RFA-HL-16-012**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
CLASEN, THOMAS (contact) CHECKLEY, WILLIAM N PEEL, JENNIFER L	EMORY UNIVERSITY	HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH: A MULTI-COUNTRY LPG INTERVENTION TRIAL

Funded Research MEPI

**Limited Competition: Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Phase 2: Research Training for Career Development of African Junior Faculty (D43) RFA-TW-14-003**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
BURNS, JONATHAN (contact) BRYSIEWICZ, PETRA MOSHABELA, MOSA SULEMAN, FATIMA WASSENAAR, DOUGLAS R	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	Developing Research Innovation, Localization and Leadership in South Africa (DRILL)
DERBEW, MILIARD (contact) BLUMBERG, HENRY M WILSON, CRAIG M WISSOW, LAWRENCE S.	ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY	MEPI Scholars Program for Developing Research Capacity of Junior Faculty at Addis Ababa University
HAKIM, JAMES GITA	COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIS UNIV OF ZIMBABWE	UZCHS-Promote Excellence in Research and Faculty Enhanced Career Training (PERFECT Program)
MTETA, ALFRED KIEN	KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE	Strengthening of Research Capacity for Junior Faculty in Tanzania
NOORMAHOMED, EMILIA VIRGINIA	EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY	Enhanced Advanced Biomedical Research Training for Mozambique
OBUA, CELESTINO	MBARARA UNIVERSITY/SCIENCE/ TECHNOLOGY	Mbarara University Research Training Initiative (MURTI)
OGUNSOLA, FOLASADE TOLULOPE	UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	Building Research And Innovation in Nigerias Science - (BRAINS)
OLALEYE, DAVID OLUFEMI (contact) ADEWOLE, ISAAC F	UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN	University of Ibadan MEPI Junior Faculty Research Training Program (UI-MEPI-J)
SAGAY, ATIENE SOLOMON	UNIVERSITY OF JOS	Support of Training and Mentoring in Nigeria for Academics (STAMINA)
SEWANKAMBO, NELSON K	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	NURTURE:Research Training and Mentoring Program for Career Development of Faculty at Makerere University College of Health Sciences
WAMALWA, DALTON CHEKOKO	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI	Partnership for Health Research Training in Kenya (P-HERT)

**The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) (R24) RFA-TW-10-008**
PI Name	Institution Name	Title
DONKOR, PETER	KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY/SCIENCE/TECH	Ghana Emergency Medicine Collaborative Training Program
HAKIM, JAMES GITA	UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE	Novel Education Clincial Trainees and Researchers (NECTAR) Program
HAKIM, JAMES GITA	UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE	Novel Education Clinical Trainees and Researchers (NETAR) program
KIARIE, JAMES NJOGU	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI	Strengthening Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Research Training
KIARIE, JAMES NJOGU	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI	Programatic-Strengthening Medical Education for Improved Health Outcomes in Kenya
KUMWENDA, JOHNSTONE JONNY	UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI	HIV-Associated Malignancies in Malawi
MULLA, YAKUB F	UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA	Improving maternal & child health through specialty training in Zambia
NOORMAHOMED, EMILIA VIRGINIA (contact) BICKLER, STEPHEN W	EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY	The Universidade Eduardo Mondlane/UCSD Medical Education Partnership

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