The Bob Harrington Show - Episode 21: Global chronic disease research: Learning from India and Kenya with Drs Jerry Bloomfield and Mark Huffman

Summary: Chronic diseases do not respect geographical and political boundaries, and as our world becomes a smaller place, it's appropriate that our approach to disease become more global. Drs Jerry Bloomfield and Mark Huffman join the show to share their experiences with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows' (FICR-F) program and highlight why global chronic disease research is an enriching bidirectional flow of knowledge and expertise. See: Bloomfield GS, Huffman MD. Global chronic disease research training for fellows: perspectives, challenges, and opportunities. Circulation 2010 Mar 23;121(11):1365-70. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=global%20chronic%20research%20training%20for%20fellows NHLBI Global Health Initiative: Collaborating Centers of Excellence Set to Combat Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/globalhealth/ NHLBI Global Health Initiative: Collaborating Centers of Excellence Set to Combat Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries