Research

Much research pertaining to Global and Refugee Health happens at the University of Rochester. Consider visiting the Faculty & Staff page to see a sampling of what projects individuals are working on. Below is one example of a recent study published highlighting barriers refugees face in the US.

Updates from Neurology - Feb 2017

• UR researchers  Michael Potchen and Sam Kampondeni  from the Neuroradiology Division of Imaging Sciences are Co-investigators on an 84 million dollar NIH-funded study out of Malawi that will look at brief ventilatory support and hypertonic saline to improve survival in pediatric cerebral malaria.  http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/campus/2017/01/31/84m-grant-extend-msu-researchers-malaria-study/97239150/

• Gretchen Birbeck recently joined the Advisory Board for the NIH’s Fogarty International Center.  https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/research/blog/december-2016/birbeck-appointed-to-nih-post-on-global-health.aspx

• Gretchen is also the PI on an NIH-funded study of new onset seizure in people with HIV. We have had a PR release with UR re some of the work.  https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/4691/challenges-remain-in-hiv-care-in-africa.aspx

• The Imaging Sciences Fischer Research Award this year went to Dr. Sarah Mohajeri who will be going to Blantyre Malawi to study posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in children with cerebral malaria.

News, December 2016

Abigail Kroening, MD, an Assistant Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, led a survey of 29 refugee parents, health providers and other community partners in Rochester on barriers to developmental screenings for young children. The results were published in August in the journal Pediatrics.