GHOPE Partnerships

GHOPE Partnerships Worldwide

Partnership Highlights

Brazil

Emory Pediatrics has had a long-term bidirectional partnership in Belo Horizonte in southeastern Brazil focused on environmental health, infectious diseases and climate change. The current partnership is with UNIFENAS Universidade. This has been a favorite elective spot for GHOPE trainees and includes a bidirectional exchange with Brazilian medical students who visit Emory Pediatrics annually.

GHOPE trainees and faculty with UNIFENAS faculty

GHOPE resident Jerome in Belo Horizonte

GHOPE resident Olivia and Dr. Jose Ferreria with UNIFENAS medical school leadership.

Ethopia

Emory School of Medicine has a long partnership with Addis Ababa University (AAU) and Black Lion Teaching hospital. Multiple GHOPE faculty have projects in Ethiopia in Emergency medicine and Neonatology. Dr. Tal Berkowitz is the GHOPE site director and very involved in capacity building in pediatric emergency medicine and critical care alongside AAU colleagues. Trainees have the opportunity to do electives at AAU through the Global Health Residency Scholars Program (GHRSP). Learn more about maternal-newborn and other projects from other Emory schools through the Emory-Ethiopia Partnership.

GHOPE faculty and AAU colleagues enjoy catching up ager work in Addis.

Dr. Berkowitz and AAU colleagues teach a simulation course together.

AAU Pediatric Cardiology faculty teach GHOPE residents during a visit.

Kenya (research only)

Dr. Richard Omore from KEMRI presents to Emory residents — Dr. Richard Omore from KEMRI presents to Emory Pediatric residents

Emory faculty have long partnered with researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) on childhood mortality surveillance work and clinical prediction modeling studies. Dr. Rees’ work on identifying young children at risk for post-discharge mortality in Kenya has been supported by the US National Institutes of Health and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Rule is focusing on maternal-newborn implementation science as part of the safe+natal team.

Peru

GHOPE faculty visit with Ministry of Health officials in Lima. — GHOPE faculty, Dr. Rees (second from R, top row) and Dr. Suchadev (middle of top row) visit with Ministry of Health officials in Lima.

Funded through a generous donation from Emory Faculty Emeritus, Dr. Steves. Emory faculty are working alongside the Peruvian Ministry of Health to address childhood anemia. Trainees with Spanish fluency may opt to do an elective at a teaching hospital, as well as particpate in ongoing research projects.

South Africa

Emory Pediatrics faculty partnerships with the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal have developed novel interventions to support adolescents living with HIV in South Africa. Through the support of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Zanoni developed instruments and interventions to improve retention in care for adolescents as they transition to adult HIV care. Funded by NIH Fogarty International Center, Dr. Zanoni’s work with the Adolescent HIV Implementation Science Alliance – South Africa: AHI(SA)2 creates a platform to stimulate collaborations between the local community, healthcare providers, and researchers advancing HIV care.

Emory faculty and AHRI leadership

Youth advisory board at AHI(SA)2

Tanzania

GHOPE has a bidirectional partnership with Muhimbili National Hospital and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, and Neonatology faculty have active partnerships that include education, quality improvement, research, and mentorship activities. Dr. Brittany Murray is the principal investigator for Emory-Muhimbili Partnership for Health Administration Strengthening and Integration of Services (EMPHASIS) grant which supports bidirectional exchange, quality improvement and capacity building in acute care. Dr. Setty, a neonatologist, is the EMPHASIS Neonatal lead and supports a multidisciplinary team in neonatal nursing education, Golden Hour QI, simulation education, and nutrition projects. Dr. Li deAlmeida leads the pediatric critical care EMPHASIS project and supports guideline development, QI, resuscitation and ventilation capacity building and infection control projects. Her team has projects with Tanzania is favorite GH elective site for GHOPE residents, many of whom have an opportunity to welcome their Tanzanian colleagues to Atlanta through the exchange.

GHOPE resident Tory at MNH

GHOPE resident Megha with Tanzanian colleagues

Emory NICU team welcomes Tanzanian colleagues.

Emory-MNH research presentation at PAS 2024 in Toronto.

GHOPE LOCAL GLOBAL Partnerships in the United States

Clarkston, GA

60,000 refugees have been resettled in Georgia over the past 30 years and many of them first stop is in Clarkston, GA. Clarkston is known as the most ethnically diverse square mile in the US. It is10 minutes from Emory University and the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta campus. GHOPE faculty and trainees have a myriad advocacy, research, and education initiatives in Clarkston. In addition, multiple GHOPE and CHOA faculty are working on a collaborative project to improve sub-specialty referrals for refugee families.

GHOPE resident Katie participating in an advocacy event at Chinle to spread awareness of violence experienced by indigenous women and girls

Indian Health Service (education only)

The GHOPE residency track has had a longstanding history of sending residents to learn alongside IHS pediatricians for a clinical elective.

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