Meeting
NIHR Global Health Research Call 5 Groups (Stage 1)
Day 1 - 13 February 2024
Location
- virtual via Zoom
Present Members
- Professor Moses Chimbari (Chair)
- Professor Kamran Siddiqi (Chair)
- Dr Suraj Bhattarai
- Dr Goylette Chami
- Professor Rakhi Dandona
- Dr Bryony Dawkins
- Professor Ewen Harrison
- Dr Romaina Iqbal
- Professor Shabbar Jaffar
- Professor Rachel Jordan
- Professor Nadira Karunaweera
- Professor Dame Tina Lavender
- Professor Blandina Mmbaga
- Professor Mayowa Owolabi
- Dr A G Radhika
- Professor Emily Rousham
- Professor Andrew Shennan
- Dr Pamela Wadende
- Dr Benedict Weobong
- Dr Savithri Wimalasekera
- Professor Dong (Roman) Xu
Secretariat
- Professor Kara Hanson
- Dr Sarah Puddicombe
- Dr Jason Horsley
- Mrs Fay Habens
- Dr Lisa Marsh
- Dr Inna Walker
- Dr Ruchi Baxi
- Mr Lewis Bradley
- Dr Emma Lofthouse
- Ms Linda Welch
- Mrs Stella Burton
- Miss Asia Pracz
- Ms Sophie Cherrington
- Mrs Nicki Dicks
Apologies
- Dr Evelyn Gitau
- Professor Dame Louise Robinson
- Mr Rodrick Sambakunsi
- Professor Nelson Sewankambo
- Professor Umberto d'Alessandro
- Dr Francisco Oviedo-Gomez
- Professor Malabika Sarker
Observers
- Dr Mamothena Mothupi
- Dr Sara White (DHSC)
- Ms Naomi Shields (DHSC)
Quoracy Information
- Voting members: 28 (Emergency Quoracy = 14 = 50%)
- Voting members present on Day 1: 21 (75%)
Stage 1 Applications
NIHR164110 - Substance misuse in young people: co-producing a cross cultural imagery-based digital intervention (Dasha Nicholls, Pallab Maulik)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Blandina Mmbaga, Mayowa Owolabi
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163687 - NIHR GHR Group on Improving Prevention And Mitigation Of The Small And Vulnerable Infant In Low- And Middle-Income Countries (Lmics) - INDIRA (Dilly Anumba, Martin Adokiya)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Tina Lavender, Andrew Shennan, Umberto d'Alessandro
Decision: Decline
NIHR163379 - Enhancing Deaf Healthcare Access and Outcomes through Inclusive Health Research. (Alys Young, Uma Devi Palanisamy)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR162641 - Tackling the burden of non-communicable diseases in rural communities from Malawi via co-designed health advisory messages (Laura Sbaffi, Adamson Muula)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Decline
NIHR163360 - NIHR Global Health Research Group on Atrial Fibrillation 2.0 (Gregory Lip, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Rachel Jordan, Ewen Harrison
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163227 - Supporting vaccine decision-making in lower middle-income countries facing financial pressures (Mark Jit, Jacinto Blas Mantaring)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Kara Hanson
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163297 - On Tackling In-transit delays for Mothers in Emergency in Africa (Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Bosede Afolabi)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Umberto d'Alessandro, Kara Hanson, Tina Lavender
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163326 - Disease burden and health consequences of Acute Kidney Injury: The AKI Outcomes study (Raja Jayaram, Vivekanand Jha)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Goylette Chami
Decision: Decline
NIHR162348 - Improving control of curable Sexually Transmitted Infections: focus on most at risk populations (Rashida Ferrand, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Benedict Weobong, Kara Hanson, Moses Chimbari, Romaina Iqbal
Decision: Decline
NIHR163339 - Reducing the Burden of Unintended Injury in Uganda: Prevention, Response and Recovery (Jonathan Huck, Emmanuel Moro)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163432 - Promoting adolescent mental health through positive family relationships in the Philippines (PAMILYA) (Jamie Lachman, Liane Alampay)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164157 - Community-based interventions to treat depression in older adults in deprived and remote areas in Brazil (Nadine Seward, Marcia Scazufca)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Benedict Weobong, Andrew Shennan
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163563 - Evaluating novel ways of delivering dementia care across all levels of the public health care system in India (Paul Edison, Suvarna Alladi)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Decline
NIHR163549 - Gendered Health Systems Resilience to Climate Stressors in Conflict Affected Regions (Preeti Patel, Jasmin Lilian Diab)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Andrew Shennan
Decision: Decline
Day 2 - 14 February 2024
Venue
- virtual via Zoom
Present Members
- Professor Moses Chimbari (Chair)
- Professor Kamran Siddiqi (Chair)
- Professor Umberto d'Alessandro
- Dr Suraj Bhattarai
- Dr Goylette Chami
- Professor Rakhi Dandona
- Dr Bryony Dawkins
- Dr Evelyn Gitau
- Professor Ewen Harrison
- Dr Romaina Iqbal
- Professor Shabbar Jaffar
- Professor Nadira Karunaweera
- Professor Dame Tina Lavender
- Professor Blandina Mmbaga
- Dr Francisco Oviedo-Gomez
- Professor Mayowa Owolabi
- Dr A G Radhika
- Professor Emily Rousham
- Professor Malabika Sarker
- Professor Andrew Shennan
- Dr Pamela Wadende
- Dr Benedict Weobong
- Dr Savithri Wimalasekera
- Professor Dong (Roman) Xu
Secretariat
- Professor Kara Hanson
- Dr Sarah Puddicombe
- Dr Jason Horsley
- Mrs Fay Habens
- Dr Lisa Marsh
- Dr Inna Walker
- Dr Ruchi Baxi
- Mr Lewis Bradley
- Dr Emma Lofthouse
- Ms Linda Welch
- Mrs Stella Burton
- Miss Asia Pracz
- Ms Sophie Cherrington
- Mrs Nicki Dicks
Apologies
- Professor Dame Louise Robinson
- Mr Rodrick Sambakunsi
- Professor Nelson Sewankambo
- Professor Rachel Jordan
Observers
- Dr Mamothena Mothupi
- Dr Sara White (DHSC)
- Ms Naomi Shields (DHSC)
Quoracy Information
- Voting members: 28 (Emergency Quoracy = 14 = 50%)
- Voting members present on Day 1: 24 (85%)
Stage 1 Applications
NIHR163710 - NIHR Global Health Research Group for Collaborative Neonatalwil Neuroprotection Trial platform in South Asia (CONNECTIONS) (Sudhin Thayyil & Joseph L Mathew)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Kara Hanson, Tina Lavender, Andrew Shennan, Suraj Bhattarai
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163742 - Genomic Vigilance: A Strategic Initiative for Malaria Surveillance in Hotspot Regions of South America (Susana Campino & Claudio Marinho)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Kara Hanson
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163267 - NIHR Global Health Research Group: Improving confidence in MAteRnal VAccination Safety in Africa (MARVAS) (Kirsty Le Doare & Eve Nakabembe)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Umberto D'Alessandro, Romaina Iqbal, Nelson Sewankambo
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163289 - PERFECT (PrEventing Consanguinity Related Genetic Disorders by involving FamiliEs and CommuniTies) Group for research in clinical genetics in LMIC (Muhammad Ayub & Saqib Mahmood)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Romaina Iqbal, Blandina Mmbaga
Decision: Decline
NIHR163538 - A community-based dietary programme for type 2 diabetes remission and prevention, clinical trial and implementation evaluation in Nepal (C0-DIRECT-NEPAL) (Michael Lean & Biraj Karmacharya)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Kara Hanson, Ewen Harrison, Roman Xu
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163218 - ASAP: Advanced safe Stewardship of Antibiotics in Primary Care (Merlin Willcox & Jianping Liu)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163358 - NIHR Global Health Research Group on Maternal and Child Nutrition Among Vulnerable Populations in Drylands in Eastern Africa (Paula Griffiths & Elizabeth Kimani-Murage)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Evelyn Gitau, Emily Rousham
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163490 - Global Health Research Groups for Tackling Disparities in Musculoskeletal Health in Nepal (Project REALM) (Priyamvada Paudyal & Ranjeeta Shijagurumayum)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Decline
NIHR164078 - Enhancing Accessibility and Efficacy of AI-Based Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Pakistan: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Qammer Abbasi & Saad Qazi)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Romaina Iqbal
Decision: Decline
NIHR163022 - NIHR Global Health Research Group on Disability Inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health for Youth in Africa – YouthSHaRe (Femke Bannink Mbazzi & Joyce Olenja)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Kara Hanson, Nelson Sewankambo
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163934 - Promoting improved hydration and hygiene for older people in Brazil, South Africa and Cape Verde. (Peter Lloyd-Sherlock & Francesc Xavier Gomez-Olive Casas)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Kamran Siddiqi
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164188 - Promoting Wellbeing & Social Capital Among Out of School Children within Pakistan and Nigeria (Nusrat Husain & Zainab Zadeh)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Romaina Iqbal, Tina Lavender, Andrew Shennan, Kamran Siddiqi, Blandina Mmbaga
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164002 - The Nepal Stillbirth Initiative - implementation of translational technologies ‘Placenta Hub’ to investigate and manage stillbirth in the low and low middle income setting (Sara Hillman & Ramita Kandel)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Blandina Mmbaga, Shabbar Jaffar, Bryony Dawkins
Decision: Decline
NIHR162193 - NIHR GHRG – Transforming Musculoskeletal Health in Africa: Accelerating knowledge and improving health through culturally informed, interdisciplinary research (Jo Halliday & Blandina Mmbaga)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Blandina Mmbaga, Louise Robinson, Benedict Weobong
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163336 - NIHR Global Health Group for Diabetic Foot Ulcers (Sanjay Kinra & Komal Shah)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Kara Hanson
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163359 - Global Health Group to inform a national suicide prevention strategy for young people in Indonesia (Helen Brooks & Herni Susanti)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163696 - Improving Multidisciplinary Post-collision Assistance and CapaciTy (IMPACT) Group – Southern Africa (Tim Nutbeam & Willem Stassen)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Decline
NIHR163250 - Reducing child mental health inequities by bringing to scale parenting interventions for low-income parents in Brazil and Colombia (Sara Evans-Lacko & Guilherme Polanczyk)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Goylette Chami, Kara Hanson, Andrew Shennan
Decision: Shortlist
Day 3 - 15 February 2024
Venue
- virtual via Zoom
Present Members
- Professor Moses Chimbari (Chair)
- Professor Kamran Siddiqi (Chair)
- Professor Umberto d'Alessandro
- Dr Suraj Bhattarai
- Dr Goylette Chami
- Professor Rakhi Dandona
- Dr Bryony Dawkins
- Professor Ewen Harrison
- Dr Romaina Iqbal
- Professor Shabbar Jaffar
- Professor Nadira Karunaweera
- Professor Blandina Mmbaga
- Dr Francisco Oviedo-Gomez
- Professor Mayowa Owolabi
- Dr A G Radhika
- Professor Emily Rousham
- Professor Malabika Sarker
- Professor Andrew Shennan
- Dr Pamela Wadende
- Dr Benedict Weobong
- Dr Savithri Wimalasekera
- Professor Dong (Roman) Xu
Secretariat
- Professor Kara Hanson
- Dr Sarah Puddicombe
- Dr Jason Horsley
- Mrs Fay Habens
- Dr Lisa Marsh
- Dr Inna Walker
- Dr Ruchi Baxi
- Mr Lewis Bradley
- Dr Emma Lofthouse
- Ms Linda Welch
- Mrs Stella Burton
- Miss Asia Pracz
- Ms Sophie Cherrington
- Mrs Nicki Dicks
Apologies
- Dr Evelyn Gitau
- Professor Dame Louise Robinson
- Mr Rodrick Sambakunsi
- Professor Nelson Sewankambo
- Professor Rachel Jordan
- Professor Dame Tina Lavender
Observers
- Dr Mamothena Mothupi
- Dr Sara White (DHSC)
- Ms Naomi Shields (DHSC)
Quoracy Information
- Voting members: 28 (Emergency Quoracy = 14 = 50%)
- Voting members present on Day 1: 22 (78%)
Stage 1 Applications
NIHR163452 - AI Integration of Microbiome and Genomic Data: Shaping TB Clinical Decisions and Public Health Policy (Gita Khalili Moghaddam & Bavesh Kana)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR162885 - Community resilience in mental health, nutrition and food security following climate related disasters (Co-MeND) (Nicola Lowe & Romaina Iqbal)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Romaina Iqbal
Decision: Decline
NIHR164216 - Cross-Cultural Digital Phenotyping for Stratification to Appropriate Care in University Students with Depression and Anxiety in Uganda and India: the PREDICT Study (Swaran Singh & Byamah Mutamba)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163838 - East Africa AMR-STOP: Strategies for Tackling, Optimising and Preventing Environmental AMR (AfricaAMR-STOP) (Jian Guo Zhou & William Shivoga)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163113 - NIHR Global Health Research Group on nutritional management of children hospitalised with severe malnutrition (Kathryn Maitland & Beatrice Amadi)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR162201 - NIHR Research Group for better Identification and support for children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities GlObally (INDiGO) (Melissa Gladstone & Angelina Kakooza Mwesige)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Decline
NIHR164026 - Multidisciplinary consortium to reduce the burden of chronic liver disease in Uganda and Zambia (Morro Touray & Ponsiano Ocama)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Nelson Sewankambo
Decision: Decline
NIHR163213 - Strengthening healthcare to address the co-occurrence of violence against women and against children (Manuela Colombini & Ana Flávia d'Oliveira)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Kara Hanson
Decision: Decline
NIHR163492 - NIHR Global Health Research Group on Severe and Emerging Infections (Tom Solomon & Priscilla Rupali)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164137 - Transforming the mental health and well-being outcomes of refugee resettlers in rural Zambia through enhanced food security, nutrition and climate change adaptation skills. (Mary Richards & J.Anitha Menon)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163860 - NIHR Global Health Research Group on improving mental health support for children and young people in the Philippines (Maria Theresa Redaniel & Maria Lourdes Rosanna de Guzman)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164275 - Empowering Women by Addressing Gender Disparities in Cancer Care in Rwanda and Somaliland (Rocco Friebel & Abebe Bekele)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR162954 - NIHR Global Health Research Group on African Community Critical Care (Tom Bashford & Arthur Kwizera)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Nelson Sewankambo
Decision: Decline
NIHR163511 - An Integrative analytical system for surveillance of NCDs and their environmental determinants in Rwanda (INSINA) (Marta Blangiardo & Faustin Ntirenganya)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Decline
NIHR163921 - THRIVE Uganda (Tracking Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments in Uganda) (Isabelle Mareschal & Justine Bukenya)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Nelson Sewankambo
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163817 - The Impact of Changed Food Habits on Children’s Health in Mexico: An integrated Education and Nutrition Intervention Strategy (Michael Heinrich & Sonia Hernández-Cordero)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Decline
NIHR163253 - NIHR Global Health Research Group: Climate Resilient Health Systems – Understanding the Differential Health Needs of Refugee and Semi-Nomadic Communities Facing Climate Change Impacts (Mazeda Hossain & Emmanuel Tumwerinde Aturinde)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Blandina Mmbaga
Decision: Decline
NIHR163534 - Advancing towards the elimination of HTLV-1 vertical transmission in Latin-America and the Caribbean (Graham Taylor & Elsa Gonzalez)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Kara Hanson
Decision: Decline
Day 4 - 16 February 2024
Venue
- virtual via Zoom
Present Members
- Professor Moses Chimbari (Chair)
- Professor Kamran Siddiqi (Chair)
- Professor Umberto d'Alessandro
- Dr Suraj Bhattarai
- Dr Goylette Chami
- Professor Rakhi Dandona
- Dr Bryony Dawkins
- Dr Evelyn Gitau
- Dr Romaina Iqbal
- Professor Shabbar Jaffar
- Professor Rachel Jordan
- Professor Nadira Karunaweera
- Professor Dame Tina Lavender
- Professor Blandina Mmbaga
- Dr Francisco Oviedo-Gomez
- Professor Mayowa Owolabi
- Dr A G Radhika
- Professor Emily Rousham
- Professor Malabika Sarker
- Professor Andrew Shennan
- Dr Pamela Wadende
- Professor Dong (Roman) Xu
Secretariat
- Professor Kara Hanson
- Dr Sarah Puddicombe
- Dr Jason Horsley
- Mrs Fay Habens
- Dr Lisa Marsh
- Dr Inna Walker
- Dr Ruchi Baxi
- Mr Lewis Bradley
- Dr Emma Lofthouse
- Ms Linda Welch
- Mrs Stella Burton
- Miss Asia Pracz
- Ms Sophie Cherrington
- Mrs Nicki Dicks
Apologies
- Professor Dame Louise Robinson
- Mr Rodrick Sambakunsi
- Professor Nelson Sewankambo
- Professor Ewen Harrison
- Dr Benedict Weobong
- Dr Savithri Wimalasekera
Observers
- Dr Mamothena Mothupi
- Dr Sara White (DHSC)
- Ms Naomi Shields (DHSC)
Quoracy Information
- Voting members: 28 (Emergency Quoracy = 14 = 50%)
- Voting members present on Day 1: 22 (78%)
Stage 1 Applications
NIHR163593 - Southeast Asia-UK partnership for improving perinatal mental health (SEAP-PMH) (Andrea Sinesi & Siti Roshaidai Mohd Arifin)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Ewen Harrison
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163709 - A Simplified screen-and-Treat-all prOphylaxis approach in Pregnant women to stop Hepatitis B Virus mother-to-child transmission in Malawi and The Gambia (STOP-HBV) (Maud Lemoine & Gibril NDOW)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Umberto D'Alessandro, Rodrick Sambakunsi
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163084 - Multimorbidity in sub-Saharan Africa (Andre Amaral & Ana Mocumbi)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Decline
NIHR163118 - Harnessing data, technology and implementation partnerships to accelerate and scale improvements in newborn care and survival across the Africa region (Michelle Heys & Alex Stevenson)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Shabbar Jaffar, Moses Chimbari
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163498 - NIHR Global Health Group on Improving primary healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) through collaboration between traditional health practitioners and biomedical health services (Richard Lilford & Ryan Wagner)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Ewen Harrison, Rachel Jordan, Mayowa Owolabi
Decision: Decline
NIHR162916 - Strengthening Modelling, Analytics Capacity and the Broader Ecosystem for Mental Health Interventions in LMICs (Mireia Jofre-Bonet & Nicholas Ngepah)
Chair: Moses Chimbari
Conflict: Blandina Mmbaga, Shabbar Jaffar
Decision: Decline
NIHR163243 - NIHR Global Health Research Group for the Emergency Care of Poisoned and Envenomed Patients in West Africa (Michael Eddleston & Abdulrazaq Habib)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Ewen Harrison
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR162151 - Preparing for Vaccines against Invasive Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Africa (acronym: PRINTS-Africa) (Melita Gordon & Samuel Kariuki)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Rodrick Sambakunsi
Decision: Decline
NIHR163812 - NIHR global health group for evaluating and improving vector control for malaria reduction in vulnerable populations in hard-to-reach and humanitarian settings (Jackie Cook & Jacklin Mosha)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Kara Hanson
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163214 - Improving the Detection, Characterization and Care of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Africa (I- CARE Africa) (Raj Kalaria & Rufus Akinyemi)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Mayowa Owolabi, Louise Robinson
Decision: Decline
NIHR163420 - NIHR GH Research Group on Newborn Skin Barrier Dysfunction and Infection, in Tanzania and Kenya (Tina Lavender & Sabina Wakasiaka)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Moses Chimbari, Bryony Dawkins, Shabbar Jaffar, Tina Lavender, Blandina Mmbaga, Andrew Shennan
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164095 - PREPARE: PREterm Preparation Across all Resource Settings
(Andrew Shennan & Catalina Valencia)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: Tina Lavender, Andrew Shennan
Decision: Decline
NIHR163348 - Global Health Research Group on Indigenous food systems, nutrition and planetary health in the Amazon rainforest (GIH-FNP) (Enrique Castro-Sanchez & Angela Pinzon-Rondon)
Chair: Kamran Siddiqi
Conflict: None declared
Decision: Decline