Read Newsletter from Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch at NICHD

Posted: 11/1/2020 (Demography News)

If you conduct research on maternal and pediatric infectious disease, you might visit NICHD‘s MIPD branch website and sign up for its newsletter.  MPIDB supports domestic and international research, as well as research training and career development programs related to the epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, transmission, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection and its complications in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant and nonpregnant women. As the HIV epidemic has evolved and other infectious diseases have emerged in the United States and globally, the branch has ensured that its funded research reflects these changes and addresses important opportunities and gaps as they arise, including HIV-associated co-infections such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and malaria.  To meet the needs and ongoing challenges of other significant infectious diseases, MPIDB coordinates research on the epidemiology, natural history, pathogenesis, transmission, treatment, and prevention of congenital infections, such as Zika virus and cytomegalovirus; emerging infectious diseases, such as COVID-19; and vaccine-preventable disease in infants, children, adolescents, and women.  As always, please do reach out to CSDE if you would like support in submitting a grant to this branch.  Feel free to send a note to Sara Curran (scurran@uw.edu) or Scott Kelly (kellysr@uw.edu) with your inquiries.