About GIDRTP
The mission of the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (GIDRTP) is to provide Brazilian health professionals with the multidisciplinary tools needed to conduct cutting-edge research on the epidemiology and molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant, vaccine preventable, and foodborne illnesses in São Paulo, Brazil, a state with a population of over 37 million. We also recently added research on dengue to our program.
The focus of our program, which has been funded by the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center since 2004, is on training in epidemiology and molecular epidemiology to understand disease transmission and the application of molecular epidemiology for outbreak detection, diagnosis, and disease control. The main collaborating institution in Brazil is the Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL), which is a leading reference and research laboratory of the São Paulo Secretariat of Health with substantial expertise in molecular epidemiology. We also collaborate with institutions in Rio de Janeiro: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ and Recife: Aggeu Magalhães Research Center, FIOCRUZ .
The Pitt GIDRTP supports short-term and degree training in laboratory and epidemiologic aspects of serious bacterial diseases and dengue. For bacterial diseases, organisms of interest include, but are not limited to: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Neisseria meningitis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Clostridium difficile, antibiotic-resistant Gram negative bacteria, Yersinia pestis, Vibrio cholerae, Listeria monocytogenes, and bacteria causing community-acquired diarrhea (e.g., Salmonella spp, Shigella spp, shigatoxin –producing Escherichia coli). Training involving other serious bacterial pathogens will also be considered. Training in dengue can involve vector control or immunologic, diagnostic, virologic, or other aspects.
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