SDGHI funds three different pilot research grants to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations in Global Health, with the goal of enabling investigators to leverage preliminary findings to seek support for and to commit to more substantial resources.

• SDGHI Pilot Grant
• SDGHI Pilot Grant for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals (NEW)
• USU-SDGHI Pilot Grant (NEW)

Current research projects funded by SDGHI include:

• Strengthening Healthcare Systems through Improved Implementation of Molecular Diagnostics for COVID-19 and Dengue.
  • Principal Investigator: Associate Prof Ashley Lauren St. John (Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases)


• Acceptability of Hypertensive Patients and Healthcare Providers on Adopting Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
  • Principal Investigator: Prof Tazeen Hasan Jafar (Health Services and Systems Research)


• An organized Community-Approach Clinical Screening Programme for Cervical, Breast and Oral Cancer in Bangladesh: A Design, Pilot and Implementation Project.
  • Principal Investigator: Dr Evelyn Wong (National Cancer Centre Singapore)


• Economic Burden of Depression and Anxiety in Sri Lanka.
  • Principal Investigator: Prof Eric Andrew Finkelstein (Health Services and Systems Research) 

For more information and to apply, visit our Grants & Funding page.

SDGHI collaborates with the Joint Office of Academic Medicine (JOAM) to foster the Academic Clinical Programme (ACP) activities in Global Health, to advance knowledge and practice in academic medicine in the faculty.

Current research projects include:

   
• GLOBICS: The Global Consortium of Oral Health-Related Birth Cohort Studies.         
  • Principal Investigator: Associate Prof Karen Glazer De Anselmo Peres (National Dental Research Institute Singapore)
     
• Landscape study of stroke services in Southeast Asia    
  • Principal Investigator: Associate Prof Deidre Anne De Silva (National Neuroscience Institute)
     
• Collaborative Initiative to Reduce the Regional Burden of Neonatal Sepsis in the NICU                  
  • Principal Investigator: Dr Yeo Kee Thai (KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital)
                                                          
• Improving access to essential & affordable trauma care in South and Southeast Asia                    
  • Principal Investigator: Associate Prof Lie Tjiauw Tjoen Denny (Singapore General Hospital) 
     

For more information and to apply, visit our Grants & Funding page.