Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization
United States of America
The research collaboration between New York University’s School of Global Public Health (NYU GPH) and AMBSO was officially launched in October 2024 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formalized this partnership. The partnership focuses on key areas of global health, including nutrition and food insecurity, HIV/AIDS, cancer among others
The collaboration has facilitated numerous initiatives, including research capacity building at AMBSO, mentorship for young investigators, and opportunities for doctoral and master’s students at SDSU to engage with AMBSO’s data for their theses and dissertations.
NYU GPH and AMBSO are currently collaborating on a research project that investigates the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity within the APHS cohort in Uganda.
This study aims to assess how food and nutrition insecurity, along with its associated factors, vary by HIV status, and to explore the broader impacts of food and nutrition insecurity on health outcomes. Through these projects, the collaboration seeks to deepen understanding of the links between nutrition, food insecurity, and HIV, while developing targeted interventions to improve health outcomes in HIV affected communities in Uganda.
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Lead Collaborator
Dr. Tozan is an Associate Professor of Global Health at New York University’s School of Global Public Health (GPH), within the Department of Global and Environmental Health. Her research aims to inform the development of effective health policies, programs, and resource allocation strategies, particularly in resource-constrained settings, through rigorous and pragmatic evaluations of interventions and policies. Over the past two decades, Dr. Tozan has focused on a wide range of global health challenges, including the prevention and control of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue, as well as HIV/AIDS, mental health, tobacco use, and COVID-19. Dr. Tozan leads health economics studies in several NIH-funded projects across Kenya, Uganda, India, and Vietnam.
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Collaborator
Dr. Guevara is a public health nutrition and health disparities researcher. She is a Global Health Postdoctoral Scholar at New York University’s School of Global Public Health (GPH), within the Department of Global and Environmental Health. Her scholarship is centered on a commitment to decrease food insecurity, improve diet quality, and address poor nutrition as a risk factor for both communicable and non-communicable diseases in order to reduce disease burdens (e.g., HIV, cancer) in low resourced settings. Additionally, she cares deeply about sustainable food systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which are a critical backdrop for addressing food insecurity and its adverse health impacts. Her expertise includes developing nutrition-related interventions that improve dietary intake among medically vulnerable populations in LMICs.
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