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Funding & Partners

FUNDING  &  PARTNERS

Water & Health

Water & Health Project: RISE: Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments

Funding
Wellcome Trust:  Our Planet, Our Health  (Climate and Health)
Asian Development Bank:  Future Cities program
Partners
Monash University:
Monash Sustainable Development Institute

Water & Health Project: Chlorinator: Point of Collection Water Treatment

Funding
World Bank:  Award (Impact Evaluation)
Stanford Woods Institute of the Environment
Partners
ICDDR,B (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh): 
ICDDR,B Project Page

Water & Health Project: TCV Navi Mumbai: Evaluation of a Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Introduction Program in Navi Mumbai, India

Funding
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 
Partners
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
World Health Organization (India)
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), India
Grant Government Medical College (GGMC), India

Water & Health Project: SEAP: Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project

Funding
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 
Partners
Sabin Vaccine Institute
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), Bangladesh
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Water & Health Project: HCF Uganda: Sustainability of clean water and hygiene services in rural healthcare facilities in Uganda

Funding
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Partners
Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda
Kabale University (KAB), Uganda
Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Uganda

Water & Health Project:  HCF Liberia: Optimal handwashing approaches in rural health centers in Liberia

Funding
Department of Defense (DoD) : Uniformed Services University (USU) : Center for Global Health Engagement (CGHE)
Stanford RISE COVID-19 Crisis Response Faculty Seed Grant Program
Partners
Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences (USU)
US Naval Medical Research Unit-No. 3 (NAMRU-3)
National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL)

Water & Health Project:  Salmonella Typhi Contamination of Water in Liberia

Funding
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH)
Partners
National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL)

Water & Health Project:  Epidemiology behind the alarmingly high rate of stillbirths in Bangladesh

Funding
Stanford Rosenkranz Prize
Stanford Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Partners
ICDDR,B

Water & Health Project:  Heavy Metal Pollution and Stillbirth in Bangladesh

Funding
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Partners
ICDDR,B

Air Pollution

Air Pollution Project: Kiln Count:  Assessing brick kilns number, location and use in Bangladesh

Funding
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Partners

Air Pollution Project: Kiln Health:  Health effects of living near unimproved brick kilns and a pilot path to improvement

Funding
Stanford Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research
Partners
ICDDR,B

Air Pollution Project: Kamalapur:  Air Pollution and Health in Kamalapur

Funding
Partners
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka (BAEC)
ICDDR,B

Air Pollution Project: Brick Kiln Intervention Trial: Clean Air and Better Health in Bangladesh

Funding
Stanford Impact Labs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL): King Climate Action Initiative (King-CAI)
Partners
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
ICDDR,B
Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Air Pollution Project: Automatic Coal Feeder: Refining a technology to reduce black carbon emissions from South Asian brick kilns

Funding
Stanford Sustainability Accelerator
Partners
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
ICDDR,B

Air Pollution Project: Kiln Worker Study: Profit Motives, Working Conditions, and Labor Trafficking: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh's Brick Kiln Industry

Funding
IPA HTRI Innovations for Poverty Action: Human Trafficking Research Initiative:
(IPA & US Department of State)
Partners
ICDDR,B
Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Air Pollution Project: Addressing Corruption in an Informal Industry: Evidence from Brick Kiln Industries in Bangladesh

Funding
Stanford Impact Labs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL): King Climate Action Initiative (King-CAI)
Partners
ICDDR,B

Air Pollution Project: Ventilation:  Optimizing Windows to Improve Ventilation in Dhaka Slums

Funding
Unorthodox Philanthropy
Partners
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ICDDR,B

Air Pollution Project: Rohingya Fuel:  Firewood versus clean fossil fuel consumption in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

Funding
elrha (Enhanced Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance)
Partners
ICDDR,B
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Energy & Environment Technical Working Group (EETWG)

Air Pollution Project: Mitigating Methane Emissions: Conversion of Biogas from Organic Wastes into a High-Value Fish Food Supplement for Aquaculture in Bangladesh

Funding
Project 2 (2022-present):
Stanford TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy
 
Project 1 (2015-2020):
Stanford Office of International Affairs
Stanford Center for South Asia
Stanford Natural Gas Initiative (NGI)
Partners
Project 2 (2022-present):
ICDDR,B
Innovision Consulting
Calysta, Inc.
 
Project 1 (2015-2020):
Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)

Emerging Infections

Emerging Infections Project: Nipah measles vector vaccine (MV-NiV): Development of a Nipah measles vector vaccine (MV-NiV) to be used in outbreaks situation in children and adults exposed population

Funding
CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations)
Partners
University of Tokyo
European Vaccine Initiative (EVI)
Institut Pasteur de Lille
Batavia Biosciences

Emerging Infections Project: Nipah Virus Survivor follow-up

Funding
CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations)
Partners

Emerging Infections Project: Arbovirus-Associated Acute Febrile Illness in Liberia: Exploration of Incidence and Etiology

Funding
US Department of Defense (DoD):  Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS)
Partners
National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL)
US Naval Medical Research Unit-No. 3 (NAMRU-3)
Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences (USU)

Emerging Infections Project: Vertical transmission of antimicrobial resistance in neonatal sepsis

Funding
Fogarty International Center:  Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Program: GHES Fellowship
Thrasher Research Fund
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH)
Partners
ICDDR,B
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Faridpur Medical College Hospital
Washington State University

Emerging Infections Project: COVID-19: Addressing High COVID-19 Burden in Vulnerable Groups

Funding
Partners
University of Maryland

Emerging Infections Project: COVID-19: Rapid development of guidelines for low-cost PPE evaluation and decontamination

Funding
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH) COVID-19 Seed Grant
Partners
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Francisco
Emory University
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India

Emerging Infections: Project: COVID-19: Detection of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladeshi hospitals

Funding
Partners
University of California, Berkeley
ICDDR,B

Emerging Infections Project: COVID-19: Can Face Masks Reduce Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh? A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Funding
GiveWell
Partners
Yale University
North South University, Bangladesh
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Emerging Infections Project: COVID-19: Characteristics and Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease Patients under Nonsurge Conditions, Northern California, USA, March–April 2020

Funding
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Partners

Emerging Infections Project: COVID-19: INHALE Study

Funding
Stanford Medicine Catalyst
Stanford SPARK
Stanford Innovative Medicines Accelerator program
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Partners

Emerging Infections Project: COVID-19:  Essential Health Services in Zambia

Funding
Partners
University Teaching Hospital, Zambia

Emerging Infections Project: COVID-19: FraCT-CoV:  Fractional Dose COVID Study

Funding
CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations)
Partners
Sabin Vaccine Institute
Fiocruz, Campo Grande, Brazil
Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan

Emerging Infections Project: COVID-19:  Reducing Spread of COVID-19 in Households through N95 Respirators, HEPA Filters, and a Safer-Home Checklist

Funding
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH)
Partners
San Mateo Medical Center

Emerging Infections Project: COVID-19:  Albinism and Vaccine Hesitancy

Funding
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH)
Partners
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Standing Voice
Tanzania Albinism Society
Ukerewe Albinism Society

Child Cognitive Development

Child Cognitive Development Project: Lead (Pb) Intervention: Improving health, intelligence and economic growth by reducing lead exposure

Funding
Stanford King Center on Global Development
Partners
ICDDR,B

Child Cognitive Development Project: Lead Attribution: Identifying the most significant contributors to child blood lead levels (BLL) in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Funding
Thrasher Research Fund
Partners
ICDDR,B

Child Cognitive Development Project: Reducing Lead Exposures:  Assessing Lead in Spices 

Funding
Open Philanthropy : Givewell / Pure Earth 
Partners
ICDDR,B
Pure Earth

Child Cognitive Development Project: WASH-B (WASH Benefits): Measuring the benefits of sanitation, water quality, handwashing and nutrition interventions for improving health and development

Funding
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation  : University of California, Berkeley
Partners
ICDDR,B

Child Cognitive Development Project: RINEW: Research on Integration of Nutrition Early Childhood Development WASH

Funding
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 
Partners
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ICDDR,B

Child Cognitive Development Project: Pigs & Parasites: Neurocysticercosis and Taenia solium: Developing Interventions to End Cycles of Poverty

Funding
Stanford King Center on Global Development
Partners
Stanford Rural Education Action Program (REAP)
West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University (China)
Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China)

Preventing Human Extinction

Preventing Human Extinction Project: Planetary Health: Postdoc Fellowship: Human & Planetary Health

Funding
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health
Partners

Preventing Human Extinction Project: SERI: Stanford Existential Risks Initiative

Funding
Open Philanthropy: Global Catastrophic Risks
Good Ventures Foundation
Partners