The primary purpose of the International Visiting Fellow Program is to support CIRA investigators engaged in HIV research in an international setting to bring an established or prospective research partner to CIRA and Yale for a short visit (up to 9 days) to work on collaborative HIV research endeavors, present on their research plans, and network with CIRA’s research community. The program prioritizes visiting fellows from a country in regions with the highest burden of HIV/AIDS.
Since 2016, CIRA has hosted 15 international HIV scholars through this program nominated by CIRA investigators affiliated with the Yale Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing. This program has demonstrated potential to sustain ongoing research partnerships, yield new multidisciplinary collaborations, and enhance the scope of CIRA’s research impact.
Call for Nominations: CIRA International Visiting Fellow Program 2025
CIRA is planning to host the next cohort of International Visiting Fellows in 2025 and support up to two international scholars. CIRA affiliates who are Yale faculty members are eligible to apply. Click here to download further details including guidelines for nominations.
Key dates:
Letters of nominations due: 5:00 pm on Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Fellowship decision notification: week of January 27, 2025
Visit dates: between April 21st and May 2nd , 2025
For questions about this announcement, please contact Dini Harsono (dini.harsono@yale.edu), Program Director.
2024 Cohort
- Lucy Chimoyi, PhD (The Aurum Institute, South Africa) - Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH (Yale School of Medicine) and Luke Davis, MD, MAS (Yale School of Public Health)
- Iryna Zaviriukha, MD (European Institute of Public Health Policy, Ukraine) - Julia Rozanova, PhD (Yale School of Medicine)
2019 Cohort
- Thomas Guadamuz, PhD, MHS (Mahidol University, Thailand) - Jeffrey Wickersham, PhD (Yale School of Medicine)
- Marina Njelekela, MD, MPH, PhD (Deloitte Consulting Limited, Tanzania) - Donna Spiegelman, ScD (Yale School of Public Health)
- Reena Rajasuriar, PhD (University of Malaya, Malaysia) - Frederick Altice, MD, MA; Julia Rozanova, PhD; Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH (Yale School of Medicine)
2018 Cohort
- Maretha Visser, PhD (University of Pretoria, South Africa) - Cindy Crusto, PhD (Yale School of Medicine)
- Yifei Hu, MD, PhD (Capital Medical University, China) - Sten Vermund, MD, PhD (Yale School of Public Health)
2017 Cohort
- Lisa McDaid, PhD (University of Glasgow, Scotland) - John Pachankis, PhD (Yale School of Public Health)
- Venkatesan Chakrapani, MD (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy (C-SHaRP), India) - Trace Kershaw, PhD (Yale School of Public Health)
- Iskandar Azwa, MBChB (University of Malaya, Malaysia) - Jeffrey Wickersham, PhD (Yale School of Medicine)
- Peter Cherutich, MBChB, PhD, MPH (Ministry of Health, Kenya) - Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN (Yale School of Nursing)
2016 Cohort
- Richard Bränström, PhD (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden) - John Pachankis, PhD (Yale School of Public Health)
- Jose Sanchez Fernandez, MD, MPH (Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación, Peru) - Frederick Altice, MD, MA (Yale School of Medicine)
- Veena Pillai, MBBS (University of Malaya, Malaysia) - Jeffrey Wickersham, PhD (Yale School of Medicine)
- Fouad M. Fouad, MD (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) - Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD (Yale School of Public Health)
