International Training
CEND administers multiple international training programs for students studying emerging and neglected diseases. Whether sending Berkeley students abroad, or bringing international students to UC Berkeley, CEND’s goal is to promote the translation of knowledge between the North and South, and to build the infectious disease research capacity of Berkeley and our developing country partner sites.
MHIRT—Minority Health Global Health Program
The UC Berkeley Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) program trains minority students interested in health sciences to work with emerging and neglected disease research by providing them with lab experiences both in Berkeley, and in a developing country. The program is designed to leverage the considerable infectious disease expertise on the Berkeley campus across a range of disciplines, including molecular and cell biology, bioengineering, computational biology, biophysics, mathematical biology, and epidemiology, as well as strengthen international scientific collaboration.
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IIT Kharagpur - UC Berkeley Summer Program
In 2008, UC Berkeley launched a partnership with the Indian Institutes of Technology (Kharagpur campus) to advance research and development of new drugs for neglected diseases. This alliance pairs the IIT's strength in chemistry and biotechnology with Berkeley's expertise in molecular, cell, and systems biology. The partnership currently sponsors a summer exchange bringing IIT undergraduate students to the Berkeley campus for faculty-mentored research. Learn more...
US-Africa Advanced Study Institute on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases 
Each year, Berkeley professor and CEND researcher Wayne Getz co-organizes an intensive summer institute in Africa focused on mathematical epidemiology. The institute is organized by DIMACS at Rutgers University together with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA). Getz helped to found SACEMA, which was formally inaugurated in 2006.
Neglected Diseases Visiting Scholars
To enrich and broaden Berkeley's expertise in neglected diseases, while making sophisticated campus facilities available to the larger scientific community, the Center will invite tropical disease researchers—particularly those with experience in parasitology and on-the-ground disease control—to reside at the campus for three months to a year. These visiting scholar positions will advance the research projects of the Center, provide training for developing country scientists, and promote international collaboration.
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