The Integrated Networks of Scholars in Global Health Research Training (INSIGHT), a consortium of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, and University of Pittsburgh, is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 cohort. With funding from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty Launching Future Leaders in Global Health Program, INSIGHT offers early-career scientists in the U.S. and low- and middle-income countries mentored research training at leading biomedical and behavioral research sites.
Jessica Burke, Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs at Pitt Health Sciences, has taken over as Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) from Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, a professor of psychiatry and human genetics at Pitt and president of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, who laidthe strong foundation for the program’s success. Burke will lead efforts to expand Pitt’s role in the initiative.