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CAIHR, a specialised centre and regional entity of the University of the West Indies, is mandated to deliver health care research and interventions of global relevance for a healthier Caribbean. CAIHR is the premier health research Institute in the Caribbean, conducing seminal research in Nutrition, Child Development, Non-communicable Diseases (including Sickle Cell Disease) and Public Health Policy and Interventions. Respected, resource-rich in knowledge, scientific and technical competence, CAIHR at 20 is a Caribbean-based centre of excellence with a global outlook; pushing the boundaries of health research for a sustainable future for the peoples of the Caribbean for the next 20 years and beyond!
CAIHR celebrated its existence and impact with the staging of the CAIHR at 20 Symposium, held September 18 and 19, 2019. |
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News Highlights |
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CAIHR selected for Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Fellowship program
The Caribbean Institute for Health Research was approved as one of the sites for the Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Fellowship. GHES is a research training program and is part of the Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) and several collaborating institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The GHES program brings together a consortium that includes the University of California, Berkeley, The University of Arizona, Stanford University, and Yale University, with affiliated international sites across 24 countries. Read more |
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Expanding Global Reach of CAIHR’s Reach Up Early Childhood Parenting Programme
The Reach Up Early Childhood Parenting programme is a training package developed from the Jamaica Home Visit Intervention, to increase capacity for implementation of parenting programmes for children 0-3 years. Our partners from the different countries where the programme has been used including Jamaica, Bangladesh, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Guatemala, India, China, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Turkey, and Jordan, as well as representatives from the LEGO Foundation, the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and Open Society Foundations, met for a three-day knowledge exchange meeting in Jamaica from November 6-8, 2019. Read more |
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Featured Research
Parents’ use of harsh punishment and young children’s behaviour and achievement: a longitudinal study of Jamaican children with conduct problems |
Harsh punishment by parents is common in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), yet there is limited evidence from LMIC of the effects of harsh punishment on child outcomes. A longitudinal, prospective study was conducted with children with conduct problems to examine the associations between parents’ use of harsh punishment during the preschool years on child behaviour and school achievement in grade one of primary school. |
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Happenings |
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New Head of CAIHR’s Barbados Unit
CAIHR welcomes Professor Simon Anderson, PhD (UWI); MPhil (Cambridge); MSc (Oxford); MBBCh (Wales); MRCP (London); MRCP (UK); FESC, as the Director of its George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre in Barbados. Professor Anderson joined CAIHR in April 2019 on the retirement of
Professor T. Alafia Samuels. He is a Professor of Population Health Sciences Read Simon's profile here. |
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Staff Congratulations |
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Vice Chancellor’s Award to Dr Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Senior Lecturer, for excellence in research.
CAIHR AWARDS 2019 goes to Mrs. June Harris, Senior Public Health Nurse, in recognition of outstanding service to the Sickle Cell Unit-CAIHR.
CAIHR AWARDS 2019 to former director of the TMRU, Professor Emeritus David Picou, in recognition of leadership of the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit and lifetime contributions to health research in the Caribbean
Congratulations to Professor Marshall Tulloch-Reid who was honoured for his services to Medicine and Research in Jamaica by the Association of Consultant Physicians of Jamaica August 2019.
Long Service Award to Ms Sharon Howell for 30 Years of contribution and dedication to the University.
Long Service Award to Mr Wayne Wint for 15 Years of contribution and dedication to the University.
Long Service Award to Dr Trevor Ferguson for 15 Years of contribution and dedication to the University.
Long Service Award to Mr Christopher Hibbert for 15 Years of contribution and dedication to the University.
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Papers, Articles & Presentations
Ms Rochell Amour, Research Assistant ERU-CAIHR, received the National Health Research Conference (NHRC) 2019 award for Most Impactful Poster Presentation (STRIDE Project). |
Congratulations to our Academic Achievers
Nurse Tameka Duncan-Baker (MScN Nurse Practitioner)
Nurse Renee` Walters (MPH with distinction)
Ms Sade Richards (MSc. in Epidemiology)
Dr Tyeesha Palmer (Doctor in Pharmacy)
Nurse Hopelyn Martin (MPH Gerontology)
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