Argentina
Pierre Buekens and Jose Belizán, working with colleagues in Uruguay and Argentina, are conducting an NIH-funded randomized controlled trial in hospitals to research evidence-based obstetric practices to improve perinatal health.

Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, and Mexico
Pierre Buekens and Mark James are working with colleagues in research institutions in each of these countries to study the distribution and number of newborns infected with Chagas disease at the time of birth by infected mothers, funded by NIH's Fogarty International Center.

Colombia
Department of tropical medicine associate professor Dawn Wesson is studying dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever in Cali, Colombia, with research counterparts at the Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM).

Mexico
Pierre Buekens and Xu Xiong are working with Nicolas Padilla of the University of Guanajuato on a study on birth outcomes.

Peru
Richard Oberhelman, clinical associate professor in tropical medicine, has conducted extensive research on a variety of infectious diseases, including diarrhea, shigellosis and tuberculosis, in Latin America (mostly Peru and Mexico). Currently, he is the principal investigator of an NIH funded study in Peru on improving diagnostic techniques for pediatric tuberculosis.

Peru
Valerie Paz Soldán, research assistant professor in the department of international health and development, is exploring barriers to Pap smears among Peruvian women, with the long term goal of developing interventions to improve Pap smear coverage in this population.