Global Health Engagement Research Initiative (GHERI) FY2024 Call for White Papers

The Global Health Engagement Research Initiative (GHERI) is a programmatic-focused research strategy for funding Global Health Engagement (GHE) research. The GHERI is funded through Defense Health Program (DHP) RDT&E funds and aims to meet the needs of the Joint Force in improving the understanding and/or execution of DoD GHE or utilizing DoD health research activities to engage a partner nation/partner nations in support of Theater Campaign Plan (TCP) objectives. Key research areas include: • AFRICOM: Evaluate Partner Nation ability to support existing bio-threat response capabilities, develop Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation tools, and analyze long-term effectiveness of civil affairs medical engagements. • CENTCOM: Evaluate effectiveness of current GHE AM&E processes, impact of GHE activities on infectious disease surveillance, and establish new overseas research laboratory for strengthening US partnerships. • INDOPACOM: Develop interoperability with partner nation trauma response capabilities, enhance blood capabilities, and improve biosurveillance information sharing. • SOUTHCOM: Evaluate funding authorities, coordinate One Health approaches, and develop biodefense, biosecurity, and biosurveillance strategies. • EUCOM: Evaluate civilian trauma systems, develop coordinated biodefense and biosurveillance strategies, and assess long-term effectiveness of multi-phase GHE efforts. • NORTHCOM: Force Health Protection within the Arctic Region, diseases of concern for Global Pandemic Response Plan, and casualty reception and in-processing as a result of large-scale combat operations. • SOCOM: Development of a concept for medical support to irregular warfare, identify potential staging points for patient stabilization, and develop direct read instrumentation for "real time" Comprehensive Exposure Monitoring. • TRANSCOM: Host nation capacity and capability building in hospitalization, medical care, and patient movement.