This fellowship scheme enabled three RESPIRE researchers working in infectious disease research to participate in a three-month career development opportunity. On this page, you will find brief summaries of what they did, as well as slides from an update that they delivered as part of the 2024 RESPIRE Annual Scientific Meeting in Sri Lanka. Read the news story about these Fellowships Community Engagement Dhiraj Agarwal and Jayakayatri Jeevajothi (Kay) Nathan’s Fellowships included a two-week placement at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil, where they learned about community engagement campaigns for public health initiatives.Download slides from Dhiraj and Kay’s ASM update below. Document RESPIRE-ISARIC Fellowship Presentation, Dhiraj and Kay (3.06 MB / PDF) Pandemic Preparedness Girish Dayma completed a two-week placement in the Phillipines to learn about pandemic preparedness. Download slides from Girish’s ASM update below. Document RESPIRE-ISARIC Fellowship Presentation, Girish (1.38 MB / PDF) This article was published on 2026-02-24
