Cash will direct the program, which will allow four fellows from developing countries each year to take a series of courses and a 10-month seminar series on ethical issues in international health research. They will also develop workshops and research projects to be completed in their home country. Lilian Cheung, lecturer on nutrition in the Department of Nutrition, accepted the award. The initiative was developed to improve the diets and physical activity of the city's 4th and 5th graders. To date, personnel in 65 elementary schools in Baltimore have been trained for the program, which is currently conducted in 40 schools citywide.
Plans are underway to take the program statewide in Maryland and citywide in Boston.