The Center for Research and Education in the Ecology of War (CREEW) was established with the vision to strengthen humanitarian practice in conflict settings, through health-related research and capacity building.
CREEW is the center for humanitarian practice, health-related research and capacity building in the ecology of war.
CREEW strengthens humanitarian practice in conflict settings through contextualized research and tailored capacity building of frontline health practitioners.
One of the core activities of CREEW is a mentored fellowship program, which aims to counteract the effects of research and data poverty prevalent in conflict-affected settings. The impetus of the establishment of the CREEW fellowship is to equip frontline health practitioners working in conflict settings with the necessary skills that would enable them to conduct research into the relationship between health and war. The research output will help in forming the practice of humanitarian work especially in conflict affected settings.
The fellowship program adopts a variety of learning modalities including online courses and face-to-face/online training. The fellowship has three components starting with the didactic phase followed by field-based mentored research phase and culminated by the research dissemination phase.
Each fellowship cycle, which spans 24 to 36 months, focuses on a context specific global health challenge.
Face to Face and/or online learning modalities
Research conducted at country of origin or practice
Scholarly outputs (peer reviewed papers, conference abstracts)
Evidence on AMR in conflict settings in the region is sparse. The WHO Global Action Plan on AMR which was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2015 called for “strengthening the knowledge and evidence base through surveillance and research”.
By acting as a research hub, CREEW will help identify the extent of the AMR problem, provide focused data collection efforts and create a platform for sharing global research on AMR particularly in conflict settings. The fellowship program will bring together experts and mentors in the field of AMR to join efforts with CREEW fellows in conducting rigorous research on AMR in conflict settings. CREEW will lead in bridging theory with practice by developing AMR comparative studies from different war zones and disseminating global guidelines to address this threat.
On-Campus Courses | $2000 |
Research Costs | $2000 |
Total | $4000 |
A limited number of scholarships will be offered to applicants residing or working in Fragile And Conflict-Affected Settings (FACS) in the MENA region. The scholarship will cover travel and accommodation costs as well as a research stipend.
On-Campus Courses | $2000 |
Research Costs | $2000 |
Total | $4000 |
On-Campus Courses (5 weeks) | ~ $2200 |
Research Dissemination (1 week) | ~ $440 |
Total | ~ $2640 |