VECDor is a prestigious one-year research program for clinical investigators studing diseases and conditions in developing countries. V-E-C-D Global Health Fellows will train at one of 21 international collaborating institutions. The Consortium comprises four outstanding institutions – Vanderbilt (V), Emory (E), Cornell (C), and Duke (D) – with decades-long global partnerships with premier LMIC research institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Collectively, VECDor’s well-funded research portfolio encompasses diverse and complementary topics in all relevant communicable and non-communicable diseases. VECDor institutions and faculty have a long history of global engagement, investigative accomplishment, and mentoring excellence, as demonstrated by high-impact global health discoveries by VECD trainees.