Seminar "Pandemic preparedness: A whole-of-society approach"

Fecha

15/03/2023

Hora

From 15h to 16h CET

Lugar

Online

The European Global Health Research Institutes Network (EGHRIN) is organizing its first Seminar under the title “Pandemic preparedness: A whole-of-society approach” on Wednesday, March 15 from 15h to 16h CET. The objective of the Seminar is to address pandemic preparedness from a multidisciplinary approach, including societal aspects not so often considered in the traditional debates about preparedness.

EGHRIN is a network of leading research institutions in Europe to promote and advocate for Global Health research and innovation. EGHRIN aims to facilitate and strengthen equitable collaboration among the network’s institutes and their global partners on high quality research and provides knowledge insights that can inform improvements in health policies and systems, including the development of cost-effective innovations for long-term sustainability of health care and prevention worldwide. EGHRIN has a special focus on strengthening global health research infrastructures in order to increase our knowledge base to improve people’s health. 

The follower speakers will participate in the Seminar:

• Anne-Mieke Vandamme, PhD, biochemist with a PhD in sciences. She joined the Rega Institute at the University of Leuven in 1990, where she started a unit on virus genetic testing for clinical practice. Together with Professor Van Ranst, she founded a new division, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology. In 2016 she co-started the “Institute for the future”, a transdisciplinary research incubator. She is also a member of the EGHRIN Executive Board.
• Heidi Larson, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science and is the Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She is also Clinical Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, and Guest Professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
• Ana Antic, PhD, is a professor at Copenhagen University. She is a social and cultural historian whose research focuses on the history of modern Europe and its global connections, history of war and violence, and history of the 'psy' science.

The Seminar will be facilitated by Antoni Plasència, as Chair of EGHRIN Executive Board. He is also Director General of the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal) since October 2014, Medical Consultant at the Department of International Health of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Associated Professor at the University of Barcelona.

The Seminar will take place via Zoom and registration is free and open to everyone. Do not hesitate to further circulate this invitation to anyone who might be interested in the topic.