December 2024

EUPHAnxt Newsletter

Dear EUPHAnxt subscribers, 

You are all very welcome to the final EUPHAnxt newsletter of 2024! In this newsletter, we will provide an overview of the European Public Health Conference (EPH), which took place 12-15 November 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. Subscribe to our social media channels (above) to explore the EUPHAnxt events that occurred throughout the conference, as we posted extensively throughout #EPH2024!

Please stay tuned to our newsletter and social media channels in the new year as we have a very exciting announcement to share with our network! As mentioned in our previous newsletters, our wonderful coordinator Monica will be stepping down after 3 years in her role, and she is passing on the torch! We are so thankful for everything Monica has accomplished with EUPHAnxt and we are excited for the next chapter of our network.            

For those of you who are new to our network, EUPHAnxt is a unique network within EUPHA for students and young professionals, including early career researchers and policymakers in the field of public health. EUPHAnxt is a free and open initiative that aims to inform and involve future generations in the European and multidisciplinary network of public health associations.

You are encouraged to share related opportunities and events with us and we would be pleased to disseminate it to our network. EUPHAnxt is open to partnering with student organisations in Europe. If you are a part of an organisation that may be interested in joining forces, please contact us. NOTE: If you wish to receive the monthly newsletter directly to your inbox and avoid it going directly to spam, please add info.euphanxt@eupha.org to your contacts/address book.

 Thanks for tuning in,

The EUPHAnxt team

• Charlotte Myers (Communication Manager)
• Jinane Ghattas (Conference Manager)
• Domitilla Marconi (Talent Manager)
• Sophie Eicher (Outreach Manager)
• Monica-Georgiana Brînzac (Coordinator)

European Public Health Conference Wrap-Up

As the next generation network within EUPHA – European Public Health Association, we were delighted with the presence and collaboration among young public health professionals during the #EPH2024. Every year, we strive to grow as a network and we use the conference as a catalyst for growth. We were involved in over ten events throughout the conference days, including pre-conferences, workshops, seminars, meetings, and round tables. In alignment with our current mission, we believe that EUPHAnxt created a broader network of young professionals in public health, fostered collaboration, and strengthened our presence in public health community. We’d like to thank all those who participated in our conference events!

A very special thanks to all of our #EPH2024 fellows who dedicated their time, effort, and expertise to the conference this year, including Jack Haywood, Seyma Yusra Soganda Misirligil, Claudia Cosma, Nunzio Zotti, Ekaterina Volevach, and Hannah van Kolfschooten. The EPH podcast episodes are available to listen on our SoundCloud channel:

• Day 1 Recap
• Day 2 Recap
• Day 3 Recap

It’s been an unforgettable conference and we look forward to seeing you next year in Helsinki!

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EUPHAnxt Mentoring Programme

On 26 November 2024, EUPHAnxt launched the second edition of its mentoring programme! This initiative brought together 16 mentees and 9 mentors from across Europe, organised into 8 sections based on their areas of expertise. The programme will run for six months, fostering knowledge exchange and professional growth. Good luck to all our mentees on this exciting journey, and a heartfelt thank you to our mentors affiliated with EUPHA for sharing their time and expertise to support this initiative!

Stay updated on the progress of the mentoring programme and learn about next year’s application process by visiting our webpage. Here’s a photograph of the welcome meeting, and many thanks to Eray for the picture!

Reflections on the First Edition!

We recently concluded the first edition of the mentoring programme, and we’re excited to share some of the experiences from our mentees. The first one we would like to share is from Sophie Eicher, our Outreach Manager for the EUPHAnxt Team, who participated as a mentee in the Public Mental Health section. She had a valuable experience working with her mentor, Linda Montanari (Principal scientist — Health and social responses, Public health unit, European Union Drugs Agency, Lisbon, Portugal) and even had the chance to meet during the last 17th European Public Health Conference in Lisbon. Here’s a photograph of their first meeting in person after many months working online! Click here to read the blogpost!

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EUPHA Events and Opportunities

The upcoming EUPHA webinar is organised by Karina Leksy (Poland), Kevin Dadaczynski (Germany), and Monica O’Mullane (Ireland), and it will include the Health Promotion Section Steering Committee who will have different speakers share their experience. This is a great opportunity to get a sense of current trends in Europe. Register here!

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The Food and Nutrition Section within EUPHA is looking for a new steering committee member. This section aims to share ideas of future activities, and to assemble all EUPHA researchers interested in food and nutrition, covering themes such as sustainable diets and food policies, public health nutrition, and elderly and nutrition. Learn more here! If you are interested in joining, please contact the current section president, Giuseppe Grosso: giuseppe.grosso@unict.it

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EUPHAnxt, in collaboration with EUPHA and EUPHA Section on Health Services Research (HSR), is hosting an online event aimed to support participants to become more familiar with EU funding programmes, including elements to consider when identifying and interpreting call topics, how to join and build a consortium and how to write and submit a proposal. If you would like to attend the webinar on 27 January 2025, please register here.

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Save the date! The EUPHA Health and Care Workforce Section will be hosting a mid-term conference titled ‘Responding to challenges in health and care workforce: innovative research, policies and practices. The conference will take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 20-21 March 2025. Abstract submission is now open until 6 January 2025.

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Other Opportunities

The European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) developed an exciting Tobacco Free Advent Calendar (TFAC) which is a digital advent calendar comprising informative materials for 24 days until Christmas on key tobacco control and public health issues. Interested in becoming a mentor? Share your expertise and guide the next generation of tobacco control and public health researchers and advocates, by joining our TFAC 2024 mentorship programme. Learn more here.

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EuroHealthNet is seeking a highly motivated senior researcher with a strong interest in studying health and social determinants among vulnerable groups. The researcher will specifically work on a project on ‘Cancer-related data collection in vulnerable populations’ under a framework contract with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. Apply here!

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JA PreventNCD is currently recruiting members for our Youth Advisory Group, a platform that will play a key role in guiding our initiatives, providing feedback on program development and policy efforts, and help us amplify the voices of young people fighting against the burden of cancer and other non-communicable diseases through prevention and health promotion. We are looking for motivated individuals between the ages of 18 and 35 from the European region who are eager to contribute their ideas and perspectives. The deadline for applications is 7 December 2024. Apply here.

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MultiPOD Mentoring is a long-distance, multi-country, and free-of-charge mentoring program directed to students and young professionals (mentees) from any country and academic or professional background, who are studying or working in the fields of global health, human development, and environmental protection.  They are currently recruiting for the upcoming class, will commence March 2025. The application period will remain open until 31 January 2025. Learn more and apply here.

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Digital Transformations for Health Lab (DTH-Lab) in partnership with Youth Health Organisation (YHO) and in cooperation with the Youth Department of the Council of Europe is holding a study session, Digital health citizenship: Enfranchising young people to co-create tools and innovate solutions. The deadline to apply is 12 December 2025. Learn more here.

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Resources

Interesting read of the month

Twenty years since the 2004 European Union enlargement: what does it mean for health?

Rok Hrzic & Helmut Brand

European Journal of Public Health, Volume 34, Issue 5, October 2024

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