September 2025 

EUPHAnxt Newsletter

Dear EUPHAnxt subscribers,

Welcome to the September edition of the EUPHAnxt newsletter. As a reminder, we distribute our monthly newsletter on the first Monday of each month. Each newsletter will provide an overview of the upcoming months, including EUPHAnxt events and other opportunities, and the European Public Health Conference (EPH). We are delighted to announce our EUPHA fellows for the upcoming EPH in Helsinki, Finland. Check is out below!

For those of you who are new, 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 them 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.

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Thanks for tuning in,

The EUPHAnxt team

• Charlotte Myers (Communication Manager)
• Domitilla Marconi (Talent Manager)
• Giuseppe Castiglione (Capacity Building Manager)
• Jinane Ghattas (Co-Coordinator)
• Patrícia Pita Ferreira (Co-Coordinator)
• Ruxandra Simonescu-Colan (Conference Manager)
• Sophie Eicher (Outreach Manager)

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Please welcome our EPH 2025 fellows!

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Jwenish Kumawat

Dr. Jwenish Kumawat brings extraordinary diversity to public health, seamlessly bridging infectious disease control, environmental science, and human well-being. As a certified SKY Campus Happiness Facilitator, he pioneered mental health integration in European public health curricula through innovative Neuro-Resilience workshops, long before holistic health became mainstream.

Connect with him here!

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Federica Zavattaro

Federica is a PhD candidate in Digital and Mobile Health at the University of Zurich. With a background in Health Policy, her research focuses on trust in health data sharing for both primary and secondary purposes. She explores how policymakers can actively foster trust in data use and digital innovation to support the transformation of health systems. Her work sits at the intersection of health policy, digital health, and trust research, aiming to support the development and implementation of trustworthy data-driven health solutions.

Connect with her here!

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Marie Dinh

Marie is  PhD candidate specializing in sexual health communication on social media, with a background in neuroscience and public health. She currently conducts her research at the IAME lab in Paris as part of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and leads a national network of young researchers focused on HIV/AIDS and sexual health. Passionate about inclusive and evidence-based communication, she actively engages in public health promotion through scientific events, MOOCs, and social media. Her work aims to bridge the gap between research and practice by making science more accessible, collaborative, and impactful.

Connect with her here!

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Antonio Cristiano

Antonio is medical doctor and Public Health Resident at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, with experience in prevention, epidemiology, and global health projects. He is passionate about personalised medicine and digital health, and their potential to address complex public health challenges in both high- and low-resource settings. In 2024, he completed a secondment at the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), where he deepened his understanding of research methodology, evidence synthesis, and the evaluation of scientific practices.

Connect with him here!

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Corinna Fortunato

Corinna Fortunato is a 4th-year Public Health resident in Italy, graduating in November 2025, and currently completing an MSc in Public Health at LSHTM. She works in the Department of Prevention, focusing on vaccination programs and infectious disease control. Her interests include planetary health and international cooperation. She coordinates the Youth Working Group on Planetary Health of the Italian Society of Hygiene (S.It.I.) and serves as Capacity Building Lead for EuroNet MRPH. In her free time, she enjoys backpacking around the world, reading, outdoor sports, and eating fruit with her favourite person.

Connect with her here!

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Göknil Çavuş Konak 

Göknil graduated from Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty in Türkiye in 2021 and also completed a degree in healthcare management. She is currently a public health resident at Ege University, where she has been training for over three and a half years. Her main areas of interest are non-communicable disease prevention, health promotion, and digital health. She also hosts a public health–focused radio program and podcast called ”Our Route is Health”, where she discusses preventive medicine, sometimes with guests, and sometimes on her own. She has previously joined international internships and Erasmus exchanges, and she believes such experiences, like this fellowship, are truly enriching.

Connect with her here!

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Mentoring Programme

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 The new edition of the Mentoring Programme will be announced soon!

In the meantime, to learn more, we invite you to read the blog posts from the first and second editions, available on our website. In this newsletter, we are pleased to share the two most recent contributions: blog posts from the “Child and Adolescent Health” and “Health Literacy” sections, written by our mentees Barbara Hugonin Rao and Ana Zhelyazkova.

To stay updated on the Mentoring Programme, follow EUPHAnxt on social media or visit the dedicated webpage. And if you are planning to attend the upcoming European Public Health Conference in Helsinki, don’t miss the workshop “EUPHAnxt Mentoring Programme: Insights from Mentees” on Thursday, November 13, 15:15-16:15 (UTC+02:00), a great opportunity to hear firsthand experiences and lessons learned.

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EUPHA Events and Opportunities

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Midterm Conference

2nd World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health
September 2-5 2025, Lisbon, Portugal

• Organised by: The Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health.
• Click here for more information

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EUPHA Webinars

In November, the European public health community will gather in Helsinki, Finland, for the 18^th European Public Health Conference. In the six months before the conference, the local organisers, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), and Society for Social Medicine in Finland (SLY), are organising a webinar series, in which the thematic areas of the EPH Conference 2025 are introduced:·      

• Why is health not (yet) taken into account in all policies?·      
• Participatory research in action: Towards inclusive and ethical health policy & practice·      
• Shifting the focus of health and economic policies: Investing for health and well-being

The next webinar, titled ‘Towards resilience and well-being: rethinking health systems in a planetary health era’ is scheduled for Thursday, 11 September 2025 from 12:00- 13:15 CET. Click here to learn more and join the webinar.

In the mean time, watch the past webinar recordings here.

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EPH Conference

The 18^th EPH Conference will take place in Helsinki, Finland, from 11 – 14 November 2025. Pre-conferences are scheduled for Tuesday, 11 November, followed by the main conference from 12 – 14 November. The theme for 2025 is: “Investing for Sustainable Health and Well-Being” and the full conference is now live!  Don’t forget to register!

The focus of the plenary programme will be on:

• Transforming economies for planetary health and well-being, organised by the European Commission. With Sandra Gallina, Director General for Health and Food Safety.
• Public health in the era of misinformation and disinformation, organised by EUPHA. With Götz Gottschalk, Yasmin Seema, Orkan Okan and Charlotte Marchandise.
• Economy of well-being and public health, organised by WHO Regional Office for Europe. With Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat.
• Tackling political and commercial determinants through policy and governance, organised by EuroHealthNet. With Ilona Kickbusch, Sandro Galea, Mika Salminen (THL).
• Investing in the health workforce to build sustainable health systems, organised by European Observatory, ASPHER, EHMA.

Pre-conferences require separate registration.Check the pre-conference co-organised by EUPHAnxt “The Policy Toolbox: tools for policy engagement in public health”, a full day designed to equip public health professionals with practical and useful resources to engage with decision-makers and translate scientific findings into actionable steps. You can select your session when registering for the main conference, or add one later by contacting: registration@ephconference.eu. 

Explore the full pre-conference line-up. .

Save the dates!  The 19th EPH Conference 2026 will take place in  Bilbao, Spain (10 – 13 November 2026) with the theme: “Urban and global synergies: shaping the future of public health with climate resilience, equity and innovation”. The 20th EPH Conference 2027 will take place in Belgrade, Serbia (16 – 19 November 2027), with the theme: “Beyond borders, beyond divides: public health action for trust and peace.”

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Other Opportunities

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The MAE Conference 2025 is an international hybrid conference. It aims to bring together scholars, practitioners and activists in the beautiful city of Vienna, Austria, to discuss contemporary Redefinitions of Health and Well-being. Learn more and register here.

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The 16th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting will be held in Berlin, Germany, from 24 to 26 September 2025. Workshops and project meetings are scheduled for the pre-conference day, 23 September. Learn more and register here.

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Resources

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Interesting reads of the month

A model based on artificial intelligence for the prediction, prevention and patient-centred approach for non-communicable diseases related to metabolic syndrome

Alejandro Clarós et al.

European Journal of Public Health, Volume 35, Issue 4, August 2025, Pages 642–649, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf098

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