Dear EUPHA Chronic diseases section members,

We hope that you had a great Easter and are all doing well.

Symposium – From single chronic disease to multimorbidity prevention, surveillance, and public health policy: need for multisectoral approaches

It is with great pleasure to announce that the registration for the first ever Chronic Diseases Symposium that will be held between 26 – 27 June at Santé publique France (SpF), Paris, is open! This a free hybrid event, where members can either join us onsite or virtually. There are only 60 spaces available for onsite participation and this will follow a “first come, first serve” basis. In-person attendees need to take care of their own travelling and accommodation arrangements. Several highly esteemed keynote speakers and panellists will be joining us onsite, we hope to meet you in-person!

Register here for in-person.
Register here for virtual.

Program June 26, 2024

14:00 – Welcoming remarks – Santé publique France Direction Générale (Prof Laetitia Huiart)

14:15 – EUPHA chronic disease section – Prof Saverio Stranges (Western University, Canada) & Introduction to symposium – Dr. Tatjana Makovski (Santé publique France)

14:30 – First Keynote Speaker – Prof Iveta Nagyova (President EUPHA, Slovakia) on Partnership between EUPHA & WHO to tackle NCD

15:00 – Second Keynote Speaker – Prof Marjan van den Akker (Goethe University, Germany) on Addressing the global challenge of multimorbidity

15:30 – Coffee Break & Networking

16:00 – First Panel Discussion – Current Perspectives across Europe. Valentina Andreeva, Michele Cecchini, Sarah Cuschieri, Tatjana Makovski, Marjan van den Akker

17:00 – Third Keynote Speaker – Prof Elio Riboli (Imperial College, UK) European on Cancer Prevention Plan: an opportunity to tackle multimorbidity burden across Europe

17:30 – Fourth Keynote Speaker – Dr. Amaia Calderon Larrañaga (Karolinska Institute, Sweden) on Clinical and epidemiological research on multimorbidity: challenges and opportunities

18:00 – 19:00 – Cocktail & Networking

19:30 – Social Gathering & Dinner

Program June 27, 2024

09:00 – Welcome Coffee & Networking

09:30 – Fifth Keynote Speaker – Prof Licia Iacoviello (LUM/Neuromed, Italy) on Design of epidemiological studies for ageing and chronic disease research in the modern era…

10:00 – Sixth Keynote Speaker – Dr. Piotr Wilk (Western University, Canada) on Methodological challenges and data sources for multimorbidity research to inform policy

10:30 – Seventh Keynote Speaker – Prof Joël Coste (Santé publique France), Dr. Laure Carcaillon- Bentata (Inserm, Bordeaux PharmacoEpi, Université de Bordeaux) and Prof Jose Valderas (National University of Singapore) on Surveillance and prevention of multimorbidity – what do we need to prevent?

11:00 – Second Panel Discussion – Challenges and opportunities for multimorbidity research, surveillance and prevention Pierre Arwidson, Panayotis Constantinou, Fabrizio Faggiano, Amaia Calderon Larrañaga, Kathryn Nicholson

12:00 – Lunch Break & Networking

13:30 – Eighth Keynote Speaker – Dr. Eric Breton (Rennes University, France)  on Tackling complex problems requires multisectoral solutions: French experience.

14:00 – Third Panel Discussion – Multisectoral approaches to tackle multimorbidity – Integration of Public Health, Primary Care and Occupational Health Franca Barbic, Eric Breton, Michele Cecchini, Julian Mamo, Marjan van den Akker

15:00 – Fourth Panel Discussion – Future perspectives Sarah Cuschieri, Laetitia Huiart, Iveta Nagyova, Elio Riboli, Saverio Stranges

16:00 – 16:30 – Summary of Symposium & Next Steps (Tatjana Makovski and Saverio Stranges) 

Webinar series: April edition

The third webinar took place on the 28^th of March at 4pm CET, where Dr. Yael Bar-Zeev presented her research “How are tobacco companies circumventing tobacco control legislation in Israel?”.

If you missed it, you can watch the video in the EUPHA Resources module. Simply access the link in your EUPHA account and cllick on “EUPHA general resources” and then “Webinars”.

The next webinar is set for the 25^th of April at 4pm CET, where our colleagues from Switzerland Dr. Stefano Tancredi and Prof. Arnaud Chiolero, will be presenting their work entitled “Surveillance Bias of Cancer ”. Register for free for this webinar here. We hope to see you there!

We urge you to connect with us if you are interested to contribute to future webinars. Feel free to reach out on: sarah.cuschieri@um.edu.mt

European Public Health (EPH) Conference – Abstract / Workshop

This year the annual EPH conference will be held in Lisbon between the 12^th to 15^th November.
The abstract submission is still open, deadline is 1^st May 2024. If you are interested to organize a workshop or panel discussions with the Chronic Diseases Section, feel free to reach out.

If you have any initiative/s or idea/s that you would like to share with us, we are always happy to connect with our members.

Looking forward to connecting with you soon!

Best wishes,
Sarah (Vice-President)
o.b.o the Chronic Disease Section Steering Committee  
Sarah.cuschieri@um.edu.mt