Dear EUPHA Chronic Diseases Section Members,

Whilst wishing you a Happy New Year, the Chronic Disease’s section steering committee would like to share with you exciting activities and news for the upcoming year.

New Monthly Webinar Series

A free online webinar series will be organized every last Thursday of the month with the aim of providing a platform to all our members to share their research among peers. If you are interested to contribute to future webinars, feel free to reach out or else fill in the online form here. The first webinar will be delivered by Prof. Saverio Stranges, President of the section, who will be discussing “Epidemiology and Prevention of Chronic Disease: Global Public Health Perspectives”. This will be held on Thursday 25^th January at 4 pm CET. Below you will find a list of planned webinars for the coming months. Details on how to join these webinars will be sent soon.

25 January

Epidemiology and Prevention of Chronic Disease: Global Public Health Perspectives

Presenter: Prof. Saverio Stranges, MD, PhD, FAHA
Professor & Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Medicine
Director, Africa Institute
EUPHA President Chronic Disease Section
Visiting Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health, Humanitas University, Italy
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, 1465 Richmond Street, PHFM 3121, London, ON, N6G 2M1

29 February

A national and sub-national analysis of diabetes mellitus prevalence and health inequalities in Europe

Presenters:
Orsolya Varga
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen; Syreon Research Institute, Budapest

Nour Mahrouseh
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen

Carlos Alexandre Soares Andrade
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen

28 March

How are tobacco companies circumventing tobacco control legislation in Israel? 

Presenter: Dr. Yael Bar-Zeev, MD, MPH, PhD
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

25 April

Surveillance bias of Cancer

Presenters: Dr Stefano Tancredi, MD, and Prof Arnaud Chiolero, MD PhD
Population Health Laboratory, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

30 May

Burden of Chronic Diseases from a small country perspective 

Presenter: Dr. Sarah Cuschieri MD, PhD
University of Malta, Adjunct research professor Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

27 June

Title: TBA
Presenter: TBA

Members database

We would like to take the opportunity to remind those members interested to be part of the online members database to facilitate collaborations, enhance working together on research projects, position papers and to organise workshops/panel discussions for the next EPH Conference in Lisbon to fill in this form: https://forms.gle/TLh4tGuZ68zJV5me6. Thanks to those members that have already filled this. You can find the current members’ list within the Resources Module in the section folder. You can find the link to the module in your personal account.

Call for Volunteers for the Section Steering Committee

As a steering committee we would like to strive for a gender, geographical and career-level balance among our committee and activities. In fact, we are seeking to expand the section’s steering committee. If you are interested in joining, please send an email to saverio.stranges@uwo.ca with your CV and a cover letter outlining your potential contributions to the section. Steering Committee members are expected to have an established practical or publishing track record in the public health chronic diseases field, and the ability to enhance and support the section's activities throughout the year and during the conference. Being a usual attendee of the EPH Conference and a EUPHA member is highly recommended. As a minimum, being a part of the Steering Committee involves virtual meeting 2-4 times per year to provide advice on the section’s strategy, workplan, and activities.

Announcement

Lastly, it is with great pleasure to welcome Prof. Julian Mamo as the second vice-president for the section, who together with Dr. Sarah Cuschieri (vice-president) and Prof. Saverio Stranges (president) will be spearheading this section along with the steering committee.

Looking forward to connecting with you soon!

Best wishes,
Sarah, Julian and Saverio
Sarah.cuschieri@um.edu.mt
Julian.mamo@um.edu.mt
saverio.stranges@uwo.ca