EUPHA-ECO 2023 Newsletter 1

EPH conference

The 16th European Public Health conference will be held in Dublin between 8th and 11th November this year. You can already register here for the conference.

If you have any idea on a topic for a webinar or workshop either for the conference or outside the conference, don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

News on European health systems and policies

The WHO launched a funding appeal to assist people in health emergencies, in order to combat the increasing number of people in need of humanitarian relief with the associated disruption of health systems.

The Swedish presidency’s health agenda is already available and will include topics such as the European Health Data Space, antimicrobial resistance, regulation of medical devices, revision of the European Medical Agency’s fees system, pharmaceutical legislation mainly on orphan drugs and paediatric medicines, the implementation of the European Beating Cancer’s Plan, the EU’s Global Health Strategy, as well as measures to combat loneliness.

A sub-committee on Public Health will be created in the European Parliament as defined in the Parliament’s Conference of Presidents (18th January).

Job positions

Postdoc researchers (Health Economics / Public Health) @ University of Porto, Portugal (deadline: 30th January 2023)

Postdoc researcher (Global Health) @ Technical University of Munich, Germany (deadline: 31st January 2023)

PhD student (Health Economics / Public Health) @ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom (deadline: 15th February 2023)

Postdoc researcher (Health Economics) @ University of Oxford (deadline: 16th February 2023)

PhD student (Public Health) @ University of Ghent, Belgium (deadline: 10th February 2023)

Do not hesitate to contact us for more information about the open positions.

Recent papers

Lapena C, Continente X, Sánchez Mascuñano A, Mari dell'Olmo M, López MJ. Effectiveness of a community intervention to reduce social isolation among older people in low-income neighbourhoods. Eur J Public Health. 2022 Oct 3;32(5):677-683. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac100. 

Geboers C, Nagelhout GE, de Vries H, Candel MJJM, Driezen P, Mons U, Andler R, Fong GT, Willemsen MC. Price minimizing behaviours by smokers in Europe (2006-20): evidence from the International Tobacco Control Project. Eur J Public Health. 2022 Nov 29;32(6):905-912. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac115.

Hossin MZ, Heshmati A, Koupil I, Goodman A, Mishra GD. Latent class trajectories of socioeconomic position over four time points and mortality: the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study. Eur J Public Health. 2022 Aug 1;32(4):522-527. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac060. 

We are interested in knowing what you are working on! Let us know if you would like us to share your recent publications.

We hope to meet you soon!

João Vasco Santos, MD MPH PhD (LinkedIn) - EUPHA-ECO President

ARS Norte / CINTESIS / Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

jvasco.santos@gmail.com

Vanessa Gorasso, MSc (LinkedIn) - EUPHA-ECO Vice-President

Sciensano / University of Ghent

vanessa.gorasso@sciensano.be 

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