6 Sep 2021 09.00 - 10 Sep 2021 17.00Online
| Dates | 6-10 September 2021 |
| Schedule | Full Time |
| Mode | Online - Synchronous |
| Language | English |
| Length | 5 days |
The online ISGlobal Summer School proposes a unique interdisciplinary teaching program, organized in six different modules among which participants can choose.
The objective is to give an in-depth overview of cross-cutting methods for global health, including quantitative health impact assessment methods, data science algorithms applied to health and biology, eHealth tools, and innovative methods for predicting health and diseases in exposome studies.
Specific modules are also dedicated to tackle global health challenges, such as climate change and other challenges of the Anthropocene (through a Planetary Health approach), and the disruptive impact in society of infectious diseases.
Theoretical and practical sessions determine the content of our interdisciplinary summer school course.
The environment we live in has a dominant impact on our health. It explains an estimated seventy percent of the chronic disease burden. Where we live, what we eat, how much we exercise, the air we breathe and whom we associate with; all of these environmental factors play a role. The combination of these factors over the life course is called the exposome. There is general (scientific) consensus that understanding more about the exposome will help explain the current burden of disease and that it provides entry points for prevention and ...
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