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🌍 Join the Inaugural International Policy Engagement Summit on Global Health!  Aston University, in partnership with the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN), is proud to host the first in a series of annual international policy engagement summits. This year’s summit will focus on global health, bringing together UK academic researchers and global health organisations to explore ways to collaborate and improve health outcomes worldwide. 🔑 Key Benefits of Attending: -Gain insights on how to collaborate with international organisations in global health -Hear from experts at UNAIDS, UNICEF, the Medical Research Council, and more Discuss key global health research priorities, including how to decolonise global health research. -Learn practical tips on overcoming the challenges of working with global health organisations -This event will feature speakers with insider knowledge from academic and global health sectors, offering invaluable perspectives to enhance your research impact. 📅 Date: 29th November 2024 📍 Location: Aston University (Session A also available virtually) Sign up here: https://buff.ly/3YoSWA5 Please register using an organisational or university email address. #GlobalHealth #PolicyEngagement #ResearchImpact #UPEN #AstonUniversity #InternationalCollaboration #DecolonisingHealth

📢 The Health Research BC 2024 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions are now open. Both funding programs support researchers in teaming up with research users (such as health professionals and patient partners) to drive research evidence into policy and practice. New for 2024: additional funding is available in 4 priority areas: population aging, climate change & health, the health human resources crisis, and public health emergencies. Our goal is to address BC’s most pressing challenges, and your work could deepen the impact in these areas. We continue to welcome applications from across the full range of health research topics. The maximum amount for each award has increased to $20K. Apply to our 2024 team-based competitions before the May 13 deadline: https://bit.ly/3THE65D #c2reach #funding #healthresearch #knowledgetranslation Provincial Health Services Authority, Royal Roads University, Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, Thompson Rivers University, The University of British Columbia, University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), University of the Fraser Valley, University of Victoria, Vancouver Island University, Trinity Western University, Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Island Health - Vancouver Island Health Authority, Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes, Providence Research, Fraser Health Authority, Interior Health Authority, Northern Health - BC

LSHTM rises to 2nd in the world for public health, its highest ever position in the global ShanghaiRanking 2024, and remains 1st in the UK for public health. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been ranked 2nd in the world for public health in the 2024 ShanghaiRanking, while retaining its top place for public health among UK universities. It is LSHTM’s highest position in the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects since it was first published in its current format in 2017, moving up from number 3 in the world for public health in 2023. The results are a recognition of LSHTM’s prestigious research and study programmes in public and global health. They are based on a range of indicators including academic awards and achievements, research quality, and international collaboration. More than 1,900 universities are listed in the rankings. In this year’s rankings Harvard University retained the top spot while LSHTM moved into 2nd ahead of Johns Hopkins University, now ranked 4th. UCL, in 3rd position, was the next closest UK university with the University of Oxford in 5th. Professor Liam Smeeth, the Director of LSHTM, said: “It’s great to see our strength as a world-leading public health university recognised in this way, all thanks to the hard work of our community. “LSHTM is dedicated to improving health worldwide through generating high quality science and new ways of thinking about public health. “We work with a unique global network to tackle the many challenges we face in today’s world because we believe our shared future depends on our shared health.” Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/evtWwf3g #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Research

Cardiff University researchers (Paul Harper, Daniel Gartner, Maneesh Kumar) will lend their expertise to a new EPSRC-funded digital health hub for Wales and the South West of England worth £4.11 million - #LEAP. With a consortium of over 50 partners, LEAP is not just a project; it's a commitment to elevate our region's digital health capability. Here's to LEAPing into a healthier, more connected future! #digitalhealthcare , #digitalhealthinnovation

We are excited to receive a Convening and Collaborating grant from Michael Smith Health Research BC that will support a project focused on integrating evidence on sex, gender, and chronic pain into nursing curricula in BC. This project will gather nurse educators, nursing students, chronic pain researchers, and people with lived and living experience of chronic pain to create learning resource. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gxYyewJA 

🎊 We are thrilled to announce the release of the recordings of our joint online lecture series "Stärkung der Rehabilitation in der Schweiz - interprofessionelle Bildung als Treiber der digitalen und technologischen Transformation" that we organized together with the Center for Rehabilitation in Global Health Systems - University of Lucerne this fall. 🚀 In this series, experts shared valuable insights and innovative approaches on how interprofessional education can drive the digital and technological transformation in rehabilitation. Watch the videos and get inspired by the latest developments and perspectives! 👉 Watch the Lecture Series: https://lnkd.in/enZ3p9MK #Rehabilitation2030 #CenterForRehabilitationInGlobalHealthSystems #InterprofessionalEducation #DigitalTransformation #Rehabilitation #Innovation #ETHZurich #UniversityofLucerne #RESCETHZurich

Delighted to be a successful co-applicant for this HRB grant, working with an amazing team at Trinity College Dublin. Our research team will develop and evaluate a digital solution for PrEP delivery in Ireland. The goal is to increase capacity and access to this important HIV prevention tool. Outputs from the pilot are also expected to inform digital healthcare delivery in Ireland more generally.

Potential for some drinking water topics to be explored here.

Three researchers from Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine have been awarded Health Research Board (HRB) grants today through the new Evidence for Policy Programme, for patient-oriented research projects. Congratulations to Sara Burke, Laura McCullagh BSc (Pharm), Dip. PhD and Irina Kinchin 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 The programme aims to support research projects to generate evidence that will strengthen policy development or evaluate how policy is currently implemented. You can read more on this #TrinityResearch story, the researchers and their projects here: https://lnkd.in/e7pJsFfg #TrinityExperts #researchMATTERS #LoveIrishResearch Department of Health - Ireland Centre for Health Policy and Management Sarah Parker, PhD Ann Nolan Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Exchanging knowledge, resources, and capabilities across international boundaries is essential in an increasingly complex and interdependent world. #MSPGH’s Prof Sumit Kane, and Prof Maarten IJzerman from Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) met to discuss their work, and potential collaborations in #GlobalHealth. Prof Kane & Prof Ijzerman are working to establish an International Research Training Group across the two institutions.