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Epidemiology and Urban Health research in our Unequal and Complex Cities
29 martxoa, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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BC3 Seminars
Manuel Franco, Associate Professor
University of Alcalá and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Venue: Sede Building (Room Aketxe), Scientific Park of the University of the Basque Country,
March 29 (2023), 12:00-1:00pm CET
Abstract:
Urban health research has greatly improved in quality, quantity, and depth over the past 20 years. Just in the last decade, we have seen a large increase in publications, scientific journals, conferences, books, and courses. This growth highlights the fact that there is a large and growing amount of knowledge that could be translated into policies to improve population health and reduce health inequities in cities worldwide. At the same time, social processes such as urbanization, urban renewal, segregation, and gentrification, to name a few, along with the uninterrupted advance of climate change pose evolving challenges to population health, health equity, and environmental sustainability in cities.
Manuel Franco will include in his seminar several examples of urban health research conducted across the globe and specifically in Madrid focusing on health outcomes such as COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases, while further developing urban health research regarding urban environment measures and participatory methodologies, among others.
About the Lecturer
Manuel Franco is a physician, epidemiologist and researcher at the Universities of Alcalá and Johns Hopkins interested in Social Epidemiology and Urban Health. Manuel has led 14 research projects in USA, Europe and Spain. He has a special interest in knowledge transfer and communication and collaborates with national and international media outlets.
In case you are interested in attending the seminar, please complete the following registration form.
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