ECTMIH Academy near-final programme at a glance
We are currently finalising this programme and will update this at-a-glace overview several times a week; please check back regularly for updates.
All sessions will take place at the Social Impact Factory, opposite the ECTMIH Congress main venue.
There will be up to seven 90-minute parallel sessions at any one time, with 30-minute breaks at 10:30 and 15:30 plus a 90-minute break at 12:30 for lunch.
Berlin | Buenos Aires | Seoul | Sydney | Singapore | Tokyo | Dublin | |
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| 09:00 | Navigating the Global Health funding landscape Sanne Hindriksen, UMC Utrecht Research Support Office | Challenges and opportunities: building equitable partnerships for international medical electives Julia Addison, University Medical Center, Utrecht, NL | Remote sensing for planetary health Justine Blanford and colleagues, GeoHealth group, University of Twente, NL | What editors (should) want Seye Abimbola, Editor-in-Chief BMJ Global Health | Doughnut economics Rosa Tibosch, Amsterdam Donut Coalitie | Bridging research integrity and fairness in global health epidemiology Sandra Alba, KIT Royal Tropical Institute | Storytelling and you Ashis Brahma and Marieta Braks |
| 10:30 Refreshments | |||||||
| 11:00 | Design thinking and doing for health systems Merel van der Woude, Design Innovation Group | From awareness to action: inclusive communication to address bias in healthcare Leila Atmowihardjo, Milène Alferink, Credocor | The power of maps: a hands-on workshop on health cartography Fleur Hierink, GeoHealth group, Institute of Global Health & Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland | Designing contemporary illustrations for global health Chidiebere Ibe, International Centre for Genetic Diseases-Harvard Medical School | Challenging 'progressive universalism' in the global south Charmaine Ramos, Emma Dadap-Cantal University Utrecht | Realist approaches in research and evaluations: what is this reality? Barend Gerretsen, independent consultant | Community and patient engagement in healthcare research Koiwah Koi-Larbi, Action on Preeclampsia, Ghana |
| 12:30 Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 | Embracing inter-sectorality for health equity and justice Corinne Hinlopen, Wemos | Thinking about stories, thinking with stories: narrative medicine in health education, research and care Megan Milota, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Heleen Eising, Gelre Hospitals | Creating a successful and truly global knowledge hub on a global health topic Suze Kruisheer, LUMC Global and Dr Abena Amoah, Lead HypoVax Global | Leadership starts with you! Remko Schats, Enigma Global eHealth | Health diplomacy in practice Anouk Boas, Coordinator Global Health Strategy for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Make your research better with sex and gender Sanne Peters, University Medical Centre Utrecht | Enhancing HPV vaccine uptake: unveiling complexities beyond biomedical solutions Charifa Zemouri, Zemouri Public Health Research & Consultancy |
| 15:30 Refreshments | |||||||
| 16:00 | New perspectives through user research Merel van der Woude, Design Innovation Group | Planetary wisdom and two-eyed seeing Erin Dixon and Wanda Kraus, Royal Roads University, Canada | TBC Inge Schepens, Jessie Neffke, Zorg in Klimaat | Innovative youth-participatory research approaches in sexual and reproductive health and rights Hanna Kabelka, Marielle LeMat, KIT Royal Tropical Institute | Can and should academics be activists? Erik van Sebille, Utrecht University | Scientific collaboration in humanitarian crises Amrish Baidjoe, Umberto Pellechia, Médecins Sans Frontières | How to make a podcast Ashis Brahma and Marieta Braks |
| 17:30 Close |
Session details
| 09:00 | Navigating the global health funding landscape Sanne Hindriksen, UMC Utrecht Research Support Office When you are looking for ways to fund your global health research, you may find yourself lost in the jungle of grant schemes and funding programmes. This workshop will shed some light on what funding opportunities are out there and how to find the most suitable option for your project. |
| Challenges and opportunities: building equitable partnerships for international medical electives Julia Addison, University Medical Centre Utrecht (NL) Students from High-Income Countries completing International Medical Electives in Low and Middle-Income Countries can perpetuate inequalities persistent in global health. Building equitable partnerships for these kinds of educational opportunities is an important responsibility for those working in the field of global health and medicine. But how can this be done? | |
| Remote sensing for planetary health Justine Blanford and colleagues, GeoHealth group, University of Twente (NL) In this workshop we will use different examples to demonstrate how Geographic Information Systems and Earth Observing Systems can be used to tackle planetary health and gain insights into how changes in the environment can affect health outcomes. | |
| What editors (should) want Seye Abimbola, Editor-in-Chief BMJ Global Health This workshop will focus on how to optimise your chances of getting your work published in the right journals. | |
| Doughnut economics Rosa Tibosch, Amsterdam Donut Coalitie During this workshop you will learn to broaden your perspective on what health entails. Using the doughnut economics model created by Kate Raworth, we will help you formulate questions that show you new dimensions and new interactions when it comes to health. What other social factors play a role in health? How are they connected to ecological factors? How do we distribute and regenerate knowledge and resources? And what happens when we put these factors in a local or a global perspective? Doughnut economics is a tool which helps you to start thinking about these questions and we look forward to discussing them with you! | |
| Bridging research integrity and fairness in global health epidemiology Sandra Alba, KIT Royal Tropical Institute (NL) The BRIDGE guidelines foster better standards for global health epidemiology with a dual focus on research integrity and research fairness. Developed by global health practitioners from five continents and over 20 countries, the BRIDGE guidelines offer practical guidance to all stakeholders involved in research - from commissioning, conducting and appraising of research - to build equity in all stages of research. In this workshop attendees will be introduced to the BRIDGE guidelines and provided with examples of their use in recent studies in Peru and India. | |
| Story telling and you Ashis Brahma and Marieta Braks Planetary health can be experienced through human voices - narrative that is personal and professional. Health care workers and scientists can be very good at the micro level (personal, in-depth, detailed) but how about zooming out - looking at the metaphysical, the larger picture? How can you connect to the community in ages old (storytelling) and by use of Artificial Intelligence (technology). Where do technology and humanity meet hand in hand? | |
| 11:00 | Design thinking and doing for health systems Merel van der Woude, Design Innovation Group An introduction to design thinking and how it can be used to improve health systems. The key principles of design thinking are shared with concrete examples on how they can be used in health system assessment. The steps for redesigning services are explained and illustrated. And participants will practise the necessary mindsets to apply the approach. |
| From awareness to action: inclusive communication to address bias in healthcare Leila Atmowihardjo, Milène Alferink - foundation Credocor We aim to lay the groundwork for understanding the importance of expanding diversity, equity and inclusion sensitivity and the role it can play in improving healthcare. To do so, we will use a combination of interactive presentation, plenary discussion and group exercises that aim to stimulate reflection and discourse. | |
| The power of maps: a hands-on workshop on health cartography Fleur Hierink, GeoHealth group, Institute of Global Health & Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland In this workshop we introduce the connection between geography and health. We explore how maps can unveil disease distribution and healthcare gaps, equipping researchers and policy-makers with practical tools that help translate complex data into effective solutions. Gain hands-on experience in map-making for health and discover the transformative power of mapping. | |
| Designing contemporary illustrations for global health Chidiebere Ibe - Chief Medical Illustrator: ICDG-Harvard Medical School This workshop will be an interactive gathering to share, connect, and challenge the listeners' minds about creative ways to communicate important messages that have been neglected and to raise awareness about various health issues around the world that are not accurately represented. | |
| Challenging 'progressive universalism' in the global south Charmaine Ramos, Emma Dadap-Cantal, University of Utrecht (NL) This workshop provides a space for critical reflections on ‘progressive universalism’ - an approach to rolling out universal health coverage that entails first expanding access of the poor to the most essential health services and then gradually expanding the reaches of the system from there. As this is being rolled out in developing countries, how do politics, history, and institutions shape the prospects for universal healthcare provisioning? The workshop will be a platform for debate and dialogue on ‘pro-poor universal health coverage’ reforms happening in the global south. | |
| Realist approaches in research and evaluations: what is this reality? Barend Gerretsen, independent consultant During this workshop we will dive into the reality of realist approaches: realist reviews and realist approaches in research and evaluations. The theory around realist approaches will be introduced and the current debate around realist approaches will be summarized. The floor will then be opened to joined learning, sharing experiences how realist approaches are used by the participants. A very practical approach will be fostered from lessons learnt how to write research objectives to coming up to conclusions when using realist approaches. For those who haven not yet used realist approaches in their work, this workshop will be a great opportunity to learn more about it! | |
| Community and patient engagement in healthcare research Koiwah Koi-Larbi, Action on Preeclampsia, Ghana Community engagement and related terms have gained much popularity in the field of global health ever since the Alma Ata declaration in 1978 - the first to put emphasis on the importance of community engagement to make healthcare accessible and optimal for all. In this workshop we will explore the role of community engagement in health research exploring its importance for effective and sustainable implementation of interventions and research, and therefore eventually for the improvement of health outcomes. | |
| 14:00 | Embracing intersectorality for health equity and justice Corinne Hinlopen, Wemos The Make Way programme aims to break down barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) by applying an intersectional lens. Making overlapping vulnerabilities visible helps us to understand their effects on a person’s SRHR. We develop and share intersectional tools, and also engage in mutual capacity strengthening with other civil society organisations, to advocate for much-needed policy and societal changes. |
| Thinking about stories, thinking with stories: narrative medicine in health education, research and care Megan Milota, University Medical Centre Utrecht (NL) and Heleen Eising, Gelre Hospitals (NL) Literature and the arts are increasingly used in medical education and empirical research to grasp the experiences of patients, colleagues, and ourselves. Narrative Medicine (NM) uses the structure of close reading, creative writing and group discussion to learn students to “acknowledge, absorb, interpret, and act on the stories and plights of others.” Positive impact has been shown on a variety of skills, such as empathy, perspective-taking, relationship-building, communication skills and self-reflection. This workshop is intended for medical professionals and medical educators who are interested in learning more about NM as a didactic strategy by personally experiencing and reflecting upon a variety of NM activities. | |
| Creating a successful and truly global knowledge hub on a global health topic Suze Kruisheer, LUMC Global and Dr Abena Amoah, Lead HypoVax Global To ensure better performance of vaccines worldwide, there is an urgent need to find the specific factors driving differences in immune responses to vaccines. The HypoVax Global Knowledge hub aims to tackle the problem of vaccine hyporesponsiveness by creating a platform that mobilises global researchers working in diverse fields related to vaccines to form a strong network focused on the Global South. In this workshop we will tackle the steps and components required to develop a global health focussed knowledge hub with global relevance. | |
| Leadership starts with you! Remko Schats, Enigma Global eHealth What kind of leader are you or could you become? How can you become a leader that people voluntarily want to follow? Even if you had no title or position? In this masterclass you learn what is needed to be an impactful and inspirational leader. | |
| Health diplomacy in practice Anouk Boas, Coordinator Global Health Strategy for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NL) Two priorities in the Global Health Strategy are 1) strengthening the global health architecture and 2) to address sensitive topics in global health such as sexual and reproductive health and rights, comprehensive sexuality education, safe abortion, access for marginalized groups, localization and meaningful youth participation. This work is done in close collaboration with our permanent representations in New York, Geneva and Brussels at the European Union and the United Nations. Smart and strategic diplomatic work is essential to bring the international global health agenda further. How does this work and what are the key challenges and opportunities? | |
| Make your research better with sex and gender Sanne Peters, University Medical Centre Utrecht (NL) Sex and gender are fundamental aspects of health and wellbeing. Yet many research studies fail to consider sex or gender differences, and even when they do this is often limited to merely cataloguing such differences. This workshop will provide participants with knowledge and skills to sex and gender considerations as routine part of their work should lead to a more systemic change at the grassroots level. | |
| Enhancing HPV vaccine uptake: unveiling complexities beyond biomedical solutions Charifa Zemouri, Zemouri Public Health Research & Consultancy Despite the accessibility of HPV vaccines in the global north, why are we seeing a relatively low uptake? In this workshop we will help participants understand the role of the Health Belief Model in deciphering vaccine hesitancy and exploring factors influencing vaccine uptake beyond biomedical aspects. | |
| 16:00 | New perspectives through user research Merel van der Woude, Design Innovation Group In this workshop we will explore user research and how it can be used to redesign a health system. We will specifically explore and try out a tool called the user journey: when and how to use it. We will look at different formats and explore practical application of this tool. |
| Planetary wisdom and two-eyed seeing Erin Dixon, Wanda Kraus, Royal Toads University, (Canada) This workshop introduces planetary health leadership from Indigenous knowledge and perspectives and invites participants to explore their own knowledge beds as sources of wisdom for planetary health. The goal of this workshop is to bring together our ancestral learnings for conscious living for our current times and in way-finding for the future. This begins with an exploration of the Indigenous teachings on our connection to our shining waterways. | |
| Innovative youth-participatory research approaches in sexual and reproductive health and rights Hanna Kabelka / Marielle LeMat, KIT Royal Institute of Tropical Medicine Youth-participatory research improves the participation, empowerment and equity of adolescents and young people, particularly by allowing them to conduct research on policies and programmes that affect their lives. In this workshop we will discuss how youth and adults can collaborate in research in ways that are mutually respectful and beneficial. | |
| Can and should academics be activists? Erik Sebille, Utrecht University What is the role of academics in society? Should we be 'honest brokers', or 'warners'? In this workshop, we will explore to what extent academics can and should be activistic, using the work-form of a Moral Case Deliberation. | |
| Scientific collaboration in humanitarian crises Amrish Baidjoe, Umberto Pellechia, Médecins Sans Frontières Medical humanitarian emergencies are often of acute nature but still require solid evidence to steer a response - evidence that sometimes takes time to gather in terms of collecting data, analyses and proper translation of such results to actionable information or obtain evidence for advocacy purposes. To this purpose Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) conducts operational research in collaboration with international partners (academia, national health agencies and others). Often the questions we want to address are clear, but how we build and maintain such partnerships build on the right values is less clear. In this session we hope to jointly explore how we can innovate in partnership models between MSF and other partners. | |
| How to make a podcast Ashis Brahma and Marieta Braks Times they are a-changing: to communicate and interact with fellow professionals and general public, different tools have become available over recent years. In the USA and the Netherlands the audience is growing. Health and science needs strong listening and sharing health advocate/ professionals promoting planetary health - come practise in this workshop! |
ECTMIH Academy overview programme updated 20 September 2023