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Meet Joëlle Rüegg – Professor in environmental toxicology at Uppsala University
2023-02-24
We are excited to present our programme committee chair for this year’s summit, Professor Joëlle Rüegg. In this interview, Joëlle introduces us to her work and shares her perspective on the challenges around chemical pollution and its health outcomes.
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“Food should be a central part of local and regional planning” - Interview with Fredrik Fernqvist
2022-09-15
In this interview, the workshop leader of Food Planning for Sustainable Consumption Fredrik Fernqvist tells us about his and his workshop colleagues’ common interest in the role of food in our landscape, and inspiring reflections on the role of food planning in securing sustainable food consumption and relevant areas.
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Introducing our new partner, Örebro University!
2022-09-02
Kicki Nilsson / Icon Photography Uppsala Health Summit is a collaborative effort, initiated by a partnership of actors who believe in the power of open dialogues to address some of today’s global health challenges. We are excited to share that Örebro University has become our new partner this year! The Vice-chancellor of Örebro University, Johan Schnürer, shared some reflections about this new partnership and expectations for the summit;
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The Diet-Environment-Health Nexus - Interview with Alicja Wolk
2022-08-23
In this interview, Uppsala Health Summit meets Alicja Wolk who is a professor of Nutritional Epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet. First, Alicja tells us about her extensive research background focused on diet and other modifiable lifestyle factors related to chronic diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, osteoporosis, age-related cataracts, and healthy ageing;
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Interview with Assem Abu Hatab – the role of smallholder farming systems to end hunger and achieve the SDGs
2022-08-22
In this interview, we meet Assem Abu Hatab, associate professor at the Department of Economics of SLU and senior development economist at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI). Assem coordinates the workshop Zero Hunger: Is Smallholder Farming the Solution, one of the workshops presented at the upcoming summit in October.
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Reducing AMR for sustainable food systems - Interview with Marmar Nekoro
2022-08-17
At the upcoming Uppsala Health Summit on food systems, Marmar leads the workshop Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems. This interview with Marmar tells us about her reflection on the public health issues surrounding unsustainable food systems, critical changes that need to be made, and inspiring reflections based on her past experiences.
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Food Safety versus Food Security - Interview with Johanna Lindahl
2022-06-15
Johanna Lindahl, scientist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), leads the workshop Food Safety versus Food Security, part of the Uppsala Health Summit 2022. In this interview, we learn about Johanna’s ‘aha’ moment in research and her reflections on this year’s summit theme. Uppsala Health Summit 2022 provided a unique opportunity for Johanna and her workshop colleagues to collaborate.
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The importance of sustainable livestock production for human health – Interview with Ylva Persson
2022-06-15
We have interviewed Ylva Persson, the assistant state veterinarian in ruminant diseases at the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) and associate professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) In this interview, Ylva shares her reflections on the importance of sustainable livestock production in light of emerging civil crises and the importance of flexibility and adaptability to achieve sustainable food production, promoting human and animal health.
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Meet the new advisory board chair
2022-04-08
Professor Stefan Swartling Peterson is our recently elected chairman of the Uppsala Health Summit’s Advisory Board. In this interview, Professor Swartling introduces us to his work and shares his reflections about global food systems and their impact on our health.
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Meet Karin Artursson - Scientific Director at the National Veterinary Institute (SVA)
2022-04-08
In this interview, our programme committee chair for this year’s summit, Professor Karin Artursson, introduces us to her work and research and shares her perspective on the critical need for equitable and sustainable food systems.
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Meet Professor Karin Brocki
2021-06-21
In this interview, the chair of our programme committee for the next summit; Professor Karin Brocki introduces us to her research, shares an Aha! moment from her studies and gives her perspectives on the rise in mental health issues.
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Resistant bacteria and children's farm visits
2021-02-05
What to bear in mind when developing guidelines and communication activities for children’s farm visits and other situations when children interact with animals? This is what the workshop Children and the Wild: Potential Benefits and Perils in Human-Animal Encounters at Uppsala Health Summit will discuss. We asked Tanja Strand, Researcher at National Veterinary Institute in Sweden to tell us more.
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Supporting educators to teach antimicrobial resistance
2021-02-04
Tackling the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance will depend on the interests and competence of future generations, and schools play an important role. But it is a complex issue that many teachers find difficult to teach.
In this interview, Senior lecturers in Education at Uppsala University Eva Lundqvist and Malena Lidar explain why and how the curriuculum can be organized to better meet the needs of teachers and students. Eva and Malena are organizing a workshop on the theme at Uppsala Health Summit workshop: Teaching AMR, Schools as Change Agents.
Students at a rural high school. Photo by World Bank
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How antibiotic shortages contribute to resistance and how to turn the tide
2021-02-04
When thinking about the behaviours that must change to preserve our antibiotics, we may primarily think about our actions as patients, health-care workers, patients, farmers and consumers. But the “behaviours” – or rather norms and praxis – of the actors in the manufacturing and supply chain of antibiotics are also extremely important.
Professor Enrico Baraldi from the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering at Uppsala University is leading the preparations for a workshop on this theme. We caught up with him to learn more.
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Uppsala and AMR: Advanced Research, Action and Awareness!
2020-09-22
In Uppsala there are two leading academic institutions with internationally competitive research: Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The activities of the two universities, along with our other Uppsala-based, not-for-profit partners behind Uppsala Health Summit, have created a hub for multi-disciplinary research, practice and advocacy on antimicrobial resistance.
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We need stronger leadership on AMR– an interview with Professor Otto Cars
2020-09-11
Has antimicrobial resistance worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic and will the tough lessons on disease prevention help? Professor Otto Cars, infectious disease specialist from Uppsala University and founder of the international network ReAct, discusses AMR in the new context, and the opportunities to safeguard the hard-built political momentum amidst the crisis.
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"Make kids happy: make more money" - interview with London based urban developer Roger Madelin
2019-10-29
Roger Madelin has a long career in urban development. In 2016 he was appointed to lead the development of British Land’s 46-acre Canada Water site in London, which will feature two million sq ft of workspace, 3,500 homes and one million sq ft of retail and leisure. Before joining British Land Madelin was at the firm Argent, where he was instrumental in the redevelopment of King’s Cross in London – a redevelopment project widely recognised as a success in terms of good place-making. We spoke with Mr. Madelin about the need for designing urban spaces for children and how to involve children in the design process.
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Why keeping children ultra-safe is not good parenting - Interview with plenary speaker Dr Mariana Brussoni
2019-08-15
Dr Mariana Brussoni will speak on achieving a balanced risk perception in childhood and adolescence at the upcoming Summit. She is a developmental child psychologist who has investigated child injury prevention and children’s outdoor play for 15 years. Dr. Brussoni and her team at the University of British Columbia has recently developed an online tool to encourage parents to allow children to take part in “risky” outdoor play. We spoke to Dr. Brussoni about the tool and kids need for risk and excitement in their play.
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Growing Up Boulder! Interview with Director Mara Mintzer
2019-08-01
Community Engagement Specialist Mara Mintzer, Director of Growing up Boulder (GUB) at the University of Colorado, will participate as an inspirational speaker in the workshop Listen to the Kids! at Uppsala Health Summit in October. Starting in 2014, Growing up Boulder worked with local students on the plans for a re-design of the Civic Area, a public space in downtown Boulder.
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Empowering industry to promote physical activity - Interview with Dr. Gisela Nyberg at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences
2019-06-05
Dr. Nyberg and her colleagues are organizing a workshop at Uppsala Health Summit on how industry and academic researchers can collaborate around the development of products and services that promote healthy brain functions in children through physical exercise.
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Physical activity as a win for health, win for society and win for the planet - Interview with keynote Dr. Fiona Bull, WHO
2019-06-03
It has been a busy year for Dr. Bull and her team following the High-Level Meeting in the UN General Assembly in 2018 where world leaders committed to bold actions to reduce NCD’s through a global action plan. To help countries progress, WHO is now updating and developing new guidelines for physical exercise across the lifespan. Why is this revision necessary?
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Meet Lisa Skiöld, Children's Ombudsperson, Uppsala, Sweden
2019-03-29
What can we expect to gain from dialogues with children and how should they be prepared? In this interview, you will meet Lisa Skiöld, Children's Ombudsperson in Uppsala County, who is running a set of pre-summit dialogues with children and adolescents to inform the programme at Uppsala Health Summit.
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Growing up Boulder: Experiences of involving children in urban planning
2019-03-29
Urban planner Dr. Mara Mintzer, University of Colorado, will participate as inspirational speaker in the workshop Listen to the Kids at Uppsala Health Summit in October. Her presentation at TEDxMileHigh from November 2017 is a good source of inspiration for our summit!
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Children can help us to a holistic understanding of the city
2019-03-29
Children’s experiences and viewpoints have proven to be
a valuable resource for urban planners tasked with creating sustainable environments in different parts of the world.
But just talking to children is not enough; we must take care to really listen and be mindful about how, when and for which purposes they are involved.
Listen to the kids! is the title of one of the workshops at Uppsala Health Summit in October, prepared by Dr. Kerstin Nordin, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in collaboration with Dr. Maria Nordström, Associate professor in environmental psychology, both at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. In this interview Dr. Kerstin Nordin discusses how children’s voices can be an important input to urban planning.
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Scholarships available for press and delegates at Uppsala Health Summit 2019
2019-03-04
We are pleased to announce that Uppsala Health Summit can offer a limited number of scholarships that cover travel, accommodation and Summit fees, for media and for delegates representing youth organisations anywhere in the world, and for delegates representing expertise, policy making or opinion building in low- and middle-income countries.
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Achievements on One Health after Uppsala Health Summit 2017
2019-03-04
Meet Dr. Alex Riolexus Ario at Uganda National Institute of Public Health
In 2017 the focus at Uppsala Health Summit was on infectious diseases and how risks be reduced through greater collaboration between animal and human health practitioners under the umbrella of One Health.
In this interview, one of the delegates, Dr. Alex Riolexus Ario of The Uganda National Institute of Public Health reflects on the progress of the One Health approach in his country and on how Uppsala Health Summit helped them to takes steps towards where they are today.
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29-year follow-up of Swedish prostate cancer patients
2019-01-23
Conclusions from the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study Number Four (SPCG-4), published in New England Journal of Medicine in December 2018, show that men with clinically detected prostate cancer can benefit from radical prostatectomy. The study is a strong indication of the value for cancer research of complete, long-term follow-up data and high study-adherance. The value of clinical data and patient registries to the development of cancer care was strongly advocated for at Uppsala Health Summit, “Care for Cancer”, in June 2018.
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A shower of stars over City of Uppsala
2019-01-23
We are proud to be partially owned by, and also host Uppsala Health Summit in a town that has been awarded not one, but five (!) prestigious awards related to sustainable city futures in the past year.
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High time to deliver on Non-Communicable Diseases!
2019-01-23
Despite all evidence-based solutions and commitments to combat Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD's) progress has been slow and uneven globally. Last summer, the World Health Organization’s Independent High-level Commission on NCDs released the report Time to Deliver.
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Filmed plenary presentations from Uppsala Health Summit 2018, Care for Cancer
2018-12-20
Our Summit Care for Cancer, which was held in June, was a response to the growing opportunities to treat for cure or improved survival and the paradox of unequal access. Discussions focused on how to open up opportunities for a growing number of patients by making better use of data and technologies, and how such use can pave way for a more equitable access to the best possible treatment and diagnostics within any given context. You can now access all plenum presentations on our website.
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Uppsala Health Summit 8 – 9 October 2019: Healthy Urban Childhoods. Save the dates!
2018-11-13
By 2050 around 70 % of the world’s population will live in cities. The majority of these urban residents will be children. How can we plan, develop and build our cities in a way that their mental and physical health is promoted and protected? This is the challenge Uppsala Health Summit will address in 2019. Should you be part of the discussions? Make sure to mark the dates in your calendar, and pre-register your interest for a personal invitation.
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Conclusions from Care for Cancer now published
2018-11-13
All over the world, the number of new cancer cases increases at a pace which will pose enormous strains on all healthcare systems if we continue to ignore the warning signals. Even with one third of all cancer cases being traceable to lifestyle factors, we can no longer rely on prevention measures to tackle the growing cancer burden in the world.
With this insight as starting point for the dialogue, decision makers, experts and opinion builders gathered for a summit at Uppsala Castle in June to discuss how we can open up the medical advancements in cancer care to reach more patients globally. 225 delegates from 33 countries and four continents participated in two days of constructive dialogue.
The program committee, with inputs from delegates, drafted a summary of the discussions. The conclusions are now available on our web. Read and share, discuss which steps your organisation can take, within your own fields of activity and in collaboration with other actors.
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Globocan 2018 – new data available
2018-11-13
During his keynote at Uppsala Health Summit in June, Professor Max Parkin announced the up-coming release of the latest version of the global cancer report, Globocan 2018. The report, with a set of tools to compare and visualise data, is now available on internet.
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Finding the true value of cancer drugs
2018-06-04
At Uppsala Health Summit Care for Cancer meeting next week, Dr Lars Lööf, Senior Professor at Uppsala University and member of the New Therapies Council in Sweden, hopes to stimulate a discussion around the true clinical value and price-setting for new cancer drugs. In this interview, Dr. Lööf explains why this discussion is needed.
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WHO Assistant-Director General to deliver keynote address at the Care for Cancer Summit
2018-05-22
Dr Mariângela Simão, Assistant Director-General for Medicines Access,Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals at the World Health Organization (WHO) will deliver a keynote address at Uppsala Health Summit in June. We caught up with Dr. Simão to ask for her perspective on the big questions around cancer care that the world is currently grappling with.
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Q&A:Thomas Cueni, DG of IFPMA shares an industry perspective on access to treatment
2018-05-22
Thomas Cueni, DG of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) will speak at Uppsala Health Summit, Care for Cancer in a plenary session on access to treatments and diagnostics. In this interview, Thomas elaborates on some of the tough questions that the summit will address.
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Excerpt from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation Annual Report
2018-04-25
“In the past, it was considered unethical to involve children in medical studies. With the conditions we have today, it would be unethical not to" .
”Uppsala Health Summit partner organization Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation report is a sharp call for development of new medicines and possibilities to test targeted medicines on children under controlled circumstances.
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Childhood Cancer is not Adult Cancer - Interview with Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation's Head of Research, Dr Kerstin Sollerbrant
2018-04-24
The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation is a partner of Uppsala Health Summit 2018. In this interview, the organization´s Head of Research, Dr Kerstin Sollerbrant tells us about the key care issues affecting children with cancer and their families.
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Unpuzzling Cancer in Africa - Interview with plenary speaker Prof. Max Parkin
2018-04-24
Professor Max Parkin is an Oxford University scholar whose work has been instrumental for our understanding of cancer as a global public health concern. At Uppsala Health Summit in June, he will talk about how to build an understanding of the global cancer burden using registry data, and share a preview of the latest Globocan Project data.
In this interview, Dr. Parkin discusses the difficulties associated with understanding the real burden of cancer in Africa, and the picture that is emerging as more data is becoming available.
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The promises and challenges of diagnostics in cancer care
2018-04-16
Interview with Lisa Jensen-Long, VP Marketing, Digital Biology Group, Bio-Rad Laboratories, California
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To build trust, competence and value, let local researchers take control of biobanks!
2018-04-16
Conversation with Dr. Erik Bongcam-Rudloff, Professor of Bioinformatics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden and organizer of a workshop on Biobanking in Africa at Uppsala Health Summit 2018.
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Workshop at next summit: Paving the way for physical exercise in cancer care
2018-03-26
Physical exercise during cancer treatment increase strength and endurance, but also provides social support and inspiration to keep moving. Researchers from the Phys-Can project in Sweden are hoping to integrate these findings into routine cancer care.
In this interview, Dr. Ingrid Demmelmaier, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, and co-organizer of the workshop explains more.
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Summit 2018 Care for Cancer: Plenum Programme Highlights
2018-03-01
The programme for Uppsala Health Summit 2018 on the theme Care for Cancer is coming together. Meet Greg Simon, President of the Biden Cancer Initiative, Dr. Thomas B. Cueni, the DG of the International Federation of Pharmaceuticals Associations, WHO’s Assistant Director General for Drug Access, Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals Dr. Mariângela Simão and many other thought leaders on cancer care.
Here is a short introduction of some of our plenary speakers along with a brief account of the topics they will address.
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Making data work for patients: Interview with Dr. Åsa Cajander
2018-02-28
Increasing the interoperability of e-health systems is the focus of one of the workshops at Uppsala Health Summit 2018. The workshop is led by Dr. Åsa Cajander from Uppsala University, Associate Professor of human-computer interaction with a special focus on healthcare and e-health. In this interview, Åsa explains some of the hurdles with data in healthcare and the urgency of addressing the challenges.
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Better cancer care in focus at Uppsala Health Summit 2018
2018-02-16
Thanks to advances in treatment options, the chances of surviving cancer are better than ever before. However, cancer incidence is increasing and new forms of therapy are expensive. As a result, resource management and priority setting face major challenges. How can we ensure equitable access to diagnosis and treatment? This topic is the focus of Uppsala Health Summit 2018, “Care for Cancer”.
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Report Uppsala Health Summit: 100 years after the Spanish flu
2018-02-01
Warding off the threats of future epidemics will be difficult without better cooperation and contingency plans that allow us to act before a crisis hits. This is one of the messages in a new report summarising the discussions of the Uppsala Health Summit on the theme of Tackling Infectious Disease Threats: Prevent, Detect and Respond with a One Health Approach, which took place in October last year.
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Welcome to join: 8th One Health Sweden Scientific Meeting 21-22 March 2018 N.B Short registration deadline!
2018-01-18
Human versus animal health – different aspects on three challenging pathogens
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Call for Papers for the annual GAP Conference: Global Efforts Fighting Cancer
2018-01-15
The Global Academic Programs (GAP) at MD Anderson Cancer Center and its Sister Institutions welcome your abstract submission for the annual GAP 2018 Conference at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm on the theme Global Efforts Fighting Cancer, May 15-17, 2018.
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Summit on Ending Childhood Obesity - One Year On
2017-11-29
Novo Nordisk was one of the sponsors of Uppsala Health Summit 2016 on the theme: Ending Childhood Obesity We caught up with Dr Christina Östberg Lloyd, Clinical Medical Regulatory Director at Novo Nordisk, Sweden to ask her about developments on the issue a year after the summit.