For instance about the importance of ethnicity in studying diabetes. About the risks of tuberculosis these days. Or what the effect of poverty on health is. We do this so we can help change or create laws or implement new cure and care strategies.
Our main fields of research interest concern public health topics in:
We are part of UMCG’s research institute SHARE and aligned with them we highly value societal impact at all levels: regional, national but mostly international. We design projects based on issues that emerge in practice, execute them in close connection with practice/societal partners and communicate the results with these parties. Clear examples are our projects on vaccinations at national and international levels with high media coverage and a direct impact on parliaments and vaccination policies. Also, our SUNI SEA project is illustrative, performed within close collaboration with societal partners in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam as well the international Help Age organisation.
Implementation research on the tailored, multidisciplinary NCD prevention targeting tobacco and air pollution exposure in adolescents.
Contributing to effective and innovative cervical cancer screening, including direct treatment for women in resource-poor or hard-to-reach settings in the world.
How to build the medical and economic case for rapid diagnostics as a public good in the fight against antibiotic resistance
Scaling up strategies to tackle chronic disease. Scaling-up NCD Interventions in South-East Asia.
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University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
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University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Department of Health Sciences
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