Global Challenge: Public Health

Workshop “Opportunities and challenges in emerging technologies for healthcare”

We are excited to announce a networking workshop at the University of Leeds: "Opportunities and challenges in emerging technologies for healthcare" organised by WUN...

Global comparison of Clinical Practice Strategies (CliPS) in Juvenile Inflammatory Diseases (JIR) attracts major funding

The JIR network is an international network of specialists taking care of patients with Juvenile Inflammatory Disease. The network was created in 2013 by...

WUN-supported project “Mesh WiFi-based In-Home Health Monitoring System for Older Adults” gains traction

A team of researchers led by Professor He Chen from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has developed a Mesh WiFi-based In-Home Health...

Growing Up in Dense Cities: Understanding the Impact of Urban Density on Children’s Health and Wellbeing

Growing Up in Dense Cities: Understanding the Impact of Urban Density on Children’s Health and Wellbeing Dangerous Density The Research Problem The aim of...

Sustainable, affordable and robust 3D (Bio)printing solutions to enable the access to advanced therapies, diagnostic systems, and biomedical education within disadvantaged communities

Sustainable, affordable and robust 3D (Bio)printing solutions to enable the access to advanced therapies, diagnostic systems, and biomedical education within disadvantaged communities Sustainable, affordable...

Improving management of post-traumatic stress in orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda

Improving management of post-traumatic stress in orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda Millions of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) in Africa...

Development and investigation of the feasibility and efficacy of an intervention program for behavior change and self-management in the stroke secondary prevention: it’s time to act worldwide!

Development and investigation of the feasibility and efficacy of an intervention program for behavior change and self-management in the stroke secondary prevention: it’s time...

Participatory Water Quality Monitoring for Sustainable Development

Participatory Water Quality Monitoring for Sustainable Development Participatory Water Quality This project will develop guidelines and tools for participatory water quality monitoring at the...

Building capacity to understand and improve urban resilience to blast threats: A comparative analysis of the 2020 Beirut explosion

Building capacity to understand and improve urban resilience to blast threats: A comparative analysis of the 2020 Beirut explosion Building capacity to On 4...

Gender Trouble: Glocalization of gender politics and challenges for public health and democracy

Gender Trouble: Glocalization of gender politics and challenges for public health and democracy Gender Trouble Glocalization What are the causes and driving forces of...

Novel robust computer vision methods and synthetic datasets for minimally invasive surgery

Novel robust computer vision methods and synthetic datasets for minimally invasive surgery Novel robust computer Image-guided Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) has grown to be...

How the Pandemic has Affected Mental Health in South-East Asia

Researchers in the WUN Global Research Group - SDGs in Asia are testing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological distress in different...