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3rd Open Forum – ‘Emerging challenges and solutions in healthcare’ – Bristol

10 April, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 4:30 pm BST

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CONNECTS-UK 3rd Open Forum:

“Emerging challenges and solutions in healthcare”

Emerging challenges and solutions in healthcare are at the forefront of scientific and public discussions. How can we better collaborate to prevent diseases? What role do lifestyle interventions play in improving health outcomes? How can scientific advancements contribute to more effective treatments and prevention strategies?

We are excited to invite you to the 3rd Open Forum on Emerging Challenges and Solutions in Healthcare on the 10th of April in Bristol; this interactive hybrid event, bringing together leading researchers from across Europe and the UK, delivered for an expert and non-expert audience.

The event will feature two expert panels, a roundtable discussion, and a competition for posters and videos, all aimed at fostering dialogue and exploring key issues shaping the future of healthcare.

Discussions will highlight:

  • The role of collaborations and partnerships in addressing healthcare challenges.
  • The societal impact of research and the importance of trust in science.
  • Strategies for identifying and tackling emerging healthcare issues.

Programme Highlights (complete agenda below)

Panel 1: Science & Healthcare Challenges
Experts will discuss breakthroughs in cancer, cardiovascular health, computational biology, and infectious diseases in developing countries.

Panel 2: Society & Trust in Science
This session will explore past, current and future challenges on health economics, synthetic human biology, vaccine misinformation, and immunology.

Roundtable: Working together to tackle global health challenges
A multidisciplinary discussion on uniting stakeholders (researchers, clinicians, patients, innovators and policymakers) to identify challenges and design strategies to translate efforts into tangible benefits for patients and societal change.

Special opportunities:

  • During registration, you can sign up for a free networking lunch which will be offered at 13:00.
  • For those travelling to Bristol, we offer travel reimbursements of up to £80 per person (limited availability on a first-come, first-served basis). Please keep your travel receipts for claiming the reimbursement.

This event is the third in a series of six Open Fora that will be held across the UK. The CONNECTS-UK Open Fora aims to foster connections between leading EU researchers and academics based in the UK, showcase their achievements, and share valuable insights with both expert and non-expert audiences.

Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues and friends who may be interested.

CONNECTS-UK is co-funded by the European Union.

We look forward to seeing you at this insightful event!

For any inquiries please contact Events.Comms@connects-uk.org

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EVENT AGENDA

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Thursday 10 April, 11:00 – 16:30 local time (UK)

University of Bristol – Life Sciences Building (Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TQ, Clifton Campus), Room G13/G14
11:00 – 11:30 Registration and coffee/tea
11:30 – 11:45 Welcome:

  • Introduced by Sara Alvira de Celis – Research Project Manager – School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol. CONNECTS-UK co-chair.
  • Liang-Fong Wong – Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor – Internationalisation. Professor of Regenerative Medicine. Bristol Medical School. University of Bristol.
  • Cyril Robin-Campigneul (recorded message) – Head of the Economic and Trade Affairs Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom.
 

 

 11:45 – 13:00 PANEL 1: SCIENCE & HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES

Chair: Niek Buurma – Cardiff University -Senior Lecturer in Physical Organic Chemistry

  • Britta Stordal – Middlesex University London – Dr Britta Stordal – Associate Professor of Cancer Research – Deputy Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange.
    Title: How Academics can get involved in Healthcare Evidence-Based Policy Work.
  • Isra Cruz – Dr. Isra Cruz. Head, International Health Department, National School of Public Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain.
    Title: Research in Neglected Tropical Diseases: challenges and the path to decolonization.
  • Michela Noseda –  Imperial College London (UK), Reader in Cardiovascular Science, National Heart & Lung Institute – Faculty of Medicine
    Title: Heart of the Matter: Decoding the Building Blocks of Cardiovascular Health.
  • Tomek Włodarski – Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland). Research Assistant.
    Title: Unraveling Protein Folding in Cells Through a Computational Microscope.
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and coffee
 

 

 14:00 – 15:15 Panel 2: SOCIETY & TRUST

Chair: Sara Alvira de Celis

  • Catia Nocodemo – Professor at Brunel University London, and University of Oxford.
    Title: Trust, Society, and the NHS: How Economics Shapes the Future of Healthcare.
  • Margarita del Val – Ph. D. Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Research Platform on Global Health at the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC).
    Title: The Spanish Interdisciplinary Research Platform on Global Health: collaborative research for societal challenges in infectious diseases
  • Linda Karlsson – University of Turku; Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, and Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS). Postdoctoral researcher. Title: Building trust and addressing vaccine concerns: Effective communication strategies for healthcare professionals.
  • Agata Nyga – Dr Agata Nyga – Synlaia Innovations (UK). Founder.
    Title: The role of society in the drug discovery space.
 

 

 15:15 – 16:15 Roundtable: WORKING TOGETHER TO TACKLE GLOBAL HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES

Chair: Kourosh Norouzi –  University of Bristol (DREI). Impact Development Manager for Health and Life Sciences

  • Evert Jan van Asselt – Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UK. Counsellor for Health, Welfare and Sport.
  • Valentina Chervenkova – Academy of Medical Sciences. Senior European Policy Officer
  • Hazel Phillips – NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
  • Diogo Martins – Wellcome Trust (UK), Lead Adviser to the CEO Office
  • Katherine Furman – University of Liverpool.  Senior Lecturer of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
16:15-16:30 Wrap-up 

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Details

  • Date: 10 April, 2025
  • Time:
    11:00 am – 4:30 pm BST

Organiser

Venue

  • University of Bristol
  • Life Science Building. Tyndall Avenue
    Bristol, BS8 1TQ United Kingdom     + Google Map