Climate Change and Vector Borne Diseases Conference Announcement
22 January 2014
Austria
HEALTHY FUTURES is an EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)-funded project which aims to address the risk of outbreaks and transmission of three water-related vector-borne diseases (VBDs) in eastern Africa.
Climate and climate change information can be extremely useful to health planners, as it can help them to understand current distributions of some diseases, notably those involving a biological vector, and anticipate future outbreaks. An understanding of links between climate, societal changes and health can also help in modelling the health impacts of climate change. With this in mind, the sessions and presentations at the Climate Change and Vector Borne Diseases: Past, Present and Futures conference will be organised within three sub-themes: Environmental changes and vector-borne diseases; Statistical and dynamical disease modelling; Climate change related risk analysis and vulnerability assessment; and Adaptation to climate change related health impacts.
Further details about the conference and instructions for those interested in presenting their research and/or chairing a session are available on the conference website: www.climatechange-vbdconference2014.nur.ac.rw
The principal organisers of this conference are HEALTHY FUTURES partner institutions: the University of Rwanda, National University of Singapore and Trinity College Dublin.
Notes for Editors
Detailed partner profiles are available on request.
Trinity College Dublin is the coordinator of this project, with AquaTT as the project administrator partner. Prof David Taylor, formerly of Trinity College Dublin and now based at the National University of Singapore, is the Scientific Coordinator of this project. The HEALTHY FUTURES project has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 266327.
Trinity College Dublin (TCD), founded in 1592, is the oldest University in Ireland. TCD now has more than 15,700 students, 3,700 staff and 86,000 alumni, while in 2007-2008 its staff secured more than €70 million in research income. TCD is widely recognised for the high quality of its graduates, the international standing of its research and scholarship, and the value it places on contributing to Irish society and the wider world. In the most recent (2009) THES survey of universities internationally, TCD was ranked in the top 50 (43rd) and in the top 15 (13th) universities in the world and in Europe, respectively.
Contact: Dr. Laragh Larsen, Geography, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (email: llarsen@tcd.ie )
National University of Singapore (NUS) is a leading global university centred in Asia. NUS is currently (2012) ranked in the top 25 universities globally according to the QS ranking of top universities in the world. NUS comprises 16 faculties and schools across three campus locations in Singapore – Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram. The university provides a broad-based curriculum underscored by multi-disciplinary courses and cross-faculty enrichment. Over 37,000 students from 100 countries further enrich the community with their diverse social and cultural perspectives.
Contact: Prof. David Taylor (Project Coordinator), Department of Geography, NUS (email: david.taylor@nus.edu.sg)
Climate and climate change information can be extremely useful to health planners, as it can help them to understand current distributions of some diseases, notably those involving a biological vector, and anticipate future outbreaks. An understanding of links between climate, societal changes and health can also help in modelling the health impacts of climate change. With this in mind, the sessions and presentations at the Climate Change and Vector Borne Diseases: Past, Present and Futures conference will be organised within three sub-themes: Environmental changes and vector-borne diseases; Statistical and dynamical disease modelling; Climate change related risk analysis and vulnerability assessment; and Adaptation to climate change related health impacts.
Further details about the conference and instructions for those interested in presenting their research and/or chairing a session are available on the conference website: www.climatechange-vbdconference2014.nur.ac.rw
The principal organisers of this conference are HEALTHY FUTURES partner institutions: the University of Rwanda, National University of Singapore and Trinity College Dublin.
Notes for Editors
Detailed partner profiles are available on request.
Trinity College Dublin is the coordinator of this project, with AquaTT as the project administrator partner. Prof David Taylor, formerly of Trinity College Dublin and now based at the National University of Singapore, is the Scientific Coordinator of this project. The HEALTHY FUTURES project has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 266327.
Trinity College Dublin (TCD), founded in 1592, is the oldest University in Ireland. TCD now has more than 15,700 students, 3,700 staff and 86,000 alumni, while in 2007-2008 its staff secured more than €70 million in research income. TCD is widely recognised for the high quality of its graduates, the international standing of its research and scholarship, and the value it places on contributing to Irish society and the wider world. In the most recent (2009) THES survey of universities internationally, TCD was ranked in the top 50 (43rd) and in the top 15 (13th) universities in the world and in Europe, respectively.
Contact: Dr. Laragh Larsen, Geography, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (email: llarsen@tcd.ie )
National University of Singapore (NUS) is a leading global university centred in Asia. NUS is currently (2012) ranked in the top 25 universities globally according to the QS ranking of top universities in the world. NUS comprises 16 faculties and schools across three campus locations in Singapore – Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram. The university provides a broad-based curriculum underscored by multi-disciplinary courses and cross-faculty enrichment. Over 37,000 students from 100 countries further enrich the community with their diverse social and cultural perspectives.
Contact: Prof. David Taylor (Project Coordinator), Department of Geography, NUS (email: david.taylor@nus.edu.sg)