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Lecture Series
Lecture series epidemiology
Organizer:
Prof. Dr. Heiko Becher
A regular lecture series "Ringvorlesung
Epidemiologie" is organised every term by
Heiko Becher (24th in the summer term
2012). In this lecture, invited scientists give
a lecture on different topics, often from
areas which are not represented in Heidel-
berg. The program is therefore always a mix-
ture of very different areas, from infectious
diseases to genetics or new biostatistical
methods.
Heidelberg Institute of Public
Health (HIPH) seminar series
Organizer:
Prof. Dr. med. Olaf Müller
Dr. Valérie Louis
The HIPH seminar series is the successor of
the Abteilung für Tropenhygiene und Öffent-
liches Gesundheitswesen (ATHOEG) seminar
series, which was initiated by Olaf Müller
and Oliver Razum.
The aim of the HIPH Seminar Series is:
›› To provide details of new or ongoing pro-
jects to the academic members of HIPH
›› To offer a platform for scientific exchange
between the different groups of HIPH
EcoHealth seminar series
Organizers:
Dr. Sabine Gabrysch
Dr. Thomas Jänisch
Life-support systems are deteriorating on a
global scale, we experience climate change,
biodiversity loss, soil erosion, ocean
pollution and other serious problems. The
complex interdependence of humans, ani-
mals and their natural environments means
that human health affects and is affected
by these changes. Such complex challen-
ges cannot be solved by reductionist and
unidisciplinary approaches, they require
ecological and social systems thinking.
EcoHealth, short for ecosystems approach
to health, considers these inextricable
linkages between ecosystems, society and
health of animals and human.
Starting in the summer term 2011, Sabine
Gabrysch from the Institute of Public Health
and Thomas Jänisch from the Department of
Infectiology, organised an EcoHealth semi-
nar series with national and international
speakers and subsequently an EcoHealth
journal club to bring together people from
different backgrounds to learn more about
the EcoHealth approach and to discuss
Widely regarded as a platform for distin-
guished speakers and engaging discus-
sions on any topic related to global public
health, we have organized various lecture
series. These lecture series are open to the
public, and some are co-organized with
other institutes. In 2011, we organized
two lecture series in collaboration with the
South Asia Institute: The first series was
on public health in South Asia and the
second series was on current controversies
in global health in the context of transcul-
tural issues, organized by Professor William
Sax from the South Asia Institute and Prof.
Annelies Wilder-Smith from the Institute of
Public Health. Other lecture series are the
regularly running lecture series in epide-
miology, the HIPH seminar series and the
ecohealth series.