
by improving education and training
of public health professionals
for both practice and research
The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER)
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DEANS'''' AND DIRECTORS'''' RETREAT
ASPHER 2022 Deans'''' & Directors'''' Retreat
Sofia, Bulgaria
14-16 October 2022
hosted by The Faculty of Public Health, Medical University Sofia
Register now to join us in Sofia! Registration is now open for the Deans’ & Directors’ Retreat. Registration is 200 EUR and covers all conference activities and meals (sightseeing on Sunday is not included).
Download the Retreat Programme outline here.
Call for Abstracts (now closed):
Answer our call for abstracts and be considered for an ASPHER Award!
We are putting out a call for abstracts to propose interventions in three areas:
1. Short proposals to address specific challenges faced by our members. For example, but not limited to organisational changes in schools of public health; ongoing challenges of education and training with Covid; war context (i.e., updating curriculum, integration of war refugees/training continuity); you name it.
2. Presentations of member school/programme good practices in the following areas: (a) undergraduate programmes; (b) PhD-DrPH/doctoral programmes & research capacities; (c) specialist training & continuing professional development.
3. Presentations of member school/programme good practices in the following areas: (a) climate and health education; (b) diversity & intersectionality; (c) big data & modelling for public health decision-making.
As an added incentive, if your abstract meets the criteria of one of the ASPHER Awards, we will put you or your programme into consideration to receive a 2022 Award!
For more information or to nominate a candidate, see the call for award nominations here.
Abstracts do not need to follow a formal format, but should clearly outline the idea proposed.
Please send your abstract proposals by 4 September to sofia2022@aspher.org.
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Organised each year in a different location within the European region, the Deans'''' & Directors'''' Retreat is the most important ASPHER membership events of the calendar year.
This high level meeting of the heads of our member institutions plays a significant role in evaluating the ongoing activities, whilst also planning and organising the future direction of ASPHER. Since 2014, the General Assembly meetings of the Association take place in the context of the annual Deans'''' and Directors'''' Retreats of the Association.
The following schools were hosts of the ASPHER Deans'''' and Directors'''' retreats since 1996:
1996 October:
Netherlands School of Public Health, Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS
1997 May:
Nordic School of Public Health, Göteborg, SWEDEN
1997 October:
School of Public Health, Postgraduate Medical School, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
1998 May:
National School of Health ISCIII / University Centre of Public Health, Madrid, SPAIN
1998 October:
Department of Hygiene and Community Medicine, University of Torino, Torino, ITALY
1999 May:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UNITED KINGDOM
1999 October:
National School of Public Health ISCIII, Madrid, SPAIN
2000 May:
CEFPAS, Caltanissetta, Sicily, ITALY
2000 October:
Department of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, DENMARK
2001 May:
Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, Magdeburg, GERMANY
2002 May:
National School of Public Health, Saint-Maurice, FRANCE
2003 May:
National School of Public Health, Athens, GREECE
2004 May:
National School of Public Health, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
2005 May:
School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, GERMANY
2006 May:
Institute of Public Health, UMIT, Hall / Section Social Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
2007 May:
National School of Public Health and Health Management Services, Bucharest, ROMANIA
2008 May:
Division of Public Health, University of Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM
2009 May:
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
2010 May:
EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, FRANCE
2011 May:
Centre - School of Public Health, University of Belgrade, SERBIA
2012 May:
Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, POLAND
2013 May:
Department of International Health, Maastricht University, Maastricht, THE NETHERLANDS
2014 May:
Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CROATIA
2015 June:
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
2016 May:
National School of Public Health, Athens, GREECE
2017 May/June:
EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, FRANCE
2018 June:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UNITED KINGDOM
2019 May:
Board of Directors of the Italian Postgraduate Schools of Hygiene and Public Health, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice, ITALY
2020 June:
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