Mental Health Conditions and Chronic Disease

Non-infectious health conditions such as depression, heart disease and diabetes are presenting an ever-increasing challenge to global health.
On Thursday 11 May, this track will focus on mental health, which is a pressing issue worldwide. How can we improve the mental health of the world’s populations?
On Friday 12 May, it will focus on chronic diseases, including heart disease and diabetes, which are leading causes of death worldwide and which require an international perspective to treat and prevent.

Overview of parallel sessions

Mental Health

Time: Thursday May 11 at 12.45-14.30
Auditorium: Jeppe Vontillius

Non-infectious health conditions, such as metabolic and mental illnesses, are presenting an ever-increasing challenge to global health. This track will focus on mental health, which is a pressing issue worldwide. The challenges will be presented as well as solutions on how we may improve the mental health of the world’s populations with a local approach.

Chair: 

Matthew Prina, Doctor, King's College London

Speakers:

Melanie Amna Abas, Professor, King's College London
Putting the local into global mental health research

Valentyna Mazhbits, Doctor, Charité - University of Medicine Berlin
Actual problems of mental health: challenges and solutions

Wietse Anton Tol, Professor, University of Copenhagen
Global mental health and social justice: towards integrated, multi-sectoral interventions


Flash talks by:
Ganna Goloktionova, MHPSS Advisor, IFRC Psychosocial Centre
Workforce capacities and scalable low intensity interventions

Caroline Arnbjerg, PhD Student, Aarhus University
Global research partnerships: Twinning of individual Ph.D. students to break down power asymmetries - experiences from Rwanda

Birgitte Thylstryp and Morten Hesse, Associate Professors, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research
Co-existing mental health and substance use disorder: many challenges – many solutions

Global Burden of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases

Time: Friday May 12 at 10.30-12.15
Auditorium: Jeppe Vontillius

This  track will focus on chronic metabolic diseases constituting a  major global burden, such as diabetes and heart disease. These diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and solutions require an international perspective to treat and prevent. 

Chair: 

Jens Cosedis Nielsen, Leading Professor, Aarhus University

Speakers:

Annelli Sandbæk, Clinical Professor, Aarhus University
Cities changing diabetes: Access to care for vulnerable patients

Jean-Phillipe Empana, Professor, INSERM - University of Paris
Rethinking the prevention of CVD and beyond

Michael Hecht Olsen, Professor, University of Southern Denmark
How can we tackle the major global health risk of hypertension?

Flash talks by:
Andreas Halgreen Eiset, Postdoc, Aarhus University
Hypertension in recently arrived Syrian refugees in Denmark and Lebanon

Omar Deraz, PhD student, INSERM - University of Paris
Cardiovascular Health In Sexual Minority French Adults