New Executive Committee chair, Jolene Skordis, presents her vision for EGHRIN

Following the election of the new Executive Committee in the 2024 EGHRIN General Assembly, the newly elected members of the Committee elected in their first meeting UCL’s Jolene Skordis as its new chair, replacing ISGlobal’s Toni Plasència. Prof. Jolene Skordis is an Economist specialising in the economics of health and development.  Prof Skordis works within […]

EGHRIN newsletter issue 3

Our bi-annual newsletter provides a summary of network activities, including key achievements by member institutions. The newsletter will be mailed to members and available for public download from EGHRIN’s website.   Recent activity During this year’s annual General Assembly, a new Executive Committee (EC) was elected as the mandate of the previous one came to […]

2nd EGHRIN Seminar on Decolonising Global Health Curricula

Our second online EGHRIN Seminar will take place on April 24th (15h-16h CET) on the topic of Decolonising Global Health Curricula. Assoc Prof Rochelle Burgess (UCL, UK) will be in conversation with Prof Peter Waiswa (Makerere, Uganda) about the opportunities and challenges faced in her role overseeing the decolonisation of UCL’s global health curricula. The […]

Evaluating the Progress: One Year into the New EU Global Health Strategy

Article written by Maxime Aubert, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch & Alberto Rocamora A year after the European Commission presented its new EU Global Health Strategy, this plenary session, “The New EU Global Health Strategy: implications for research” moderated by Dr. Anna Vassal (Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development)  Dr. Antoni Plasència (IS Global)’, offered the possibility […]

EGHRIN newsletter issue 2

EGHRIN newsletter issue 2 – January 2024 Our bi-annual newsletter provides a summary of network activities, including key achievements by member institutions.  The newsletter will be mailed to members and available for public download from EGHRIN’s website. Recent activity On November 22nd EGHRIN organised together with the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) […]

EGHRIN summary of the event Equal Voices: Addressing Inequities in Global Health Research Participation

EGHRIN, the European Global Health Research Institutes Network, hosted a satellite symposium at the 10th EDCTP Forum on “Equal Voices: Addressing Inequities in Global Health Research Participation,” attended by over 80 international participants. The session was chaired by Dr Leonardo Simao, the EDCTP High Representative for Africa and included keynote presentations by Dr Barbara Kerstiëns […]

The direct involvement of European academic institutions is crucial to an effective HERA

The EU’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) aims to boost Europe’s capacity to prepare and respond to health threats in Europe. Launched in September 2021, HERA is now actively being prepared to become operational at the beginning of 2022. In this statement, LERU, together with the European Global Health Research Institutes Network (EGHRIN) […]

EGHRIN to host satellite symposium during EDCTP 10th Forum

EGHRIN, the European Global Health Research Institutes Network, is hosting a satellite symposium at the 10th EDCTP Forum on “Equal Voices: Addressing Inequities in Global Health Research Participation” on 19 October 2021 from 13h00 to 14h00 (GMT+2). Online participation in the event is possible and free of charge after registration. Global public health research agendas […]