Efforts to tackle a range of pressing global health challenges have been boosted by a webinar series delivered by the Institute for Population Health (IPH) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q).
The *Population Health & Wellbeing Series was launched to explore how evidence-based integrative and preventive approaches can promote health and tackle various public health problems, ranging from infectious diseases like the coronavirus (Covid-19) and hepatitis C, to lifestyle-related non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Since the series was launched, a total of 12 webinars have been hosted by the IPH, each presented by a different expert speaker.
Recent topics have included:
* Social determinants of non-communicable diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, presented by Dr Hanan Abdul Rahim of Qatar University
* The role of lifestyle in medicine in population health by Dr James Rippe of the University of Massachusetts Medical School
* The experience of the WCM-Q in optimising public health research during the Covid-19 pandemic by Dr Sohaila Cheema of WCM-Q
* The use of big data in population health research related to hepatitis C and Covid-19 by Dr Adeel Butt of Hamad Medical Corporation and WCM-Q.
One of the highlights of the series was a presentation titled *Battling the Covid-19 pandemic: A perspective from Qatar by Dr Mohamed bin Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, director of the Public Health Department at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and associate professor of Population Health Sciences at the WCM-Q and Qatar University.
Dr Ravinder Mamtani, professor of Population Health Sciences/professor of Medicine and vice-dean for Population Health and Lifestyle Medicine at the WCM-Q, said: “We are extremely grateful to the highly esteemed Dr Mohamed bin Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani of the MoPH for giving us the benefit of his expertise and insight into the excellent work that has been done in Qatar to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, which has undoubtedly saved a great many lives.”
“Thanks to the high calibre of our expert speakers and the excellence of their presentations,” he added.
Other topics addressed by the series include:
* A New York perspective of professional medical conduct, presented by Paula M Breen of the New York State Department of Health
* Lessons from four decades of experience in medical education, by Dr William W Pinsky of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
* Strategies for integrating real-world data with clinical trial data to improve decision-making, presented by Dr Ronac Mamtani and Dr Rebecca Hubbard, both of the University of Pennsylvania
* *The Living Gap: Bridged by Compassion presented by Dr David Reilly, director of TheWEL Programmes and The Healing Shift Enquiry.
Since the series was launched, a total of 12 webinars have been hosted by the IPH, each presented by a different expert speaker.
Recent topics have included:
* Social determinants of non-communicable diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, presented by Dr Hanan Abdul Rahim of Qatar University
* The role of lifestyle in medicine in population health by Dr James Rippe of the University of Massachusetts Medical School
* The experience of the WCM-Q in optimising public health research during the Covid-19 pandemic by Dr Sohaila Cheema of WCM-Q
* The use of big data in population health research related to hepatitis C and Covid-19 by Dr Adeel Butt of Hamad Medical Corporation and WCM-Q.
One of the highlights of the series was a presentation titled *Battling the Covid-19 pandemic: A perspective from Qatar by Dr Mohamed bin Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, director of the Public Health Department at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and associate professor of Population Health Sciences at the WCM-Q and Qatar University.
Dr Ravinder Mamtani, professor of Population Health Sciences/professor of Medicine and vice-dean for Population Health and Lifestyle Medicine at the WCM-Q, said: “We are extremely grateful to the highly esteemed Dr Mohamed bin Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani of the MoPH for giving us the benefit of his expertise and insight into the excellent work that has been done in Qatar to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, which has undoubtedly saved a great many lives.”
“Thanks to the high calibre of our expert speakers and the excellence of their presentations,” he added.
Other topics addressed by the series include:
* A New York perspective of professional medical conduct, presented by Paula M Breen of the New York State Department of Health
* Lessons from four decades of experience in medical education, by Dr William W Pinsky of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
* Strategies for integrating real-world data with clinical trial data to improve decision-making, presented by Dr Ronac Mamtani and Dr Rebecca Hubbard, both of the University of Pennsylvania
* *The Living Gap: Bridged by Compassion presented by Dr David Reilly, director of TheWEL Programmes and The Healing Shift Enquiry.
