ASPHER

1st European Congress on

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
IN PUBLIC HEALTH

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ASPHER

1st European Congress on

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Milan, Italy | 15 - 18 July 2026

Congress Venue:
Polytechnic of Milan - Departament ABC
WHO Collaborating Centre for Design & Health:
Healthcare Infrastructures Planning, Design and Evaluation

Hosted by
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  Milan, Italy
  15 - 18 July 2026

    Congress Venue:
    Polytechnic of Milan
    Departament ABC

    WHO Collaborating Centre
    for Design & Health: Healthcare
    Infrastructures Planning,
    Design and Evaluation

Wednesday 15 July

13:00 ASPHER General Assembly (members only)

18:00 The Future of Public Health - International, National and Regional Perspectives
Special Session organised by ASPHER in collaboration with Regione Lombardia followed by Reception

Thursday 16 July

09:00-10:30 Opening & Plenary I:
60 Years of ASPHER: Launching Generations of Public Health Professionals Courageously into the Future

Chair: Henrique Barros, Institute of Public Health, University of Porto (ISPUP), PORTUGAL

Jeffrey Levett, ASPHER past-President, 1992-1993
Mirjana Kujundzic Tiljak, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, CROATIA
Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Division of Health Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Walter Ricciardi, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, ITALY

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions I

Workshop I: Strengthening the Public Health Workforce: Roles, Leadership and Professional Development

Oral presentations I: National Programme Development and Institutional Reforms

Oral presentations II: Pedagogical Methods in Public Health Education

Poster presentations I

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00 Plenary II (CME Session - no EACCME):
Education and Training in Vaccinology: A European Perspective

Chair: Carlo Signorelli, Postgraduate School in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, ITALY

Paolo Bonanni, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, ITALY
Tiago Correia, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NOVA University Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Caterina Rizzo, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, ITALY
Nadav Davidovitch, School of Public Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, ISRAEL
Fabrizio Pregliasco, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, ITALY
Anna Odone, School of Public Health, University of Pavia, ITALY
Mathieu Bangert, Sanofi

15:15:16:45 Parallel Sessions II

Workshop II: VAX-Action - Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe: Project Insights and Lessons for Public Health Education

Oral presentations III: Skills and Competencies for the Public Health Workforce: Professionalising Public Health

Oral presentations IV: Education and Health in Special and Vulnerable Groups

Poster presentations II

17:00-18:30 Parallel Sessions III

Workshop III: Public Health Education Systems: Accreditation, History and International Partnerships

Workshop IV: Preparing the Public Health Workforce for the Digital Information Environment

Oral presentations V: Public Health Training and Development for Health Professionals

Oral presentations VI: Vaccinology Education; Trust; Communication

Friday 17 July

09:00-10:30 Plenary III:
Breaking Silos: Integrating Epidemiology, Digital Health and Design & Health in Public Health Education

Chair: Mary Codd, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, IRELAND

Milo Puhan, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Hajo Zeeb, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology BIPS, University of Bremen, GERMANY
Stefano Capolongo, Design & Health Lab, Department of Architecture, Built Env and Construction Eng, Polytechnic of Milan, ITALY

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions IV

Workshop V: Advancing the ASPHER Core Curriculum: Implementation, Competencies and Workforce Relevance

Oral presentations VII: Student Health and Wellbeing; Ethics in Public Health

Oral presentations VIII: Planetary, Climate and Environmental Health; Design & Health

Poster presentations III

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00 Parallel Sessions V

Workshop VI: Innovative Pedagogies in Public Health Education

Oral presentations IX: The ASPHER Core Curriculum For Public Health: Applications and Experience

Oral presentations X: Artificial Intelligence and Public Health Education: Opportunities and Challenges

Poster presentations IV

15:15-16:45 Parallel Sessions VI

Workshop VII: Governance, Systems Thinking and Global Frameworks in Public Health Education

Oral presentations XI: Emergency Preparedness; Disaster Management; Health Diplomacy

Oral presentations XII: Developments in Public Health; Digital Public Health Education and Competencies

Poster presentations V

17:00-18:30 Plenary IV, Closing & 2027 (tba):
Advancing Glocal Public Health through Diplomacy: Schools as Drivers to Foster Public Health Diplomats

Chairs: Josep Figueras, Eur Observatory on Health Systems and Policies & Naomi Nathan, ASPHER Fellowship Programme Alumna

Laura Magaña, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)
Catarina Martins, European Parliament

Rok Hrzic, Department of International Health, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, NETHERLANDS
Mary Codd, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, IRELAND

20:00 Social Dinner

Saturday 18 July

09:30-12:00 Walking Lecture I:
Urban Health in Action: Exploring the Porta Nuova District

09:30-12:00 Walking Lecture II:
Healing Architecture: From the Renaissance Ca’ Granda to the New Milan Polyclinic