Els programes de màster UB-ISGlobal 2024/2025 celebren la cerimònia de graduació

L’Aula Magna de la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut de la Universitat de Barcelona (UB) es va omplir d’orgull i emoció el 4 de juliol, durant la cerimònia de graduació del programa de màster UB-ISGlobal 2024/25. Finalitzava així un intens recorregut acadèmic per a 40 estudiants de més de 20 països, que han cursat el Màster en Salut Global, el Màster tropEd en Salut Global i el Màster de Recerca Clínica Aplicada: Especialitat Salut Global —tres programes oferts conjuntament per la UB i ISGlobal.

D’entrada, Núria Casamitjana, que dirigeix els màsters en Salut Global i tropEd i coordina l’itinerari en Salut Global, va destacar l’esforç i la progressió de l’alumnat, i la manera com cadascú havia afrontat i superat reptes al llarg del curs.

Com a representant del professorat triat per l’alumnat, Quique Bassat, director general d’ISGlobal, professor de recerca ICREA i professor de la UB, i codirector del Màster en Salut Global, va compartir la seva trajectòria en l’àmbit de la salut global i va animar els graduats a mantenir la passió per l’equitat en salut, amb un discurs inspirador i reflexiu.

En la conferència de clausura, la professora de recerca ICREA Anna Roca va parlar de la seva experiència com investigadora i va remarcar la importància de la resiliència en una carrera en salut global.

En representació de l’alumnat, Karim El Khaldi, Eris Navarro i Amanda Miranda Martins van pronunciar discursos curulls d’emoció sobre experiències, reptes i aspiracions, en que no van faltar notes d’humor, agraïment i esperança.

Treballs Finals: una finestra als reptes de la salut global

Del 30 de juny al 4 de juliol de 2025, l’alumnat va defensar els seus treballs finals de màster davant de tribunals acadèmics, amb investigacions que reflecteixen la diversitat i complexitat dels reptes en salut global.

Màster en Recerca Clínica Aplicada: Especialitat Salut Global:

• Associations Between Mental Distress, Lifestyle Factors, and Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Among Adults with Diabetes in Dakar, Senegal: A cross-sectional analysis and literature review
• Clinical impact of viral haemorrhagic fevers on paediatric populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Clinical Validation of AmpliFAST: A new Point-of-Care PCR Test for Group B Streptococcus Detection
• Developing quantitative point-of-care sensors for the diagnosis of Malaria
• Do spaces shape health? A European perspective on indoor and outdoor physical activity and adolescent health-related quality of life
• Health Care Providers’ Experiences of Managing Non-Communicable Diseases in Suhum Municipality: A qualitative study of hypertension and diabetes mellitus
• Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment (TPT) Uptake among Healthcare Workers in Embu Level 5 Hospital, Kenya
• Profiling Head and Neck Cancer Patients in Brazil: A Comparative Analysis of Public and Private Healthcare Systems (HEADsPAcE)
• Rethinking Fetal Weight Estimation: Empowering Midwives with the Dare Formula
• Sex-associated differences in anti-spike IgG Antibody Responses to Fractional versus Full COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: a Secondary Analysis of the FRACT-COV Trial in Healthy Brazilian Adults
• The Science-Policy interface in the COVID-19 management: lessons learned
• Stigma-Associated Anxiety and Depression in a National HIV Cohort in Italy
• Using Extracellular Vesicles to Identify Potential New Biomarkers in Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

Màster en Salut Global /Màster trop-Ed en Salut Global:

• Assessing the CST-HIV Tool for Long-Term HIV Care in Italy’s ICONA Cohort
• The care sector in Spain, a catalyzer for social change
• Childhood Outdoor Air Pollution Exposure Across Multiple Microenvironments and Metabolic Syndrome. A HELIX Cohort Analysis
• Community-Based Interventions for Mental Health Disorders in Children and Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean: A scoping review
• Conflict-Driven Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition Among Children Under Five in Sudan: A Literature Review
• Differential Etiopathogenic Factors of Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Eastern and Western Europe
• Digital health to support decision making to improve the maternal, newborn and child continuum of care in low and middle-income countries
• Do Tourniquet Guidelines Address Prolonged Field Care? Implications of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict for Low-Resource Settings
• Effectiveness of Humanitarian Food Aid During Conflicts and Crisis: A Narrative Literature Review on Tigray, Ethiopia
• Evaluation of the Malaria Vaccines Implementation in Ghana: A narrative literature review analysing strengths and weaknesses for an effective, equitable and sustainable public health intervention
• Evaluating the Impact of Mental Health Policy Implementation on Youth Major Depression Outcomes in the United States
• Global Health Governance and Health Equity in the Context of Covid-19 in South America: A Scoping Review
• Health Systems Impact and Response During Industrial Disasters: The Beirut Port Explosion
• Heat-related illnesses among migrant agricultural workers in Spain: findings from semistructured interviews
• Knowledge and identification of cases of NOMA, a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD), among health professionals in Latin America: a cross-sectional survey
• Longitudinal changes in motivational determinants of sustainable diets during a blended digital behaviour change intervention: a mixed-methods study
• Maternal and Infant Health Risks from Agrochemical Water Contamination: Mitigating the Health Impacts of Brazilian Agricultural Practices
• The Perception of Indian and Ghanaian Migrant Populations about Migrant Health Data Collection in Catalonia, Spain
• Polio Elimination in Pakistan: Achievements, Failures & Lessons Learned
• Prevalence and Diagnostic Timing of PVL-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections
• Quality of life in pediatric leukaemia survivors: A scoping review of an actual challenge
• Strengthening the Oral Health Workforce for Filipino Children: Insights from Scotland and Thailand 
• Tuberculosis Cascade of Care: Understanding the gaps in TB care to avert mortality in the WHO African region
• Understanding the Behavioural, Social and Structural Factors Influencing HPV Vaccine Uptake Among Adolescent Girls in Sierra Leone: Recommendations for a Sustainable, Culturally Sensitive Campaign
• Understanding Factors Influencing HPV Vaccine Uptake in Sub-Saharan African countries: a narrative review

Una xarxa global de futurs líders

Ja graduades i graduats, aquests 40 alumni passen a formar part d’una xarxa internacional de professionals formats per contribuir a l’equitat, la innovació i la transformació dels sistemes de salut arreu del món.