Raül Toran , Scientific Outreach Technician Environmental Health

Plantas de fresa para crear un mapa de contaminación del aire de Barcelona

13.11.2019

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Raül Toran

Plantas de fresa para crear un mapa de contaminación del aire de Barcelona

Ilustraciones de Miriam Rivera ( @miriamriig ), divulgadora científica especializada en formato cómic y coordinadora de Biomiics . ...

Environmental Health 13.11.2019

Quique Bassat

Fighting for Breath

Photo: Save The Children [This article has been written by Quique Bassat , iCREA researcher, and Gonzalo Fanjul , Policy Director,...

Health Equity 12.11.2019

Lola Jover

Meet our Alumni: Lucía Fernández Montoya

Lucía Fernández Montoya graduated from the ISGlobal – University of Barcelona Master of Clinical Research: International Health...

Training & Education, ISGlobal Alumni 08.11.2019

Jordi Sunyer

Scientific Consensus Leaves No Doubt that the Ambient Air in Urban Centres is Harming Our Health: What Are We Waiting For?

[This article has been published together with the First Conference on Air Quality in Catalonia] The First Conference on...

Environmental Health 08.11.2019

Mònica Ubalde

Schools as Climate Shelters

Photo: Barcelona City Council This article has been written by Mònica Ubalde , postdoctoral researcher, and Carolyn Daher ,...

Environmental Health 29.10.2019

Gonzalo Fanjul

The Lottery of Birth

Imagine a scenario in which, at birth, we knew nothing about ourselves or our conditions : whether we were born female or male,...

Health Equity 22.10.2019

Lola Jover

Evaluating The Impact of Our ISGlobal-University of Barcelona Postgraduate Programmes: Are Our Graduates Succeeding in the Field of Global Health?

At the Education & Training Department of ISGlobal we develop, implement and collaborate in different types of education...

Training & Education, ISGlobal Alumni 21.10.2019

Gonzalo Fanjul

A Lifesaver for 16 Million People

[This article has been published in Spanish on 3.500 millones-El País] At a conjuncture fraught with bad news, the Global...

Malaria 15.10.2019

Carol Pozo

From Altamira to Africa. BOHEMIA: A Visionary Strategy in the Fight Against Malaria

In the year 1868, an Asturian weaver named Modesto Cubillas was out hunting on the Altamira fields near Santillana del Mar in Cantabria. While...

Malaria, Policy & Global Development 08.10.2019

Wilma Zijlema

What Will the (Blue) Cities of the Future Look Like?

What will Barcelona look like in 20 years from now? And how will changes in the city affect the health of its inhabitants? These questions were...

Environmental Health 01.10.2019

Virginia Rodriguez

Ten Reasons for Spain’s Commitment Against the Three Major Pandemics

On October 10, Lyon, France, will host the Sixth Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria with the...

Malaria, Policy & Global Development, Tuberculosis, HIV/Aids 23.09.2019

Oriol Marquet

Physical Activity, Public Transport and Active Transport: a Combination with Health Benefits

[This article has been originally published in Catalan in 'Espai Salut' newsletter of Diputació de Barcelona] A silent pandemic is slowly...

Environmental Health 19.09.2019

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