International Summit on Global Health

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Aston University, in association with the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN), is holding a series of annual international policy engagement summits, aimed at helping UK academic researchers to find out how best to collaborate with international organisations and partners in one broad policy area. UPEN is a UK-wide umbrella organisation which represents more than 110 higher education organisations and aims to strengthen the use of academic evidence in policymaking.

This inaugural summit will focus on the field of global health. The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrated how academic researchers can work at pace with public health policymakers and funders to help address major global health challenges. For this reason, UPEN and Aston University felt it would be timely and valuable to help UK academic researchers who work on a wide range of relevant issues to better understand how their research can inform the work of leading global health organisations, and how it can contribute to improving health outcomes across the globe.

The event will feature guest speakers and contributors who have worked for both global health organisations and academic institutions, and thus have ‘insider’ insights to offer from both perspectives. In addition to providing helpful guidance on some of the practical and cultural challenges which face UK academics who wish to collaborate with such organisations, the summit will also consider the priorities of the organisations which fund global health research, and it will debate the question of how global health research can be decolonised.

We have speakers from UNAIDS, UNICEF, the Medical Research Council, and other organisations.

Online attendance

The event will be livestreamed, but please note only Session A workshop will have the option to join virtually.

Host or Publisher Universities Policy Engagement Network