Health and Wellbeing Grand Challenges Online Module

The UNIC Grand Challenges online module was a joint interdisciplinary module between Erasmus University Rotterdam and Erasmus Medical Center, University College Cork, University of Deusto, and the University of Oulu , and brought together students of the UNIC universities and beyond. Held in between March and June 2026 the module brings together online learning material from each UNIC partner on major health-challenge topics that formed the foundation of its educational activities.

The module opened with remarks from Semiha Denktas, leader of the UNIC alliance, who framed the overarching ambitions of UNIC collaboration. 

Susana Cormenzana Redondo introduced the health and wellbeing themes and discussed the goal of the module. Each subsequent session was led by a specialist from one of the partner institutions, covering a range of urgent topics in contemporary health research and policy.


Here's list of the speakers and their lecture’s titles:


Sina Calasan, University College Cork, ‘Housing Insecurity as a Health Insecurity’.


Wilma Nusselder, Erasmus Medical Center of Erasmus University Rotterdam, ‘Heat Stress in European Cities’


Begoña García-Zapirain, University of Deusto, ‘Health 4.0: New Paradigm for Digital Health.’


 Pasi Karppinen, University of Oulu, ‘Genomic Data Governance’.



Reach out to the UNIC local office for more information and to join the final online event in June 2026. 

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