See the Global Health Hub in action

The Knowledge Hub on Global Health addresses the pressing issue of global and local health challenges and seeks to develop strategies for providing better healthcare and prevention for all. 

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Summer school GH visual

A Look Back at the "Rethinking Global Health" Summer School

30 Jul. 2025

Events

Open Conversation Global Health
20
Oct.

Open Conversation: Global Health – What’s Next?

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29
Oct.

Climate Change by Night: The 4th Climate Hub Happy Hour Event

View on the Lake of Louvain-la-neuve Campus, UCLouvain
21
Nov.

Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development

A globe wrapped in string lights.
26
Nov.

Circle U. Christmas Lecture: Water, Agriculture and Health in a Changing Climate

Offers

PReCISE Summer School poster
PhD 5 ECTS

PReCISE Summer School – Promoting Citizen Science Expertise

Interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and skill development through interactive lectures, workshops, and hands-on activities.
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Master, PhD 3 ECTS

Cycling to Divide, Across Scales, Species and Evolution

Deep dive into the cell cycle and cell division processes whose alteration leads to the appearance and development of cancers in humans.
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Master 20 ECTS

Honours Certificate in Education for Sustainable Health

This Honours Certificate is an interdisciplinary supplement that you can follow online and acquire simultaneously with your main study programme.

Open Conversation: Global Health – What’s Next?

Join PhD students and experts to discuss the shifting landscape of global health, from U.S. withdrawal to the rising roles of China, BRICS, and the EU.

Open Conversation: Pesticides, Health, and the Fight for Freedom of Speech

Prof. Larissa Bombardi, Brazilian geographer and whistleblower, presents key findings from her research on the profound impact of pesticide use on human health and biodiversity in Brazil.

Open lecture series: Bridging Humanities and Medicine for Sustainable Impact – Towards Translational Medical Humanities

The lecture series is tailored for students and scholars from any discipline eager to explore innovative and deeply interdisciplinary approaches to wide-ranging health issues and complex societal problems.

Meet the team

Academic Director

Jean-Philippe Empana
Prof. Jean-Philippe Empana
  • Academic Director
  • Université Paris Cité
MD, PhD and co-team leader of an INSERM research team dedicated to cardiovascular disease epidemiology (CVD) in Paris, France. Main areas of expertise: risk prediction, big…
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Academic chairs

Aleksandra Buha Djordjevic
Dr. Aleksandra Buha Djordjevic
  • Academic Chair
  • University of Belgrade
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Christoph Gradmann
Prof. Dr. Christoph Gradmann
  • Academic Chair
  • University of Oslo
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Peter Gropel
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter Gröpel
  • Academic Chair
  • University of Vienna
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Juergen Koenig
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen König
  • Academic Chair
  • University of Vienna
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Rosie Mayston
Dr. Rosie Mayston
  • Academic Chair
  • King's College London
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Lara Tavoschi
Dr. Lara Tavoschi
  • Academic Chair
  • University of Pisa
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Sandy Tubeuf
Prof. Sandy Tubeuf
  • Academic Chair
  • UCLouvain
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Christian Wejse
PhD Christian Morberg Wejse
  • Academic Chair
  • Aarhus University
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Pascal Grosse
Priv.-Doz. Pascal Grosse
  • Academic Chair
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Pauline Chauvin
Assoc. Prof. Pauline Chauvin
  • Academic Chair
  • Université Paris Cité
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