RSU is organising an international conference on human biomonitoring and health policy decisions

On 29 May, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will host the international conference “Human Biomonitoring as a Public Health Instrument: from Science to Policy Decisions” at the Medical Education Technology Centre (METC), 26A Anniņmuižas Boulevard. Latvian and international experts will discuss how scientific data can be used to shape effective public health policy.

Human biomonitoring makes it possible to determine which chemical substances enter the human body, thereby providing an essential basis for evidence-based public health and environmental policy decisions. Particular attention at the conference will be paid to turning scientific data into practical solutions – from risk assessment to targeted action at national and European level.

The event will provide a platform for exchanging experience and discussing results obtained in Latvia in an international context, while also strengthening cooperation between science and policy-makers.

Presentations will be delivered by leading researchers and experts from Latvia and abroad, including:

• Ivars Vanadziņš (RSU) – Head of the Latvian Human Biomonitoring Programme;
• Lāsma Akūlova (RSU) – Researcher;
• Inese Mārtiņsone (RSU) – Leading Researcher;
• Marike Kolossa-Gehring (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany);
• Liese Gilles (Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Belgium);
• Alison Connolly (University College Dublin, Ireland);
• Loreta Strumylaitė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences);
• Hans Orru (University of Tartu, Estonia).

The conference will be opened by Liene Ņikitina-Zaķe, Director of the RSU Science Department, and Dzintars Mozgis, representative of the Human Biomonitoring Council of Latvia, highlighting the importance of human biomonitoring for the development of public health.

The event is organised within the framework of the project Development of Human Biomonitoring Programme for Latvia (HBM4LV), the aim of which is to establish an evidence-based human biomonitoring system in Latvia. It is organised by the RSU Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Human Biomonitoring Council of Latvia.

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