Digital technologies for addressing global challenges in women' Health and wellbeing - 5-6th April 23

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Mercredi 15 Mars 2023

La Haute Ecole de Santé de Genève organise les 5 et 6 avril 2023 un cours-atelier doctoral pour l'école de printemps en santé globale organisée par l'ISG et le Pr. Antoine Flahault.

Le thème de ce cours d'1ECTS sur 2 jours porte cette année sur : "Digital technologies for addressing global challenges in women' Health and wellbeing" et est organisé par les Pre Katarzyna Wac (UNIGE), Swann Pichon (HEDS) et Margot Morgiève (INSERM).

L'objectif de cet atelier sera de présenter le travail de quatre expert-e-s en santé numérique traitant des questions liées à la santé menstruelle des femmes (Dr Laura Symul Stanford University), à la santé sexuelle (Pr Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE), à la santé périnatale et au bien-être durant le postpartum (Pr Laurent Gaucher, HEDS; Dr Sonali Quantius, Haplocare). Le second objectif de cet atelier sera de mener un projet d'idéathon collaboratif en groupe,s afin de conceptualiser une idée de projet pour laquelle le participant-e pense que la technologie numérique peut apporter une innovation et une valeur significative pour améliorer la santé et le bien-être physique et mental global des femmes.

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Spring School of Global Health Geneva 2023 : digital technologies for addressing global challenges in women's health and wellbeing 

The role of fertility and menstrual cycle tracking apps in improving menstrual health - Online conference - Dr Laura Symul
Wednesday 5th April 2023 16h30 – 17h30
Fertility and menstrual cycle tracking apps are among the most used health apps: millions of women use them around the globe. We will discuss how these apps can be used to phenotype hormonal-related symptoms, how they can be deployed in prospective studies, and how they could accelerate PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) diagnosis. We will discuss related challenges, ranging from those arising in the statistical analyses of menstrual cycle app data to those related to data privacy and automated diagnosis. Bio: Laura Symul obtained her Ph.D. in computational biology from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, where she studied the molecular regulation of the circadian clock. As a postdoctoral fellow, her research focuses on women's and menstrual health. This includes research on fertility, cycle-related symptoms, and drivers of changes in vaginal microbiota communities. She analyses self-tracked data from phone apps and clinical multi-omics data, applying and developing multi-table integration methods.
Organized by the Geneva school for health science and the University of Geneva - Spring School of Global Health Geneva 2023 
Zoom link: https://unige.zoom.us/j/64435401928?pwd=dzRMWXVMdTdEZkRYTHlkcFN5bUxnZz09
ID de réunion: 644 3540 1928 - Code Sécurité: 656999 

Haplocare, a global community to improve the wellbeing of mothers during perinatality 

Online conference - Dr Sonali Quantius 
Thursday 6th April 2023 10h – 11h 
Depression and anxiety are the most common mental health issues experienced by women during the pregnancy and post-partum (‘the perinatal’) period but there remains a huge gap in the screening, diagnosis and access to timely care in Switzerland and worldwide. The reality is that healthcare systems cannot meet existing (or future) demands for face-to-face psychological therapy, or the quality of psychological care in terms of timeliness or accessibility that has been recommended for pregnant and postpartum women. Perinatal depression poses unique symptoms and situations and clinical presentations (e.g. fears of childbirth; intrusive thoughts of harm to baby, hormonal imbalance etc.) that general mental health apps do not address. HaploCare is addressing the above issues by a web-based platform that will enables pregnant and postpartum women to securely track their mental health and if their scores indicate mild to moderate depression/anxiety, providing access to self-care, peer support, and professional support. At the same time, healthcare professionals will be able to access the platform to have access to best practices and resources for their patients. Bio: Sonali studied at IIT, Bombay, moved to Zurich where she received her PhD from University Hospital Zurich and then conducted postdoctoral research at ETH, Zurich. She then entered the pharmaceutical world by joining Eli Lily and the next 12 years saw her move to four countries (Singapore, USA, Sweden and the UK) and use computational biology in the domains of metabolic, genetics and now famous mRNA research. She is the founder of HaploCare: a digital app that can screen and offer treatment for women experiencing depression and anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum. They are currently testing the app in a pilot study at NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India and plan to expand to the University Hospital Zürich in Switzerland. She is also working with researchers in Canada and New Zealand to make this digital solution available there.
Organized by the Geneva school for health science and the University of Geneva - Spring School of Global Health Geneva 2023 
Zoom link: https://unige.zoom.us/j/64435401928?pwd=dzRMWXVMdTdEZkRYTHlkcFN5bUxnZz09 
ID de réunion: 644 3540 1928 - Code Sécurité: 656999 

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