- Date
- Thursday 17 Oct 2019, 15:00 - 17:00
- Type
- Symposium
- Room
- M3-03
- Building
- Van der Goot Building
- Location
- Campus Woudestein
On Thursday, 17 October, Erasmus School of Economics will host the first networking meeting of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI) entitled ‘Global perspectives on health behaviours: Preventing cardiovascular risks through economic interventions’.
During this meeting you will be presented with a series of presentations on cardiovascular diseases and health behaviors interventions.
The event aims to encourage all researchers at Erasmus School of Economics who are interested in global health issues or are currently conducting research on global health, to get involved in the initiative.
Programme and speakers
| Time | Presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 15:00-15:05 | Welcome | Carlos Riumallo |
| 15:05-15:10 | Introduction to the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI) | Tanja Houweling |
| 15:10-15:25 | Global Health Research at Erasmus school of Economics | Carlos Riumallo |
| 15:25-15:50 | Prevention of cardiovascular disease: an experiment in the Philippines | Owen O’Donnell |
| 15:50-16:15 | Mitigating the Rise of Child Overweight in Urban Vietnam: Evidence from an (ongoing) Information Intervention | Matthias Rieger |
| 16:15-16.30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Taxing bad (health) behaviour: Lessons from soda taxes in the US | John Cawley |
About the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI)
Earlier this year, Erasmus School of Economics became a partner of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI), the multi-disciplinary global health research and education network of Erasmus University and Erasmus MC.
Activities include collaborative research with colleagues from four faculties, interaction at network meetings and a newsletter on current global health research and events at Erasmus University Rotterdam, that all work toward submission of grant applications for multi‑disciplinary research
Registration
If you would like to attend the networking event, please let us know by filling out the form below.
- More information
If you have questions about the event or about the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI), please e-mail Dr. Riumallo Herl (riumalloherl@ese.eur.nl).