Public health and Policy

Trainer: Daniel Vincent Thomas Lopez

Overview: This session will introduce the concepts of Public Health and One Health, the benefits of multidisciplinary approaches when tackling public health threats, and how bioinformatics can influence public health policy-making.

Learning objectives

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Describe the main public health threats currently faced by our society
• Exemplify the role of bioinformatics analysis in public health policymaking

• Presentation slides

• “A MRSA Infection Cost Me $300,000 – and Nearly Killed Me”