Join the GLOHRA Academy Series on 7 April 2026 (4:00–5:00 PM) for an engaging session with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Sunder on “Healthy Buildings: Center of Excellence. National Isolation Unit in Kigali, Rwanda.” 🌍🏥

This monthly series highlights interdisciplinary global health research, combining a 30-minute expert talk with an interactive Q&A to exchange insights on methods, processes, and lessons learned. 💡

Prof. Sunder will present a Rwanda-focused project on high-level isolation units and specialized staff training, showcasing innovative approaches to infection prevention and outbreak preparedness. 🦠✨

With around 1.84 million people living with dementia in Germany, and numbers expected to rise, the potential to prevent or delay up to 45% of cases is enormous – yet public knowledge remains limited.

The 8th National Conference “Healthy and Active Aging” focuses on effective dementia prevention strategies, showcasing successful practices, and fostering dialogue between science, policy, and practice. Highlights include lifestyle factors, international best practices, personalized multimodal interventions, and early detection approaches. 🌱✨

📅 When: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
📍 Where: Hilton Cologne, Cologne 

This conference is aimed at multipliers and professionals in dementia care and health promotion. Don’t miss this opportunity to exchange ideas and shape dementia prevention for the future! 🤝

🌍 Circle U. Open Conversation: One Planet – One Health? 🌱

On April 22, 2026 (11:00–12:30), the Circle U. invites participants to an engaging online Open Conversation exploring how climate change is reshaping the way we think about health 🌡️🧠.

This session highlights the deep connections between climate change and disease across humans, animals, and ecosystems 🌿🐾—challenging traditional, human-centered medical perspectives. While much attention has been given to human health, the discussion will also shed light on often-overlooked plant diseases and their critical role in sustaining ecosystems and livelihoods 🌾.

Guided by the holistic One Health approach, leading experts—including researchers from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and UCLouvain—will explore new challenges and interdisciplinary solutions for global health in a changing climate 🌎.

📺 The event will be livestreamed, and registration is open until April 21.

Mastering R for Epidemiologic Research | Online Course | Starting 27 April 2026 💻📊

The online course Mastering R for Epidemiologic Research begins on 27 April 2026 and offers a flexible, fully asynchronous learning experience for researchers, public health professionals, epidemiologists, and clinicians who want to strengthen their R programming skills.

Led by Malcolm Barrett, data scientist and research software engineer at Stanford University, the course introduces modern tools from the R ecosystem, including the Tidyverse and Quarto, and supports participants in building reproducible, high-quality analyses.

Participants will learn to:
• Master the tidyverse for readable, efficient, and reproducible data science workflows
• Create dynamic, fully reproducible documents with Quarto (exportable to PDF, HTML, Word, and more)
• Model statistical problems using linear and logistic regression

🗓 Format & Schedule

• Asynchronous online course (50 virtual seats)

• Materials available from 27 April

• Equivalent to a one-week, 40-hour intensive course

• Flexible completion within one to four weeks (final submission deadline: 26 May)

• Optional live office hours via Microsoft Teams

🎓 ECTS: 3
💬 Language: English
💶 Fees:

• €510 reduced (students, Charité researchers, BSPH alumni)

• €750 regular

The course combines structured teaching units with optional advanced materials for those wishing to dive deeper into programming and reproducible research. Participants completing four assignments can earn ECTS credit or receive a certificate of participation.

All materials are provided online and remain accessible after the course.

Registration is available via the official online form.