Healthy Populations

Medicine is constantly evolving, moving away from ‘one-size-fits-all’ to a more personalised approach where it takes into account individual differences, health data and new biomarkers found through the latest research, and now extends to a personalised approach focused on patients and their history.  As our populations grow, we also face great challenges in fighting epidemics in the developing world caused by emerging pathogens such as the Ebola virus, and the broader issue of combating antibiotic resistance. Proactive approaches to health in lifestyle and sport form a further sub-theme – prevention is better than cure. This theme also encompasses the biomedical and socio-cultural challenges of mental health. The programme will explore personalised medicine, child well-being, microbiomes, humanitarian medicine, eHealth and data issues and antimicrobial resistance.