Name: Biomarkers, Genetics, Epigenetics & Metabolomics Experience From The Birth To Twenty Plus Cohort by UNICEF Innocenti in Global Health
Duration: 17 min 17 s
Description: A presentation by Shane Norris as part of the Innovations in Design and Measurement panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014

Global Health

A presentation by Shane Norris as part of the Innovations in Design and Measurement panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014

Biomarkers, Genetics, Epigenetics & Metabolomics Experience From The Birth To Twenty Plus Cohort

Dr. Samuel (SAS) Kargbo speaks on the Aspen Institute’s Spotlight Health Conference on the life-saving strategy and understanding he brokered in Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis. 

Listen to the full audio of the panel here: https://soundcloud.com/aspenideastogo/undaunted-stories-from-the-frontlines-of-global-health

S.A.S. Kargbo — Stories From The Frontlines Of Global Health

Genepod

Genepod: July 2016 - The real father of Precision Medicine

Dexter Hadley of UCSF speaks to CHI on November, 29, 2016. Dr. Hadley will be speaking during the Bioinformatics track during the Molecular Medicine Triconference, February 19 - 24, in San Francisco, CA. 

Topics include developing a learning healthcare system to help make medicine more objective rather than subjective in terms of identifying melanoma and other symptoms, as well as creating an app to bring better personalized medicine to individuals.

For more information, please visit http://www.TriConference.com/Bioinformatics-Big-Data/

Molecular Med Tri-Con 2017 | Using Big Data to Create Better Precision Medicine

Hear an interview with Geisinger Health System's Jennifer Wagner, who discusses her recent publication in Genetics in Medicine which addresses how to get the most out of the Precision Medicine Initiative.

Genepod - December 2016 - Making Precision Medicine Work

Today we are delighted to bring you an interview with Matt Might, computer scientist and medical researcher extraordinaire and architect of President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative.  As the Obama Administration winds down, we're talking with Matt about the goals and accomplishments of precision medicine (and related projects like the Cancer Moonshot) and what he foresees as the future marriage of data and medicine.  Many thanks to Matt, our friends over at Partially Derivative (hi, Jonathon!) and the White House for arranging this opportunity to chat.  Enjoy!

Data and the Future of Medicine : Interview with Precision Medicine Initiative researcher Matt Might

In this edition of UNICEF Innocenti's podcast series on research matters, we sit down with the authors of our 15th Report Card: An Unfair Start, to discuss the research process and findings on educational inequalities for children in rich countries.  

How did the report authors choose the title for the report: An Unfair Start? Why is this topic relevant to look at now? How did they rank the countries? What results were unexpected? The report authors answer these questions and more in this NEW podcast interview.

For more information, please visit the Report Card website and download the report: www.unicef-irc.org/unfairstart 

And follow the conversation with the hashtag: #UnfairStart

Uncovering An #UnfairStart: An Interview with UNICEF Report Card 15 authors on Education Inequality

For this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, UNICEF Innocenti's podcast on research matters invites Amber Peterman and Tia Palermo from the Transfer Project to discuss their recent research linking poverty and gender-based violence, unpacking evidence of how social protection has the potential to mitigate gbv.

2018's #16days has a unique theme for 2018:  #HearMeToo. #HearMeToo brings to the forefront women raising their voices and awareness to “#OrangetheWorld” - so to speak - with stories on survival and resilience to work towards mitigating violence against girls and women everywhere.

Hear US now as we break down some of the latest findings from our gender-based violence research in this week’s podcast for the 16 days of activism.

READ: 
•	Tip of the Iceberg: Reporting and Gender-Based Violence in Developing Countries: https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/179/5/602/143069
•	Social Protection & Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana - presentation (on slideshare): https://www.slideshare.net/TheTransferProject/social-protection-intimate-partner-violence
•	Understanding the linkages between social safety nets and childhood violence: a review of the evidence from low- and middle income countries, Health Policy & Planning 2017: https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/3748288

FURTHER READING:
•	Brief: Does education affect women’s likelihood of experiencing sexual and intimate partner violence? http://www.svri.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2017-07-21/SVRI_SB_WmnEdu%26IPV_LR.pdf
•	Brief: Reducing gender-based violence through investments in education http://www.svri.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2017-07-21/SVRI_SB_InvEducation_LR.pdf 
•	Women Individual Asset Ownership and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from 28 International Surveys, American Journal of Public Health 2017: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/917/
•	Cash support: a new tool to decrease Intimate Partner Violence?http://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/hppdebated/2018/10/01/cash-support-a-new-tool-to-decrease-intimate-partner-violence/

#HEARMETOO: UNICEF Research on Gender-Based Violence for #16Days of Activism

In this edition of our podcast on research matters for children, we talk to our expert on migration, Bina D’Costa, about her latest research - from Cox's Bazar to Somaliland - and what we can expect for the 2018 Global Compact for Migration. 

We discuss UNICEF Innocenti’s latest research projects and the important lessons learned in Bina’s last year with us,  as well as what’s next for research for children on issues related to migration, refugees and displacement.

Continue the conversation with us on twitter using the hashtags #ForMigration and #ChildrenUprooted building on the momentum of the Global Compact for Migration.

For more research, visit our website: https://www.unicef-irc.org/research/children-and-migration-rights-and-resilience/

The Role of Research on Migration: Insights on Migrants’ Experiences with Bina D'Costa

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