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ISEE Europe Winter 2025 Newsletter

New ISEE European Councillor and ISEE Europe Chapter Elections

Congratulations to Bénédicte Jacquemin who has been elected as the new European Councilor for the Executive Council of ISEE!   We would like to thank Zorana Andersen for her service as she rotates off from this position.

We had a fresh round of elections to the ISEE Europe Executive Council in early fall and are excited to share the results! We welcome Anna Oudin from Lund University as the newly elected ISEE Europe Council Member. We also warmly welcome our new associate members Dimitris Evangelopoulos, Giovanni Veronesi, Melani Mahanani and Jiawei Zhang.

2025 HEI Annual Conference Abstract Submission is Open to All

The 2025 HEI Annual Conference will take place on May 4-6 in Austin, Texas. For the first time, HEI is now accepting abstract submissions for poster presentations at the conference. The conference is open to all, no prior work with HEI is required to attend and join the HEI community. The work presented to the open submission call must not be related to an ongoing study funded by HEI. The conference is always a great opportunity to hear about cutting edge research related to environmental exposure assessment and environmental health and for connecting with friends, peers, and colleagues. Deadline for abstract submission is February 14, 2025. More information  here.

Take advantage of ERS and ISEE new partnership

Remember to take advantage of the dual membership that is now available to members of both the ISEE and ERS societies, with a much-reduced fee. ISEE Europe has developed strong links with ERS in the last years and collaborate intensively and successfully on various policy issues. Many ISEE Europe members have active roles in ERS committees, which is extremely useful for our common goals. One major advantage of this collaboration is that ERS has a well-staffed and extremely dedicated advocacy office in Brussels, which enables us to reach policy makers, regulators, other NGOs, etc. They also have a patient organization (ELF), which is also very good for outreach, communication, and policy.

The abstract deadline for the ERS Congress 2025 in Amsterdam is Feb 20, 2025. Members get a sizable discount on congress registration fees.

Provisional ISEE Special Interest Group on Pesticides and Health

Hundreds of pesticides have been used widely to protect crop yields. Yet, the scientific knowledge on the health effects of classical and emerging pesticides, both man-made and low-concern pesticides, is still growing. We invite ISEE members to join the ISEE Special Interest Group (SIG) on Pesticides and Health. We especially welcome scientists from low-, and middle-income countries to join this SIG.

The aim of the Special Interest Group is to: i) provide a platform for ISEE members to network with other colleagues from around the globe with interest in pesticides and health and ii) provide a global scientific forum to discuss relevant topics of pesticides and health ranging from local to global scales.
 
If you are interested in joining this SIG, please email Konstantinos Makris.

Climate and Health Award for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Wellcome has announced the Climate and Health Award: Advancing climate mitigation solutions with health co-benefits in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with grants of up to 2 million. This award is designed to fund transdisciplinary research teams that reflect local priorities and generate evidence to drive positive climate and health outcomes.  The lead applicant must be an established researcher based at an organisation in an eligible LMIC (some countries in Eastern and South Eastern Europe qualify). The preliminary application deadline is February 18,  2025. 

ISEE Europe Activities on Climate Change and Health

ISEE Europe together with other members of ISEE organized a well-attended preconference workshop at ISEE2024 entitled “Climate crisis and health – from research to policy. A primer with the focus on United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP) climate negotiations” and aimed at capacity building for ISEE members for broader support of global climate-related activities. 

Pertinent events since our last newsletter included

• the first face-to-face meeting of the WHO ATACH Committee in Madrid in March;
• the WHO's World Health Assembly in May with the adoption of a resolution on Climate Change and Health; and endorsement of WHO’s 14th General Programme of Work (GPW 14);
• the Subsidiary Bodies SB60 meeting in Bonn in June and the COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan in December (with in-person or virtual participation by ISEE Europe). A debriefing of climate change and health-related outcomes was organized by GCHA (details are available upon request).

With the disappointing outcomes of COP29, we strive to make a difference in the new year, and there are many opportunities for ISEE Europe members to offer their scientific expertise and advocacy in support of more ambitious climate negotiations, starting with the WHO's EB156 meeting (in preparation of the next WHO WHA) with a first-time agenda item on climate change and health; the submission of NDC 3.0, the SB62 meeting in Bonn, and COP30 in Belem, Brazil. Please contact ISEE Europe if you want to support us and participate in these activities. For many reasons, 2025 will be a hot year!