29.09.2025
ASPHER congratulates our 2025 Award winners! Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Busse, MPH FFPH ASPHER Andrija Štampar Medallist 2025 Professor Reinhard Busse is the head of the Department of Health Care Management in the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Berlin University of Technology. He is also a faculty member of The Charité, Berlin's university hospital, is Associate Head of Research Policy and head of the Berlin hub of the European Health Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, is a member of several scientific advisory boards, as well as a regular consultant for the WHO, the EU Commission, the World Bank, OECD and other international organizations within Europe and beyond, in addition to national health and research institutions. His research focuses on the methods and contents of comparative health system analysis (with a particular emphasis on reforms in Germany, the social health insurance of other countries including those in Central and Eastern Europe, the role of the EU, financing and payment mechanisms, and disease management), health services research and health economics including cost-effectiveness analyses, and health technology assessment (HTA). His department has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Systems Research and Management. He is the director of the annual Observatory's summer school in Venice and was the coordinator of the EU-funded project "EuroDRG: Diagnosis-Related Groups in Europe: towards Efficiency and Quality" (2009-2011). He has been Editor-in-Chief of the international peer reviewed journal Health Policy since 2011. Professor Busse studied medicine in Marburg (Germany), Boston (USA), and London (UK), as well as public health in Hannover (Germany). Prof. Dr. Oliver Razum, University of Bielefeld, Germany ASPHER Research Excellence Award 2025 Professor Razum’s research is focussed primarily on social epidemiology and migration and health. With over 750 publications , a h-index of 48 and more than 11,500 citations, he has published extensively on a vast array of topics. He has been a leading expert on research in migrant health in Germany for the past 20 years, including being the lead author of the first national report on migrant health. He has researched the health of refugees, asylum seekers and international migrant workers in which he is a leading international figure. His areas of interest include screening and access barriers to health care. In recent years he has also spoken out and published extensively on the public health impacts of conflict and war. Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Medical University Gdansk ASPHER Teaching and Practice Excellence Award 2025 The Department of Public Health and Community Medicine is located at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Gdansk (GUMed). The Department conducts scientific and didactic activities in the field of public health and organises public health classes for the majority of faculties conducted at the University. The Department is also the initiator and creator of the public health courses (undergraduate and postgraduate studies), whose students learn about the full spectrum of topics covered by public health. Academic staff continuously improve their competences through participation in further education courses offered at the University, as well as in external courses. The Department innovates and continuously modifies teaching content and teaching methods. For several years, an internal system of teaching evaluation has been in place, as well as methods to activate students. Between 2022 and 2025, the Medical University of Gdansk implemented activities in teaching and practice of public health in the face of new challenges such as the war in Ukraine, the “new reality” and mental health. The Department also implemented a succussful NAWA project from September 2022 to July 2024, entitled “Improving public health education in response to pandemic and post-pandemic challenges”, which had the highest impact on the further activities undertaken by the Department and its recognition. The long-term effects of the cooperation are the internationalisation of the unit and lasting relations with the Partners, enabling the creation of further projects in the area of science and teaching. ASPHER Early Career Excellence Awards 2025: Rami H. Al-Rifai, United Arab Emirates Beate Jahn, Austria Jwenish Kumawat, Ireland Pier Mario Perrone, Italy Anna Tyranska-Fobke, Poland
29.09.2025
The ASPHER Secretariat is delighted to announce the outcome of the recent election process at the ASPHER Annual General Assembly (AGA) 2025 in Berlin which took place at the Charité Campus Mitte on 25 June ahead of the ASPHER 2025 Deans' & Directors' Retreat at Berlin School of Public Health. ASPHER Presidency election Prof. Mary Codd has been elected as President-elect for the 2025–2026 term. Prof. Codd will assume the office of ASPHER President for the 2026–2028 term. In addition, Prof. Nadav Davidovitch has been proposed for election as President-elect for the 2027–2028 term, to take up the office of President for the 2028-2030 term, subject to ratification of his candidature by the ASPHER Membership at the AGA 2027. We warmly congratulate Prof. Mary Codd on her election to the Presidency of ASPHER, and acknowledge Prof. Nadav Davidovitch's candidacy for election in 2027. We look forward to their continued contributions to ASPHER's mission and values. ASPHER Executive Board election Prof. Polychronis Kostoulas, University of Thessaly, Greece was elected for his second term in the ASPHER Executive Board. Prof. Oleg Lozan, School of Public Health Management, Republic of Moldova; and Prof. Judit Simon, Medical University of Vienna, Austria were elected for their first terms in the ASPHER Executive Board. We congratulate and enthusiastically welcome the new and returning members of the ASPHER Executive Board. We look forward to working productively with the Board to continue to strengthen ASPHER, its members, and the contributions of the public health education and training to improving and protecting the public's health.
24.03.2025
The Congress will incorporate the 2026 Deans' & Directors' Retreat and will be the highlight of ASPHER's 60th Anniversary celebrations! For six decades, the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) has stood at the centre of public health education and training in Europe. It has guided generations of leaders, academics, and practitioners, nurturing the discipline’s intellectual and institutional foundations. Throughout this history, the ASPHER Deans and Directors Retreat has served as a unique platform for reflection, exchange, and collective vision-building among heads of schools and programmes of public health. For this 60th Anniversary year, ASPHER will convene the 1st European Congress on Education and Training in Public Health stemming from this strong tradition. It aims to build upon and expand ASPHER’s long-standing mission: to strengthen the capacity and quality of public health education and to ensure that future generations of professionals are prepared to face evolving challenges. The initiative represents a natural evolution in ASPHER’s trajectory, translating its accumulated experience and thought leadership into a larger, more visible European framework. Members who would like to learn more about getting involved can contact us at community@aspher.org. We'll be happy to meet over zoom. Sign up with your email at the Congress website: Milan2026.ASPHER.org. The call for abstracts and registration will launch in December 2025. The Congress will welcome all to join, but there will be exciting advantages for our members. If your institution is not yet an ASPHER member, contact us to learn how to join so you don't miss out! Please share this announcement widely!
