12: Noncommunicable Diseases – How to Control and Prevent Them (Part of Alpbach Learning Missions)
Curated with MCI Management Center Innsbruck; supported by Stiftung Mercator and Stiftung Mercator Schweiz
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Volksschule
Seminar
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in englischer SpracheThe so-called Noncommunicable Diseases or NCDs (such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes) have reached the status of a global epidemic. 41 million deaths per year bring hardship to rich and poor nations alike. Through multidisciplinary and multifaceted approaches, this Alpbach Learning Mission will focus on laws, regulations and the engagement of the private sector in order to control and prevent NCDs.
After the Seminar Week, this seminar will turn into an Alpbach Learning Mission (ALM).
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Dr. Raffael HEISS
Lecturer & Research Fellow, MCI Management Center Innsbruck
| Raffael Heiss is a postdoctoral researcher at the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) and a founding member of the MCI Center for Social & Health Innovation. Previously, he was a PhD candidate and uni:docs fellow at the Department of Communication, University of Vienna. He defended his PhD thesis "Political Actors on Social Media: Content, Exposure and Effects" in October 2018 with honors. His general research interests include digital media, political & health communication, and civic engagement. Furthermore, he has conducted multiple projects in the field of citizen science and is an active proponent of the advancement of public participation in science. His research has appeared in some of the most important SSCI-ranked journals in communication, such as "New Media & Society", "Information, Communication & Society" or "Communication Research". |
MA Cherisse MARK
Remote Care Specialist, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H., Innsbruck
| Cherisse is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and has pursued her tertiary education both in the United states and Austria. She graduated 2006 from Wheeling Jesuit (Wheeling West Virginia) with a Bachelor´s degree in Nuclear Medicine, then went on to various clinic´s in Trinidad and Tobago (2007, 2008). In 2009 she worked as a research and teaching assistant in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. She holds a Master´s degree from Management Centre Innsbruck and graduated from International HealthCare Management programme in 2012. Cherisse works at MED-EL GMBH HQ in the field of telemedicine. Her focus has been on delivering aftercare services to Cochlear implant users, by continuously combining existing technologies to ensure patient compliance and autonomy. She focuses on promoting equitable care especially to those who are burdened by lack of accessibility and believes that accessibility and technology is a means of promoting better outcomes especially in emerging markets. |
MD Bente MIKKELSEN
Director, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen
| 2007-2012 | Chief Executive Officer, South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, Hamar, Norway |
| Chairman of the Steering Comittee, National Senior Executive Leadership Programme | |
| 2012-2013 | Director, Ministry of Health and Care Services, Oslo, Norway |
| 2013-2014 | Senior Adviser, Office of Assistant Director-General, NMH, WHO headquarters, Geneva |
| Acting Director, Department of Management of NCDs, WHO headquarters, Geneva | |
| 2014-2018 | Head of Secretariat for the Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (WHO GCM/NCD), WHO headquarters, Geneva |
| since 2018 | Director, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen |
MD Dr. Sonia SACHS
Director, Health Sector, Earth Institute, Columbia University
| Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, is a pediatrician, an endocrinologist and public health specialist. She received a BA from Harvard University, an MD from the University of Maryland Medical School, and an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health. Since 2005, Dr. Sachs has led the effort at Columbia University’s Earth Institute to design and implement low-cost primary health systems in low-income rural Africa and India. Her focus is on systems delivery, primarily for improvement of maternal and child health, at local and national scales. Sachs coordinated the health sector of the Millennium Villages Project, an integrated rural development initiative in ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa, designed as a proof of concept to help poor rural communities accelerate reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Dr. Sachs is also the Director of the One Million CHW Campaign advocating for professionalized Community Health Workers. |
Dr. Claudia ZOLLER
Lecturer & Research Fellow, MCI Management Center Innsbruck
| 2008-2014 | Diploma (Mag.) International Business Management, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2011 | Study abroad at University of Queensland, Australia awarded with "Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement" |
| 2015-2018 | Ph.D. student (Dr. rer. pol.), Economics: Design and Behavior, University of Cologne, Germany |
| 2015-2017 | Research Assistant, Economics: Design and Behavior, Chair: Prof. Dr. Matthias Sutter, University of Cologne, Germany |
| Lecturer, "Principles of Microeconomics" (B.Sc.), University of Cologne | |
| 2017-2018 | Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany |
| 2018 | Lecturer, "Fundamentals of Health Economics - Microeconomics" (MA), Management Center Innsbruck |
| since 2018 | Post-doctoral researcher, Center for Social & Health Innovation, Management Center Innsbruck, Austria |
Dr. Oddvar KAARBOE
Professor in Health Economics; Head, Department of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo
| Oddvar Kaarboe is a Professor in Health Economics at the University of Oslo where he has been a faculty member since 2014. He is the chair of the Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Programme Director of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master of Health Economics and Management, and Research Director of the Norwegian Centre of Health Service Research (NORCHE). Oddvar completed his PhD at the University of Bergen in 2000 within the field of Game Theory. His research interest lies in the use of economic incentives ranging from theory to design to evaluation of reforms and incentive schemes in the health care sector and its organizations. Currently he is heading the official governmental evaluation of the "Extended Free Choice of Providers Reform" in the Norwegian hospital sector. Oddvar lives with his wife, a professor of management accounting. Together they have three (grown-up) children. He is a passionate cyclist, competing in national and international master events. He has represented Norway in four UCI Master Would Championships. |
Dr. Siegfried WALCH
Head of Department, Nonprofit, Social & Health Management, MCI Management Center Innsbruck
| 1988-1994 | Business Administration, Social and Economic Sciences Faculty of the University of Innsbruck |
| Member, Interdisciplinary Research Group for Sustainable Tourism, Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck | |
| 1994-1998 | Ph.D., Institute for Service Marketing, Free University of Berlin |
| 1996-2009 | Co-founder and Managing Partner - Consulting & Leadership Training - SVWP Communication Management Ltd. |
| since 2005 | Professor and Head of Department "Nonprofit, Social & Health Management", MCI Management Center Innsbruck |
| since 2012 | Co-initiator and Board Member, Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree European Health Economics & Management, organized by Erasmus University Rotterdam, MCI Management Center Innsbruck, University of Oslo & University of Bologna |
