Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly 77 (UNGA77)

Program:
9.00 AM Introduction: the RITS initiative - Mario Pecheny (CONICET) Rodolfo Rey (CONICET) and Mora Castro (CONICET).

9.10 AM Business restrictions for the strengthening of public and universal health systems. Lessons from the pandemic. The cases of Argentina and Brazil – María José Luzuriaga, PhD, Universidad Nacional de Lanús, and Ligia Bahia, MD, PhD. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

9.30 AM Chagas disease and syphilis in paediatrics: the best science for the most neglected – Jaime Altcheh, MD, PhD. IMIPP (CONICET)

9.50 AM Thematic network on emerging viruses – Juan Arbiza, PhD. Universidad de la República (Uruguay).

10.10 AM Activities of the infectious disease modeling network during the COVID-19 pandemic – Juan Aparicio, PhD. INENCO (CONICET).

10.30 AM Investigating pain in networks, an opportunity to do translational research – Marcelo Villar, MD, PhD. IIMT (CONICET)

10.50 AM BREAK

11.10 PM Collaborative Research Networks on Global Maternal and Perinatal Health –José Belizán, MD, PhD. CIESP (CONICET)

11.30 PM International Translational Research Networks: opportunities to generate evidence to improve the health of vulnerable populations – Valeria Fink, MD. Fundación Huésped.

11.50 PM Translational research network on liver diseases – Guillermo Mazzolini, MD, PhD. IIMT (CONICET)

12.10 PM Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC): A Model for Health Collaborative Studies – Jorge López Camelo, PhD. CEMIC (CONICET)

12.30 PM Collaboration networks for implementation science to approach NCDs prevention and management in LMICs – Vilma Irazola, MD, MSc. CIESP (CONICET)

12.50 PM CONCLUSIONS

Abstract
Worldwide inequality represents a threat to human progress. Poor outcomes in health, associated with an increased risk of exposure to disease and limited access to up-to-date healthcare, is more frequently observed in regions or countries with limited economic resources. High-quality research locally led is critical for overcoming these health challenges. Solving population health problems is a mission of public policies. In fulfilling this mission and its intermediate objectives, researchers must base themselves on multidisciplinary interaction and on the rational use of existing resources, which requires coordination and a broad collaboration strategy. With this concept in mind, CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina) fostered the creation of the Institutional Networks Oriented to the Solution of Problems (Spanish acronym, RIOSP), formed from the association of research groups belonging to Science and Technology Organizations and public and/or private institutions, in order to address complex and significant problems for the development of the social, and productive environment, as well as situations of risk or threats. One of these networks is the Network for Translational Research in Health (Spanish acronym, RITS), whose mission is to promote a translational research of excellence and sustainable for the benefit of the health of the Argentine population. The objectives or RITS are to articulate and strengthen existing capacities in the country to promote the development of networks of translational research in the area, and to foster the development of capacities and strengthen existing ones to promote greater development of clinical research based on basic research and greater population and implementation research based on clinical research, in order to achieve improvements in the quality of the population's health. In this session, examples of networks recently created from CONICET’s initiative as well as other successful examples of networks dedicated to translational research with impact in Latin American countries and other regions of limited resources will be presented.


Organizing Committee
* Rodolfo Rey, MD, PhD (CONICET)
* Mora Castro, PhD (CONICET)
* Verónica Abello, MD (CONICET)
* Cecilia Szymczak (CONICET)
Contact: redestematicas@conicet.gov.ar