On June 12th and 13th, UNIBS hosted a Matching Event in Global Health, one of the six Hubs of the Alliance.
The theme of the Matching Event – Mental and Physical Health, Wellbeing, and Preventive Medicine in Humans and Animals – involved 46 researchers from different universities within the Alliance, representing a wide range of scientific fields.
The main goal of this Matching Event was to create professional connections between researchers with scientific interests in related thematic areas and to facilitate the launch of joint projects among partner universities.
After registration and institutional greetings by the Vice-Rector for Internationalization, Prof. Roberto Ranzi, and Professors Donatella Placidi and Elisabetta Ceretti, coordinators of the Global Health Hub in Brescia, the researchers delivered their elevator pitches to the audience, providing a valuable opportunity for mutual introduction and a deeper understanding of each others’ research topics.
Rector Prof. Castelli introduced the plenary session in which Prof. Silvia Clara Giliani – Rector’s delegate for International Research – and Clémence Roggo – R&D from Hes-so – presented different research opportunities such as UNITA Starting Grants and Horizon Europe programme.
In the afternoon and throughout the following day, researchers engaged in one-to-one and group matching sessions aimed at fostering further collaboration among participants.
The second day concluded with a meeting to gather final remarks and an optional visit to the medical and engineering laboratories of the University of Brescia.
To ensure continuity of the Matching Event, a call for Starting Grants to fund collaborative projects will be published; proposals will have to be aligned with the themes of the event and include researchers from three different universities within the Alliance.
