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“Leading the Way…” wins NOVA innovation award

“Leading the Way to a Healthy Future”, the first public health innovation platform in Portugal, led by ENSP NOVA, was the winner in the “Action and Social Innovation” category o...

“Behavioral Economics for Chronic Disease Prevention” Seminar

The CHRC – Comprehensive Health Research Centre and NOVA NSPH are promoting the seminar “Behavioral Economics for Chronic Disease Prevention” on May 24, 2024, between 2:30...

NOVA NSPH partner of FLAD award-winning project

PRODOMUS, a national project to support people at risk of psychosis, won the FLAD Science Award Mental Health. The project, led by Cristina Mendes Santos, (senior researcher at ...

NOVA NSPH organizes ICIC25 in Lisbon

The 25th International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC25) will be organized by NOVA National School of Public Health in partnership with The International Journal of Integra...

NOVA NSPH present at the SICO Meeting 10 years

Sílvia Lopes, professor at NOVA NSPH, participated in the recent “SICO Meeting 10 years – Knowing to inform, informing to prevent”, which aimed to reflect on SICO’s achievements...

European Public Health Week 2024

“Health is a Political Choice” is the theme chosen for European Public Health Week 2024, an initiative of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA), with the su...

NOVA NSPH study on the impact of heat waves on hospitalizations

Researchers from the NOVA National School of Public Health and the CoLAB + ATLANTIC Center have published an unprecedented article in the renowned Lancet Planetary Health on the...

NOVA NSPH represented at ICOH 2024

Through the participation of Susana Viegas, the NOVA National School of Public Health was represented at ICOH 2024 in Marrakesh, which took place between the end of April and th...

Inclusion of LGBTQIA+ in health services

To celebrate the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the NOVA National School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) organizes the session “Health for Al...

NOVA NSPH celebrates EUTOPIA Day with a focus on sustainability

On May 13, 2024, between 12pm and 1pm (CET), as part of EUTOPIA Day, the NOVA National School of Public Health is hosting a webinar dedicated to the role of universities in envi...

NOVA NSPH and NTT Data in new partnership

NOVA National School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) and NTT Data, one of the world’s leading information technology services companies, formalized a collaboration protocol t...

Hospital Administration Study Visit Norway 2024

The NOVA Nacional School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) and the Portuguese Association for Hospital Development (APDH), in partnership with the Portuguese Association of Hospital ...

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Health Horizons: Perspectives from Portugal & the Netherlands

“Health Horizons: Perspectives from Portugal & the Netherlands” is a groundbreaking event aimed at fostering dialogue and collaboration between the healthcare sy...

NOVA NSPH promotes Social Prescribing Portugal network

The NOVA Nacional School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) promoted, on April 9, 2024, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the launch of the Social Prescribing Portugal Network an...

NOVA NSPH Student Association organizes Congress

The Student Association of the NOVA Nacional School of Public Health (AEENSP-NOVA) is hosting the IV Future Public Health Summit – Connecting knowledge to practice on April 16th...

Portugal leading Health and Environment education

The NOVA Nacional School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) and the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment (CPSA) are organizing the 1st International Course on Health and Envi...

3rd Edition of the Call for Research Fellowships for PhD in Public Health

The Public Health Schools Consortium (CESP), in which the NOVA National School of Public Health is a member, has opened the third edition of the Research Fellowships for PhDs in...

Maria José Barros appointed Secretary of State for Justice

Maria Barros, President of the Alumni Association of the The NOVA Nacional School of Public Health, took office on April 5, 2024, as Secretary of State for Justice of the XXIV C...

Leading The Way to a Healthy Future Workshop

On April 4, 2024, NOVA NSPH hosted the Consensus Workshop with the partner network of the White Paper “Leading the Way to a Healthy Future.” This collaborative sessi...

NOVA NSPH to monitor the performance of the Local Health Units

The NOVA Nacional School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) and the Executive Direction of the National Health Service presented today, February 28, 2024, the joint project “Imp...

Social Prescription: International Publication with NOVA NSPH

The NOVA Nacional School of Public Health reinforces its pioneering position in the implementation of Social Prescribing in Portugal, an innovative initiative integrating health...

João Moleira discusses Public Health communication

João Moleira, a well-known journalist from SIC, was at the NOVA Nacional School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) to give a lecture on Public Health Communication to students of the ...

Study visit to the Thermal Complex of Caldas da Rainha

The students of the 63rd Specialization Course in Public Health (CESP) at NOVA Nacional School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) made a study visit to the Thermal Complex of Caldas d...

NOVA NSPH in EUTOPIA international program

NOVA National School of Public Health participated in a groundbreaking training session on building international blended intensive programs of the EUTOPIA Alliance. Hosted by B...

Applications for the new academic year now open!

Our courses, which have been accredited by A3ES and APHEA offer the opportunity to develop knowledge in Public Health and explore new careers, both for healthcare professionals ...

Organization of ICOH International Symposium reiterates ENSP NOVA’s position on occupational health

NOVA National School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) hosted the first Symposium of three Scientific Commissions of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), compr...

We are looking for new talents

The NOVA National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon, has opened an offer position for 1 Research Fellowships(s), within the scope of the area of Marketing and Comm...

Strategic partnership between NOVA NSPH and US education consulting firm

The NOVA NSPH and the EAB consulting firm have joined forces to drive innovation in public health teaching. This collaboration reaffirms the School’s commitment to educati...

NOVA NSPH Research: 8 million from the EU to research effects of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals

The European Union (EU) has granted 8 million euros in funding from the Horizon Europe Programme to an international research project, NEMESIS, which aims to investigate the eff...

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International Symposium of three ICOH Scientific Committees

  The ICOH SCs R&W, EOHS and OED [ICOH SCs Radiation and Work (R&W) + Effectiveness in Occupational Health Services (EOHS) + Occupational and Environmental Dermatos...

International Consortium led by NOVA NSPH in Romania completed Train of Trainers program

December 22nd marked the successful completion of the Train of Trainers (ToT) program, a crucial component of the “Capacity Development for the Management of Services in R...

NOVA NSPH leads international human resources management project in Uzbekistan

In collaboration with USAID, the JSI Research & Training Institute and the NTP of Uzbekistan (UZB), the National School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) is leading a project who...

NOVA NSPH delegation visist Pakistan for collaboration in Public Health teaching and research

A delegation from NOVA National School of Public Health Health, led by the it’s Dean Sónia Dias, traveled last week to Karachi, Pakistan where they met with leaders from A...

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European Network Working on Second Victims meeting in ENSP-NOVA

The Working Group 3 of Cost Action ERNST – European Network Working on Second Victim( Cost Action 19113), coordinated by Professor Paulo Sousa from ENSP-NOVA met in our institut...

NOVA NSPH hosts EUTOPIA Alliance international delegation

The National School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) welcomed, on June 21st 2023, a high-level international representatives from the health schools of the University of Warwick (Un...

Call for papers: 18th Portuguese National Conference on Health Economics

  18th Portuguese National Conference on Health Economics 12 and 13 of October 2023, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon   The Portuguese National Conference on Health Economi...

MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS – POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS – Considering NOVA as host institution? Join our Open Day

Are you considering NOVA University Lisbon as your host institution for your MSCA-PF application? NOVA is organizing the MSCA-PF Open Day 2023, an online session specifically de...

4TH WEBINAR OF THE ADN PROJECT – ACTING DIFFERENTLY AT NOVA

The next webinar of the ADN – Acting differently at NOVA, is 24th May, 11:30 am,- this webinar will be dedicated to one of the winners of the first edition of the ADN Awar...

Europe’s Health and Care Workforce Under Discussion at NOVA National School of Public Health

On April 18th, NOVA National School of Public Health hosted the highly anticipated international conference “Health and Care Workforce in Europe: Time to Act“, welco...

NOVA School of Public Health contributes to Value Based Healthcare

On March 15, 2023 the NOVA School of Public Health brought to Lisbon two of the greatest international references in Value Based Healthcare for an international conference that ...

Call for Master Research Fellowships

  The National School of Public Health/Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (ENSP/UNL) opened a competition for the attribution of several re...

Call for Post-Doctoral Fellowship

The ENSP/UNL opened a competition for the attribution of 1 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, within the project “EquityCancer-LA – Improving equity in access to early diagnosis of...

Call for Master Research Fellowships in Health Communication

The National School of Public Health/Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (ENSP/UNL) opened a competition for the attribution of 2 Master Research...

Call for Master Research Fellowship

  The National School of Public Health of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ENSP/UNL) has opened a tender for the attribution of 1 Research Scholarship for a Master, under t...

Call for JADECARE Fellowship

The National School of Public Health/Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ENSP/UNL) opened a competition for the attribution of 1 Licentiate Rese...

Call for Licentiate Research Fellowship

The National School of Public Health/Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ENSP/UNL) opened a competition for the attribution of 1 Licentiate Rese...

Call for Post-Doctoral Research Fellow FELLOW (BIPD)

The National School of Public Health at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (ENSP/UNL) is launching a call for applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (BIPD) under the ...

Master Research Fellowship

The NOVA National School of Public Health opened a tender for the attribution of 1 research fellowship for Master, within the scope of the contract signed with the Municipality ...

Working Group Meeting 3 in COST Action 19113  “The European Researchers’ Network Working on Second Victims” (ERNST) in ENSP-NOVA

On the last 27th and 28th of June a Working Group Meeting  part of COST Action 19113 “The European Researchers’ Network Working on Second Victims” (ERNST) was held at the NOVA N...

Call for Contributions: NOVA Sustainability Week

NOVA launchs in September the first edition of NOVA SUSTAINABILITY WEEK, an exclusive event for NOVA community, that aims to bring together the several Schools showing their pro...

Launch of the European Research and Innovation Programme to improve chemical risk assessment (PARC)

PARC – European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals, launched on the 11th of May in Paris, aims to develop new ways of chemical risk assesment, incorpor...

Applications for the position of Dean of the NOVA National School of Public Health

The School Council of the National School of Public Health of Nova University of Lisbon, under the terms and for the purposes of the School Statutes, approved in the Annex to th...

Policy Makers Forum: Patient Safety Implementation

The WHO Collaborating Center for Education, Research and Evaluation of Safety and Quality in Healthcare, represented by Professor Paulo Sousa, will be present at the Internation...

2nd edition of NOVA Quality Day | 22 February

The NOVA University Lisbon hosts the second edition of NOVA Quality Day on February 22, under the main subject “Quality and Digital at the Service of Teaching”. This...

International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting

The International Society of Exposure Science organizes, between the 22nd and 29th of September 2022, its annual meeting on the theme “From Exposure to Human Health: New Develop...

NOVA NSPH receives unique international accreditation in Portugal

The NOVA National School of Public Health is the first Portuguese institution to receive institutional accreditation from the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (A...

NOVA Implements Gender Equality Plan

NOVA University Lisbon will implement, in all its Organic Units, a Gender Equality Plan for the period 2021-2025, reaffirming its alignment with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustaina...

The 1st Meeting of the Minds on Quality of Care – December 2nd and 3rd

The 1st Meeting of the Minds on Quality of Care, organized by the Athens Quality of Care Office, Division Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe too...

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Investiture Ceremony of the Rector and Day of NOVA

The Investiture Ceremony of the Rector, Prof. João Sàágua, and the Inauguration of the Rectoral Team will take place on November 10, at 4:30 pm, in the Auditorium of the Rectora...

GNAPH Declaration: Essential Skills of Health Professionals and Decision-makers for Better Public Health

The Global Network for Academic Public Health, which brings together associations representing schools and public health programs around the world, namely ASPHER – Association o...

International research alliance aims to translate new cervical cancer screening strategy to low-income settings

An international research alliance, led by Ghent University, announces the five-year Horizon 2020 CHILI project on ‘A community-based HPV screening implementation in low-income ...

NOVA officially joins EUTOPIA European University

On 16 September, 2021, NOVA University Lisbon joined EUTOPIA European University in a ceremony in Brussels.   EUTOPIA European University is a connected and inclusive commu...

ASPHER´s Task Force for COVID-19 publishes article led by NOVA NSPH researcher

The Association of Schools of Public Health in European Region Task Force for evidence on COVID-19, which NOVA NSPH integrates, has just published an article on the current stat...

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Professor João Sàágua was reelected as the Rector of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Professor João de Deus Santos Sàágua defended his Action Program within the scope of his candidacy for the position of the Rector of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa in a public ...

World Patient Safety Day 2021 | 17 September 2021

World Patient Safety Day was established in 2019 to enhance global understanding of patient safety, increase public engagement in the safety of health care and promote global ac...

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Competition for Master’s Scholarship, under the Research Line “Health Literacy in Migrants”

The NOVA – National School of Public Health, has opened a tender for the attribution of one Scholarship for Master, within the scope of the Research Line on “Health Litera...

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APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE POSITION OF RECTOR OF NOVA UNIVERSITY LISBON – ADMITTED CANDIDATES

Admitted Applications Admitted applications notice (PT) In compliance with the electoral regulation for the election of the Rector of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, it becomes pub...

2nd Seminar – Digital Public Health

2nd Seminar “The Digital Public Health and the Doctor” will take place on May 5, 2021, from 2:30 p.m., with the participation of Sir Muir Gray, Professor at University of Oxford...

Public Health Research Seminar: “Fostering Hospital Resilience to Disasters: Lessons from Nepal”

The Public Health Research Center (CISP) organizes, on March 26 2021, another edition of the Public Health Research Seminars, dedicated to the theme “Fostering Hospital Re...

INTERNATIONAL SELECTION COMPETITION PROCEDURE FOR THE HIRING OF A PhD

  International selection competition procedure for the hiring of a PhD holder under Articles 18 and 20 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, as amended by Law no. 57/20...

Excess of mortality, colateral mortality and Portuguese health services response in COVID-19

The research group from COVID-19 Barometer of NOVA National School of Public Health analyzed deaths between March 16 2020 and September 30, concluding that there was an excess o...

The Gate of Public Health Knowledge Centre

Nova National School of Public Health (NNSPH) presented, on September 29, 2020, in Lisbon, The Gate – Public Health Knowledge Centre, a project on a global scale that prop...

ENSP-NOVA designated as WHO Collaborating Center

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated NOVA National School of Public Health as a WHO Collaborating Center for education, research and evaluation of safety and quali...

4th edition applications open!

Registration for the PhD in Global Public Health 4th Edition  open on June 8. The program will select a maximum of 12 candidates and the Foundation for Science and Technology &#...

COVID-19: Determinants of hospitalization, ICU and death among 20,293 cases notified in Portugal

  Vasco Ricoca Peixoto,  Andre Vieira, Pedro Aguiar, Paulo Sousa, Carlos Carvalho, Daniel Rhys Thomas, Alexandre Abrantes, Carla Nunes   Abstract Introduction – ...

NOVA-NSPH research in the media

NOVA-NSPH scientific paper “Adolescents’ smoking environment under weak tobacco control: A mixed methods study for Portugal“, was recently published in Drug and Alco...

CONCURSO DE FOTOGRAFIA

A primeira edição do Concurso de Fotografia da ENSP-NOVA, subordinado ao tema “Saúde Pública”  é organizada pela Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública em parceria com a A...

Carla Nunes takes office as ENSP-NOVA new Dean

The inauguration ceremony with Carla Nunes as director of the National School of Public Health (ENSP-NOVA) took place on september 26th at the Rectorate of NOVA University Lisbo...

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International Conference on Global Public Health and Human Rights

NOVA National School of Public Health hosts, together with Erasmus School of Law – Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and IDIVAL, University of Cantabria (Spai...

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XI Encontro Nacional de Médicos de Saúde Pública

O XI Encontro Nacional de Médicos Internos de Saúde Pública (ENMISP), que decorrer entre os dias 17 e 19 de outubro de 2019, no Estádio Municipal de Leiria, tem o mote “A ...

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Applications for the position of Dean of the NOVA National School of Public Health

  The School Council of the National School of Public Health of Nova University of Lisbon, under the terms and for the purposes of the School Statutes, approved in the Anne...

Applications now open!

The applications for ENSP-NOVA programs are open until July 28th 2019. PhD Public Health Masters Public Health Health Management Occupational Health Health Promotion Specializat...

Seminário CISP: “Qualidade de Vida em Centros de Detenção para Imigrantes Indocumentados”

O Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP) promove, no dia 14 de março de 2019, a partir das 16h30, na Sala 1A31 (PISO 0) da Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, o Seminário ...

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2nd International Meeting on Patient Safety for New Generation of Healthcare Professionals

The 2nd International Meeting on Patient Safety for New Generation of Healthcare Professionals is organized by the National School of Public Health (ENSP-NOVA) and the research ...

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INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PHD HOLDER POSITION TO PURSUE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITY

By order nº 467, of  22-10-2018, the NOVA University Rector, Professor Dr. João Sàágua, deliberated to open an international call for 1 Doctoral Researcher position to pursue sc...

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Experts from around the world discussed Health Literacy in Lisbon

More than 500 people participated in the Health Literacy Interventions for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases International Conference, held at the Rectory of NO...

Ageing 1st International Conference for Healthy and Active Ageing

NOVAhealth organizes on September 19 at the Rectorate of NOVA, from 9 am to 5.30 pm, the NOVAsaúde Ageing 1st International Conference for Healthy and Active Ageing. In this con...

NOVA University Lisbon is the 15th best in Europe

NOVA University Lisbon is the 15th best in Europe and is among the 50 best universities in the world under 50 years old according to QS Top 50 under 50 rankings released on 21 J...

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ENSP-NOVA PROGRAMS: applications now open!

The 2nd phase of application for ENSP-NOVA programs are open until september 7th 2018. PhD Public Health Masters Public Health Health Management Occupational Health Health Promo...