Public health has always been the core focus of the Columbia Global Centers | Tunis. Long before the pandemic, the Tunis center hosted several events on a variety of topics ranging from child and adolescent psychology to covid-19 in Africa, etc. Moreover, the center is a niche for two programs described in the tabs below.
Our programs
Past
This project, which ended in 2019, was the first phase of a longitudinal mixed-methods research proposal, which will identify the human rights violations and mortality of migrants and refugees associated with migration in the Sahel region. In phase one, this project laid the groundwork for in-depth research by developing a contextual study framework, identifying and testing proposed research methodology through field assessments, and gain entry points to information networks and regional stakeholders in the Sahel region through key informant interviews and expert convenings over a 9-month period. Ultimately, both phases of this project will provide needed evidence of and bring attention to the migration risks along the Sahel route, advocate for safer migration policies that reflect the human rights of migrants and refugees, inform humanitarian practice, and advocate for protective and evidence-based migration policies in host countries and the European Union. MORE
Ongoing
The Logical Reasoning in Human Genetics is a series of lectures or a course on human genetics for participants from North Africa and elsewhere, organized jointly by Columbia Global Centers | Tunis and Institut Pasteur Tunis. MORE
Related Events
The title of the lecture was: ‘Variability in Biological Systems: Study of 24-h Blood Pressure Monitoring’.
The title of the lecture was: ‘Exploring the oral microbiota by metagenomics appraoch: from Bacteria to Archaea’.
The lecture was about "A multi-disciplinary examination of Alzheimer Disease in extreme samples".
The event began with a lecture by Dr. Khouloud Rjiba, a researcher at the University Hospital Farhat Hached Sousse.
The 14th lecture from the Logical Reasoning in Human Genetics (2.0) course was about Simple Traits ?
The Tunis Center hosted Prof. Joseph Terwilliger, professor in the Department of Genetics and Development at Columbia University.
Colorectal cancer screening and optimal strategies lecture by Chin Hur, Columbia University Irving Medical Center professor.