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A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Diego Peñaloza on textile and the environment
Diego Peñaloza is a senior life cycle assessment researcher at RISE, Sweden’s research institute. He works mainly with textiles and garments, biobased materials and construction products. Diego is part of the EU-funded New Cotton project that uses novel technology to recycle textile waste into a fibre very similar to cotton. What are the environmental and ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Paulien Harmsen on textile and the environment
"We really should value textiles more as durable products, only then the system will become more sustainable," says Paulien Harmsen. She is a senior scientist and technical lead for the Sustainable Textiles Programme at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands, working on circular and sustainable textiles and fashion fossil-free textiles, textile recycling and bio-based ...
Interview with Prof. Ferenc Hammer on academic freedom and supporting silenced scholars
Associate Professor Ferenc Hammer (Media and Communications Department at ELTE University in Budapest, Hungary) is concerned about silenced and repressed scholars in dozens of countries: “At-risk scholars try to live under the radar, but that’s how they become invisible. This doesn’t equate to academic freedom.” He launched an organisation to help them. Your research work ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with João Breda on patient safety and digital health
Dr. João Breda is the Head of the World Health Organization’s Quality of Care and Patient Safety Office in Athens (Greece). The theme for World Patient Safety Day 2024, 'Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety,' is a crucial focus area. What challenges and opportunities do you foresee in achieving safer diagnostic processes in a digital health ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Eric Sutherland on patient safety and digital health
Eric Sutherland is a Senior Health Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He works at this inter governmental organisation based in Paris, France. He leads the OECD’s work in digital health. His goal is to build integrated digital health ecosystems. He provides policy guidance on digital tools, data integration, and responsible ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Bertalan Meskó on the use of artificial intelligence in public health
Dr. Bertalan Meskó works at Semmelweis Medical School in Budapest (Hungary) and is also known as “The Medical Futurist”. He specialises in analysing the impact of technologies on global medicine and healthcare. As AI becomes increasingly integrated into healthcare systems, concerns about data privacy, algorithmic bias, and transparency have surfaced. In your opinion, what strategies ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Wannes Van Hoof on the use of artificial intelligence in public health
Dr. Wannes Van Hoof PhD works at the Cancer Centre of the Belgian Institute of Public Health Sciensano. There, he leads a team working on patient/citizen engagement and the ethical aspects of the secondary use of health data, innovative cancer therapies and the implementation of genomic technologies in healthcare. As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly ...
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Jan Peter Lesschen on soil health and climate
Dr Jan Peter Lesschen is a senior researcher and project leader on soil and climate at the Dutch institute Wageningen Environmental Research where he focuses on greenhouse gas emissions, soil science, land use and regional scale modelling. It is estimated that 60-70% of European soils are in an unhealthy state – what is causing this ...