TULIP RESEARCH-TO-POLICY:
A dialogue on plastic pollution, climate change and antimicrobial resistance
At our upcoming Research-to-Policy event, TULIP partners and invited experts will delve into the challenges and interconnections among microplastic pollution, antimicrobial resistance, and climate change, exploring their impacts on water ecosystems and human health. A lively panel discussion will exchange views on barriers and innovative solutions within policy, community engagement, and social innovation.
Everyone is welcome to join us at this event, either in person or online. Following the discussions, we invite you to meet and engage with TULIP researchers, external speakers, and panelists over refreshments.
When: 05.06.2024, at 09:00 – 13:00 (CET)
Where: Alte Aula, Grabengasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
If you attend in person, please make sure you arrive at the latest 09.00.
Register for the event here for in-person or online attendance!
Program
| Time (CEST) | Program item | Contributor |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Opening and Welcome | Karin Schumacher, Prof Dr (Vice-Rector, Heidelberg University) |
| 09:10 – 09:15 | Video Appeal | Philip J. Landrigan, Prof MD (Boston College, Boston, USA) |
| 09:15 – 09:25 | Impulse talk TULIP Project: Driving Change through science and action | Joacim Rocklöv, Prof Dr (Heidelberg University) |
| 09:25 – 10:30 | Session 1: Convergence of plastic pollution, antimicrobial resistance, and climate change in water environments Moderators: Mark Reñosa, Max Jungmann | |
| Understanding the plastic pollution in water ecosystems and its impact on health | Joana Veiga, Researcher (Deltares, the Netherlands) | |
| Exploring antimicrobial resistance in water environments and its health implications | Hans-Peter Grossart, Prof. Dr (University of Potsdam and Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany) | |
| Climate Change effects on water systems | Marc Neumann, Prof. Dr, (BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain) | |
| Gaps in understanding the linkages between microplastic pollution, antimicrobial resistance, and climate change and impact on health | Marina Treskova, Dr (Heidelberg University) | |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Q&A Session | |
| 10:50 – 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Session 2: Panel discussion: understanding the convergence and exploring solutions Moderators: Marina Treskova, Max Jungmann Perspectives on the convergence of MP, AMR, and climate change. Discussion on key challenges, policy options, opportunities for community engagement, and social innovation Interactive survey Open dialogue for comments, questions, and suggestions | Panellists Ana Liza Hombrado-Duran, MD (Director IV of RITM – Department of Health, the Philippines) Denise Margaret Matias, Prof. Dr (Eberswalde University, Germany) Cristina Arnés (Yale University; USA) Lucia Escati, Dr (WOAH) Stefan Ziegler (WWF Germany) |
Speakers
  | Joacim Rocklöv, Prof.Dr Primary Investigator | Alexander von Humboldt Professor Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University. His research interests cover a wide range of critical areas including epidemiology, global health, infectious diseases, One Health, climate change, modeling, and data science. |
 | Marina Treskova, Dr Speaker, Moderator | Junior Group Leader at Heidelberg University and the co-lead of the TULIP project. She has multidisciplinary background in epidemiology, modeling, biology and economics. Her interest and research interfaces environmental degradation epidemiology and she is specifically focusing on designing and executing field studies, trials and socio-ecological interventions within this nexus. |
 | Dr. Max Jungmann Moderator | Dr. Max Jungmann is the Executive Manager of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) at Heidelberg University and the CEO of Momentum Novum, a strategy consultancy focused on sustainability. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Heidelberg University and focuses his research on climate politics, climate change, and health, sustainability, and transformation processes in the public and private sectors. He teaches at Heidelberg University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Steinbeis Business Academy (SBA), and the German Foreign Office. Max is a Climate Reality Leader and served as a Volunteer and Senior Staff Member at National Model United Nations New York for more than seven years. |
 | Mark Reñosa Moderator | A nurse by training (with a master’s and doctorate in Nursing Science) with over a decade of clinical and global health experience. A holder of an MSc in International Health and a current PhD candidate at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg. Concurrently, Mark act as Supervising Science Research Specialist for the RITM–Department of Health, Philippines. Mark’s research interests lie at the intersection of health policy and promotion, systems thinking, science communication, and knowledge translation with a special focus on the development of global health interventions using human-centered design and community participatory approaches. Mark is an Emerging Voices for Global Health (2022) Fellow of Health Systems Global. |
 | Marc Neumann, Prof. Dr Speaker | Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Basque Centre for Climate Change |
 | Hans-Peter Grossart, Prof. Dr Speaker | Professorship for Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Functional Biodiversity at the University of Potsdam, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology |
 | Joana M. Veiga Speaker | Researcher and Advisor | Plastic pollution and marine litter | Coastal and marine natural resources management at DELTARES, Netherlands |
 | Ana Liza Hombrado Duran, MD Panellist | Director IV of RITM – Department of Health, the Philippines |
 | Karin Schumacher, Prof. Dr | The vice-rector for quality development and sustainability at Heidelberg University is the biologist Prof. Dr. Karin Schumacher. She heads the cell biology research group at the Center for Organismal Studies (COS). Her area of responsibility as Vice Rector includes criteria-based quality development and the promotion of sustainability in all university performance areas. Another focus of her work is improving career conditions for young scientists. |
 | Philip J. Landrigan, Prof MD | Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good Director of the Global Observatory on Planetary Health Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society Boston College, Boston, USA |
 | Denise Margaret Matias, Prof. Dr Panellist | Ecosystem-based transformation management in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, Eberswalde University, Germany |
 | Lucia Escati, Dr, (WOAH) Panellist | Communication Officer in the World Organisation for Animal Health |
 | Cristina Arnés (Yale University; USA) Panellist | Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences at Yale University, with the “la Caixa” Foundation’s fellowship. She is engaged with European policy-making processes as a member of the Youth4Health Network of the WHO Office for Europe and the Focal Point for the UNECE Region for the UN Major Group of Children and Youth (MGCY). She is also a member of the Public Health and Policy Working Group of the European Student Think Tank, where she contributes to the research, analysis, and assessment of the role of public health in the EU. |
 | Stefan Ziegler, Dr (WWF Germany) Panellist | Stefan Ziegler joined WWF Germany in 2004 and is responsible for the development of the conservation program in Southeast Asia. He also leads the implementation of several waste management projects in that region. He studied biology and environmental sciences in Darmstadt, Giessen, and Lancaster, UK. He received his doctorate at the Goethe University Frankfurt with a thesis on isotope profiles in elephant tusks. Before joining WWF, he worked on conservation topics in Guinea and Vietnam for the German development cooperation and IUCN. His expertise contributes to securing vital biodiversity and effective conservation in Asia. |
 | Luise Nottmeyer (Heidelberg University; Germany) | PhD candidate at CSIDlab with a Master’s in Public Health from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a focus on Bioinformatics and Environmental Microbiology during her Master’s in Molecular Biotechnology at Heidelberg University |
This event is organized by: Climate-Sensitive Infectious Disease Lab, Heidelberg University
Supported by: Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Hei_Innovation, Heidelberg Center for the Environment.
