Our research
The ISSPAM institute is supported by research teams in 5 research units and 7 research teams. In this fashion, we create links between around 250 staff from Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Inserm and IRD.
Research at ISSPAM is marked by
- A multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to public health sciences
- Synergy and potential for the existing strengths of the Aix-Marseille site
- Strong links with patients’ associations and committees, healthcare agencies and the socio-economic and cultural world
- An international outlook, with a focus on developing countries
- An ambition for excellence
With priority and strategic areas
- Health democracy and empowerment
- Community-based research, population-based research
- Social inequalities in health and public policy responses
- Global health
- Digital health, augmented humanity and artificial intelligence for public health
In order to
- Contribute to clinical and public health decision-making
- Contribute to the evaluation of population health policies
- Informing decision makers and having an impact on public health policy decisions
The research units
- Bio-cultural anthropology, law, ethics and health (ADES)
- Centre for study and research on health services and quality of life (CEReSS)
- Health economics and social sciences and medical information processing (SESSTIM)
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