Methods and Challenges in Public Health Sciences

The International Summer School on Methods and Challenges in Public Health Sciences is being organized by ISSPAM and its members from the various Research Units involved in the institute, from June 08 to 19, 2026.
Favoring an interdisciplinary approach, its aim is to provide training in the understanding, analysis and interpretation of public health problems in the North and South. It includes theoretical, practical and participatory teaching in various fields, using quantitative and qualitative methods in public health sciences.

Most of the modules and the symposium are in hybrid format, i.e. face-to-face in Marseille and live online for participants outside Marseille.

Program

The ISSPAM summer school offers an à la carte program, including a symposium with internationally renowned speakers, 16 modules and a joint webinar.

1. Symposium

ISSPAM is pleased to associate the summer school symposium with the 12th International Francophone Congress of Epidemiology and Public Health ADELF EPITER. The symposium will take place during the training day of the congress, on July 21, 2026.

Registration for the symposium "Quelles intelligences pour la santé publique?" with internationally renowned personalities is open to all. Participation in a module entitles you to free registration for the symposium.

The symposium is open to international participants. Speeches in French are translated live into English and French.
Registration and further information are available on the symposium website: https: //institut-isspam.univ-amu.fr/fr/symposium-de-lisspam

2. Modules

The list of 16 modules can be found at the bottom of the page.

Modules are organized in different formats:

  • Face-to-face only: Site of the Faculty of Medical and Paramedical Sciences at La Timone, Marseille;
  • Live online only;
  • Hybrid (face-to-face and live online);

Notes :

  • Please check the language of the module;
  • Registration for the LITERACY module is via the ISPED website.

3. Joint ISSPAM / ISPED Webinar: Perspectives offertes par la réutilisation de données de santé 

As part of their respective international summer schools, ISSPAM - Institut des Sciences de la Santé Publique d'Aix-Marseille Université andISPED - Institut de Santé Publique, d'Epidémiologie et de Développement de l'Université de Bordeaux, are organizing a joint webinar.

Through the presentation of research results or work in progress, the aim is to raise participants' awareness of the prospects offered by the reuse of health data, from health data warehouses or medico-administrative databases, for public health and health research.

The joint webinar will take place on June 10, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, live online in French.

Program:

  • « Présentations des données de santé en France » par Julien Bezin (BPH/ U1219, ISPED) ;
  • « Méthode permettant d’analyser et de modéliser les trajectoires de soins des patients, en intégrant à la fois des approches univariées et multivariées par Nicolas Grevet (SESSTIM, ISSPAM) ;
  • « Des données de soins à la surveillance sanitaire : l’exemple du réseau Orchidée » par Geneviève Chêne (Univiversité Bordeaux, Isped; Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health, UMR1219; CHU de Bordeaux).

Registration
Free registration before June 6, 2026 on https://univ-amu-fr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VHYPD0UMQRWI9rCFwyFzYw

Who can participate

The summer school is open to students (Masters, PhD), post-docs, academics, healthcare professionals, patients, civil society and citizens wishing to acquire a grounding or improve their skills in the field of public health sciences.

Registration for ISSPAM non-members

Registration opens: January 29, 2026

Registration closes: April 12, 2026 without extension

Steps:

Registration consists of a registration form and payment:

  1. Proceed to registration and payment on the Azur-Colloque platform: https: //amu.azur-colloque.fr/inscription/fr/366/inscription (Detailed procedure on this link)
  2. Fill in the form sent with the Azur-Colloque registration confirmation.

Registration is only effective once these 2 steps have been completed.

The opening of a module depends on the number of registrations. In the event of cancellation of a module, participants will be reimbursed. No other refunds will be considered.

Payment methods :

  • By credit card (preferred)
  • By bank transfer via RIB(link to AMU RIB here) with subject line: ISSPAM - school - your name
  • By transfer via order form for institutional registrations, to be sent by e-mail to franck.chamati@univ-amu.fr. The order form should be addressed to : ISSPAM - Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales, 27 boulevard Jean Moulin 13005 Marseille, France

Registration for ISSPAM members

Registration opens: January 29, 2026

Closing date for registrations: April 12, 2026 without extension

Registration is free but compulsory:

  1. Register on https://columbo.univ-amu.fr/index.php/684112?lang=fr
  2. Fill in the registration form(available here) and send it to franck.chamati@univ-amu.fr

Scholarships

In order to ensure equal opportunities, several scholarships will be awarded to students from countries with limited resources who wish to attend our summer school and do not benefit from any financial aid.

Scholarship recipients will be reimbursed for part of their registration fees.

You can apply for a scholarship using the registration form. To apply for one of the scholarships, you must be registered for the summer school: form completed and payment made. No application for a scholarship will be considered if the applicant has not completed and paid the registration fee.

List of modules

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ANTHROPOS 🇫🇷

Introduction to health anthropology and ethnography

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📆 June 12, 2026

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BIOGRAPH 🇫🇷

Telling journeys: analyzing care and lives from narratives of experience

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📆 June 18, 2026

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DEMETHIQ 🇫🇷

Ethical and regulatory approaches in public health and health-related social sciences and humanities research

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📆 June 12, 2026

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ECOSANTE 🇫🇷

Health economics and evaluation of health policies and interventions

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📆 June 08 to 10, 2026

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ETHIQAPP 🇫🇷

From medical ethics to applied ethics in research involving the human person

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📆 June 11, 2026

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GEOEPI 🇫🇷

Geo-epidemiology: spatial approaches to epidemiology

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📆 June 15 to 19, 2026

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INFPROF 🇬🇧

Programming fundamentals for health data (taught in english)

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📆 12th to16th June 2026

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LITERACY 🇫🇷

Health literacy: definition, measurement and practices

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📆 June 08, 2026

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METMALE 🇬🇧

Methods of machine learning (taught in english)

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📆 16th to19th June 2026

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METSURV 🇫🇷

Advanced survival analysis

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📆 June 09 to 11, 2026

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NEOSANTE 🇫🇷

A psychosocial approach to neoliberalism in healthcare: theoretical, critical and methodological elements

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📆 June 15, 2026

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PROMOLGBTI 🇫🇷

Health promotion for LGBT+ people: intervention and research issues

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📆 June 16 and 17, 2026

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REPRESENTATIVE 🇫🇷

Community-based and participatory research

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📆 June 16, 2026

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RPART 🇫🇷

Community-based and participatory research

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📆 June 15, 2026

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RUSÉ 🇫🇷

Re-use of SNDS data for epidemiological purposes

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📆 June 10 to 12, 2026

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SIGS 🇫🇷

Geographic information system applied to healthcare

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📆 June 09 to 11, 2026