Naslov
Obesity: a Public Health Problem and Medical Challenge

Autori
Rukavina, Daniel

Izvornik
Periodicum biologorum (0031-5362) 116 (2014), 4; 25-27

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, ostalo, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Obesity; Public Health Problem; Medical Challenge

Sažetak
The medical community of Rijeka has had significant achievements in its history, even its moments of glory, and made notable contribution to the Croatian medicine and biomedical sciences. Development of medical science and profession in Rijeka has always met with approval and support from the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and one of its presidents, academician Andrija Štampar made a major contribution to the establishment of the School of Medicine in Rijeka in year 1955. Institute for Clinical and Transplantational Immunology and Molecular Medicine was established by the Academy in Rijeka in 2013 and it was the first medical institute founded by the Academy outside Zagreb. A significant portion of the Institute’s activities involve organization of forums, workshops and meetings on current scientific topics, and of national and international gatherings. The intention is to organize meetings that respond to the needs of the moment and discuss leading trends in biomedicine so that the most recent advances, considerations and visions may echo significantly in the medical circles of Rijeka and beyond. In this manner, the Institute will also help establish local research potential and ensure availability of information to the widest possible circle of scientific and medical staff. The newly established Institute developed important research activity already in its first year and organized numerous scientific meetings. International symposium entitled “Obesity – a Public Health Problem and Medical Challenge” was organized by the Institute together with Croatian Society for Obesity, Croatian Medical Association, and with Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka. The symposium was held in Rijeka on May 8, 2014 and the Institute for Clinical and Transplantational Immunology and Molecular Medicine published papers by speakers invited from Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts as its first edition.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti

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