Central and Eastern European Conference on Health and Environment (CEECHE 2016)
- 10. April - 14. April 2016
- Diplomat Hotel, Prague
- Professional Congress Organiser - PCO
- Participants: 250
The Central and Eastern European Conference on Health and Environment (CEECHE 2016) was held from the 10th 14th of April, 2016 in Hotel Diplomat, Prague. The main objective of CEECHE 2016 organised under unique Czech-American collaboration, was to better define the complex but common links between health and environment, particularly within CEE countries.
In general the meeting referred to the current research related to the prevention of environmental disease with a major focus on lifestyle choices/interventions that an individual can make to lessen their risk of pollutant-induced diseases.
According to this, one of the conference highlights was Dr. Choi´s presentation on “Environmental systems biology of childhood asthma”. Data collection for this research took place in Ostrava area, which is the one of the most polluted regions in the Czech Republic. Presented conclusions showed that the exposure of particular pollutants and particular gens caused a higher occurrence of childhood asthma.
The full PCO services for CEECHE 2016 including the scientific and social program and registration of participants was provided by C-IN.
For more information see: www.ceeche2016.eu.