Online Workshop
Impacts of COVID-19 on health inequalities in Europe
September 29, 2021
10:00 – 13:00 CEST
Recording of the event: here
Summary Report: here

10:00-10:05 | Welcome and purpose of the workshop (slides)
George Griffin, FEAM Vice-President

10:05-10:30 | Assessing the impacts and learning of the pandemic in terms of health inequalities (slides)
Giuseppe Costa, Full professor of Public Health at the Medical School of the University of Turin, Department of Biological and Clinical Science, Federation of European Academies of Medicine

10:30-10:40 | Introduction and presentation of rapid review of the literature on socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities (slides)
Emma Martinez, Senior Scientific Policy Officer, Federation of European Academies of Medicine

10:40-10:50 | Impacts on vulnerable populations (migrants and refugees): results from the ApartTogether survey (slides)
Ilse Derluyn, Professor, University of Ghent, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Eva Spiritus-Berdeen, Ph.D. Student, University of Ghent, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

10:50-11:00 | Impacts on vulnerable populations (homeless populations): results from the ECHO study (slides)
Simon Ducarroz, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Pierre Louis Institute for Epidemiology and Public Health (IPLESP/ INSERM UMR_S 1136), Department of Social Epidemiology (ERES)

11:00-11:10 | Data on socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in Europe: issues and gaps (slides)
Maria Melchior, Research Director, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research

11:10-11:20 | Gathering data on health inequalities: reflections from the UK experience (advantages and potential issues with the systematic collection of socioeconomic, race, ethnicity data); (slides)
Nikita Simpson, Ph.D., London School of Economics, Department of Anthropology

11:20-11:40 | Questions & Answers

11:40-11:55 | Coffee Break 11:55-12:25 | 4 Breakout sessions

(1) inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes;
(2) mental health inequalities;
(3) inequalities in access to healthcare;
(4) vaccine inequalities

12:25-12:50 | Plenary discussion

12:50-13:00 | Closing remarks
George Griffin, FEAM Vice-President