Medicine of Five Continents –
Global Health Issues

International European University and Malta School of Medicine and Business (MSMB) warmly invites medical students and young researchers to join a 3-day intensive offline conference in the beautiful Maltese city. This event offers an exceptional opportunity for meaningful networking and collaboration, as together we explore innovative solutions to enhance the readiness of healthcare systems in addressing global challenges.

• Conference Dates: December 5-7, 2024
• Abstract Submission Deadline: November 8, 2024
• Location: SALINI RESORT, Salina Bay, Malta.
• Language of the conference: English

PARTICIPATION OPTIONS

Offline with presentation

IEU offers 15 grants that will cover travel expenses, accommodation, and meals for selected participants.

1

Online

(free)

2 Participants who received the grant

Conference
Objective

Exchange of experience, finding solutions to current medical and social issues, discussing the readiness of healthcare systems to address challenges (epidemics, natural disasters, armed conflicts, etc.), fostering international cooperation, and the professional development of future doctors.

Conference
Topics

Global medical and health issues (infections, immunoprophylaxis, nutrition, conflicts, emergency trauma care, artificial intelligence in medicine), the prevalence of infectious and non-infectious diseases depending on the geographical region.

PROGRAM

05 December 2024

17.00-20.00

Welcome Reception

06 December 2024 (Available via live online broadcast)

09.00–09.45

Opening of the conference, welcome address to participants:
Alla Navolokina (IEU President)

09.00–09.45

Opening of the conference, welcome address
to participants:
• Alla Navolokina (IEU President)
• Mr. Charles Zammit (Chairman of Education Malta)
• Prof. Olesia Hulchiy (IEU Vice-Rector, Malta Campus)
• Prof. Mark Brincat (Chevalier Legion d’Honneur, France, Founder and Medical
Director St. Clare’s Medical Services, Malta)

SECTION 1. Moderators: Olesia Hulchiy, Anastasiia Bondarenko

09.45 – 10.15

Prof. Mark Brincat (Malta). Guest Lecture:
Tailored HRT in the Post Menopausal period.
Myths and Realities

10.15 – 11.00

Prof. Raphael Pitti (France). Guest Lecture:
Doctor in the War.

11.00-11.20

Prof. Olesia Hulchiy (IEU, Ukraine/Malta).
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Long-term Impacts
on Global Health and Strategies for Their
Overcome.

11.20-11.30

Discussion

11.30-12.00

Coffee break

SECTION 2. Moderators: Oleg Vovk, Yurii Stepanovskyi

12.00-12.20

Raja Ahassad El Failali (1st year student, IEU,
Malta Campus), Fadia Esaalhi (1st year
student, IEU, Malta Campus), Angela Julian
(1st year student, IEU, Malta Campus), Irina Catia Monga (1st year student, IEU, Malta Campus), Nataliia Davydenko (IEU,
Ukraine/Malta). Current Global Health Issues: Challenges and Opportunities.

12.20-12.40

Celia Carminda Lima Dos Santo (4th year student, IEU, UK). The Role of Artificial
Intelligence in Medicine: Enhancing Healthcare Outcomes

12.40-13.00

Kateryna Skoruk (1st year internship student, IEU, Ukraine). Psychoemotional state of Military Personnel of Ukraine in 2024.

13:00–13:20

Anastasiia Sharikadze-Balaban (PhD student,
Shupyk Healthcare University of Ukraine,
Ukraine). Bidirectional associations between
periodontal disease and polycystic ovary
syndrome

13:20–13:40

Tania Maxine Hodges (2nd year student, IEU,
Ukraine), Oksana Kaleinikova (IEU, Ukraine),
Markus Nitzschke (Cyprus). The Impact of
NSAIDs on Natural Cycle IVF Outcomes in
Asian Women: A Focus on Age and Recurrent
Miscarriages.

13.40-14.00

Anatoliy Maslukov (IEU, Ukraine). Life behind
the science “challenging but exciting”

14:00–14:30

Coffee break

SECTION 3. Moderators: Anastasiia Bondarenko, Yurii Stepanovskyi

14.30-15.15

Prof. Andrew Gennery (New-Castle University, UK). Guest Lecture: Bone marrow transplantation: indications and results.

15.15–16.00

QUIZ (game). Moderator – Yurii Stepanovskyi

Free time

07 December 2024 ( Available via live online broadcast)

SECTION 4. Moderators: Anastasiia Bondarenko, Fedir Lapiy

10:00–10:40

Prof. Andrew Gennery (New-Castle University, UK). Guest Lecture: Newborn Screening.

10:40–10:50

Discussion

11:20–11:40

Amara-Nwosu Precious Chimeremma (3rd year student, IEU, Malta Campus). HIV Infection: global challenges and regional
peculiarities

11:40–12:00

Benedetta Lombardo (5th year student, IEU, Italy). The Carcinogenic Relationship Between Viruses, Bacteria, and Human Tumors

12.00-12.20

Y’vonne Maria Talvenvaltia (3rd year student, IEU, Finland). The History of immunization

12.50-13.10

Majd Awadalah Sbetan (5th year student, IEU,
Spain). Antibiotic Resistance: A Growing
Global Health Threat

13.10-13.30

Fedir Lapiy (IEU, Ukraine). Lessons Learned
from the COVID-19 Pandemic

SECTION 5. Moderators: Yuriy Stepanovskyi, Anatolii Maslukov

14.20 – 14.40

Alina Mazur (2nd year student, IEU, Ukraine),
Oksana Kaleinikova (IEU, Ukraine). The impact
of electronic cigarettes on the processes of atherosclerosis development and thrombosis formation

14:40–15:00

Mariia Tymko (1st year internship student, IEU,
Kyiv, Ukraine).Melanoma Across Skin Phototypes: A Comparative Study of Clinical
and Dermoscopic Features

15:00–15:20

Nataliia Ipatii (1st year internship student, IEU,
Kyiv, Ukraine). Mother’s Awareness of Food Allergy Issues.

15:20–15:40

Denys Lialiuk (5th year student, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Ukraine). Genetic Marekers for Cow’s Milk Allergy in Young Ukrainian Children

15:40–16:00

Yuriy Stepanovskyy (IEU, Ukraine). Kawasaki Disease.

16:00–16:30

16:00–16:30 Award ceremony for best presentations

16:30–17:00

Conference closing