This GM Connected Health Ecosystem was held in collaboration with the Digital Futures Health & Care and Cities and Environments themes, in-person at Citylabs 1.0 on the 10th of June 2022.
Understanding the multifaceted relationships between our changing urban environments and human health and wellbeing has long been recognised but often poorly understood by those with responsibilities for designing and managing our cities. For the past 30 years or so the WHO European Healthy Cities Network has led the way in attempting to steer healthier urban environments.
Despite this we still evidence showing large variations in healthy outcomes for residents across different parts of cities. In this Manchester Connected Health Ecosystem workshop, we brought together a range of experts in health informatics and urban planning and spatial analysis to explore how we can work more closely together and develop innovative responses in support of healthy cities.
You can view the presentations from our guest speakers below:
ECHAlliance Update: Andy Bleaden (Community director, ECHAlliance)
Healthy urban planning and design: Dr Razhieh Zandieh (Lecturer in Urban Design and Planning, The University of Manchester)
Manchester Urban Observatory: Dr Ettore Murabito (Data Lead for MUO)
Tackling Root Causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development: Prof Cecilia Wong (Professor of Spatial Planning, The University of Manchester)
Population Health Databases: Niels Peek (Professor of Health Informatics, The University of Manchester)
Lastly, our speakers had some engaging discussions with our attendees in break up groups and feedback session. Afterwards, there was an opportunity for our attendees to network over the free lunch that was provided.