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SANTÉ
&
SOCIÉTÉ
Eight domains identified
in phase with national
priorities:
emerging
infectious risks and
diseases - foodborne
and environmental risks
- thorax, blood vessels -
personalised medicine in
neurology and psychiatry
- viruses, immunity,
cancer - healthcare
systems - animal and
plant protection and
health - healthcare
technologies.
The Health and Society
cluster has strong links
with Europe and the
US through its research
contracts, publications
and scientific partners
and it is forging
important ties with the
Middle-East and Africa in
the fields of zoonoses and
infectious diseases.
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Skills that can be
readily mobilised:
the single site health/
learning/research alliance
(UPEC, AP-HP, Inserm,
EFS, CHIC) certified
within three University
Hospital Departments
in the Greater Paris
region; ENVA university
hospital (the first
European facility to
provide complete
animal healthcare);
and renowned research
platforms in biology (EFS
- French Blood Agency)
and in animal health
and food safety (ANSES
- National Agency for
Food, Environmental
and Occupational
Health and
Safety).
Close links between
human and veterinary
medicine:
Université
Paris-Est and its members
have chosen to meet
societal and scientific
needs head-on by forging
links between human and
animal care and getting
the health agencies
on board. They have
deployed major inclusive
projects and possess the
requisite in-house and
shared research facilities.