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Biography

Henrique Lopes is the Director of the NOVA Center for Global Health. Since 2009, he has held leadership positions in scientific research at higher education institutions, having started as a coordinator in 1996. His main research interests include Health Education, Public Health Policy, Digital Health, Pandemic Preparedness and Response, and Vaccination. He is a member of the Mission Board Vaccination Europe, the ASPHER task force for Health Emergencies, and participates in its subgroups on Vaccines, War, and Health Data. He collaborates with the World Health Organization in various areas and was awarded the Cross of Saint George by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces for his contribution during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the field of health education, he is a Board Member of the World Committee on Lifelong Learning (Paris), a UNESCO Health Education Specialist (Hamburg and Paris), an expert for the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (Hamburg), and an individual member of the UNESCO Chair in Global Health Education (Paris). He was President of the Sectoral Commission for Health Quality (2012–2022) and Scientific Chairman of the World Health Education Forum (2022). He coordinates several European projects focused on the digitalisation of decision-making in infectious disease public policies. He is the author of 17 books and over 200 technical, pedagogical, and scientific publications.

Scientific Publications

Baptista-Leite, R., Lopes, H., Franco, D., Clemens, T., & Brand, H. (2024)

APPEAL: a toolkit for attracting people who inject drugs with hepatitis C to healthcare systems. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02276-1

Bauernfeind, A., Reid, J., Mccallum, A., Sheek-Hussein, M., Magid, A., Lopes, H., Cunningham, C., Green, M. S., Koivusalo, M., Sakar, A., Middleton, J., & Davidovitch, N. (2024)

No time to lose: Pandemic agreement—Urgency over complacency; unity over fragmentation. International Journal Of Health Planning And Management, 39(6), 1810-1818. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3847

Lombatti, S., Magid, A., Davidovitch, N., Middleton, J., Sheek‐Hussein, M., Lopes, H., Skhvitaridze, N., Agha, H., Lopez-Acuña, D., Martinez Olmos, J., Bauernfeind, A., Prikazsky, V., Vesela, N., Petrakova, A., Privitera, G. P., Naboulet, J. P., Leighton, L., Otok, R., & Reid, J. (2024)

The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Public Health Teacher—the Lessons We Must Learn: Statement of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER). Public Health Reviews, 45. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2024.1607232

Lopes, H., Baptista-Leite, R., Hermenegildo, C., & Atun, R. (2024)

Digital Gamification Tool (Let’s Control Flu) to Increase Vaccination Coverage Rates: Proposal for Algorithm Development. JMIR Research Protocols, 13, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.2196/55613

Razum, O., Barach, P., Bochenek, T., Cunningham, C., Davidovitch, N., Kostoulas, P., Lindert, J., Lopes, H., Prikazsky, V., Reid, J., Tiljak, M. K., & Middleton, J. (2024)

Statement of the ASPHER Task Force on War and Public Health on the Conflict in Israel/Palestine. Public Health Reviews, 45, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2024.1607047

Reid, J., Bauernfeind, A., Middleton, J., McCallum, A., Sheek-Hussein, M., Lopes, H., Cunningham, C., Magid, A., Green, M., Codd, M., Koivusalo, M., Gilby, L., Sarkar, A., Petrakova, A., Nakhjavani, N., & Davidovitch, N. (2024)

The Pandemic Agreement: A Springboard for Urgent Progress or a Safety Net for Basic Commitments? [Briefing Document & Statement on the WHA Pandemic Agreement Draft]. Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER). https://www.aspher.org/download/1530/aspher-briefing-document-and-statement_pandemic-agreement_24_05_24.pdf

Albuquerque, M., Meira, B., Barros, R., Pavão, J. F., Lopes, H., & Valverde, A. M. H. (2023)

Dementia Appraisal: Overview of Good Clinical Practices, Barriers, and Gaps for Integrated Care. International Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7(1), 1-22. [173]. https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-0748.100073

Baptista-Leite, R., Lopes, H., Vandewalle, B., Félix, J., Franco, D., Clemens, T., & Brand, H. (2023)

Epidemiological Modeling of the Impact of Public Health Policies on Hepatitis C: Protocol for a Gamification Tool Targeting Microelimination. JMIR Research Protocols, 12, [e38521]. https://doi.org/10.2196/38521

Ndayishimiye, C., Lopes, H., & Middleton, J. (2023)

A systematic scoping review of digital health technologies during COVID-19: a new normal in primary health care delivery. Health and Technology, 13(2), 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00725-7

Valverde, A. M. H., Lopes, H., Pavão, J. F., Barros, R., Meira, B., & Albuquerque, M. (2023)

Sustainable Improvements in Dementia Care for an Expectably Increasing Number of Dementia People: Challenges and Opportunities. Medical Research Archives, 11(10), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i10.4518

Hrzic, R., Davidovitch, N., Barros, H., Lopes, H., Moreno, J. M. M., Mason-Jones, A. J., McCallum, A., Reid, J., Reintjes, R., Sheek-Hussein, M., Simon, J., Wong, B. L. H., Leighton, L., Otok, R., & Middleton, J. (2022)

ASPHER Statement: Facing the Fourth Winter of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Public Health Reviews, 43. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1605395

Lopes, H. (2022)

ASPHER in the Ukraine war: An ethical mission. Zdrowie Publiczne I Zarządzanie, 20(1), 11–13. https://doi.org/10.4467/20842627oz.22.004.16430

Lopes, H., & Martin-Moreno, J. (2022)

ASPHER Statement: 5 + 5 + 5 Points for Improving Food Security in the Context of the Russia-Ukraine War. An Opportunity Arising From the Disaster? Public Health Reviews, 43. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1605321

Lopes, H., Baptista-Leite, R., Franco, D., Serra, M. A., Escudero, A., & Martín-Moreno, J. M. (2022)

Let’s End HepC: Modelling Public Health Epidemiological Policies Applied to Hepatitis C in Spain. Frontiers in Public Health, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.735572

Lopes, H., McCallum, A., Martin-Moreno, J. M., & Middleton, J. (2022)

Invest in Primary Health Care and Public Health for the Pandemic and Beyond: An ASPHER Statement. Public Health Reviews, 43. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1604875

Lopes, H., Middleton, J., & Razum, O. (2022)

Preparing for what we abhor: an obligation of public health professionals. The Lancet, 399(10342), 2187. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00889-3

Middleton, J., Nadav Davidovitch, Barros, H., Lopes, H., Martin, J. M., Mason-Jones, A. J., McCallum, A., Reid, J., Reintjes, R., Mohamud Sheek-Hussein, Simon, J., Li, B., Leighton, L., & Otok, R. (2022)

ASPHER Statement: Planning for Winter 2022-23. Public Health Reviews, 43. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1605394

Ndayishimiye, C., Sowada, C., Dyjach, P., Stasiak, A., Middleton, J., Lopes, H., & Dubas-Jakóbczyk, K. (2022)

Associations between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Hospital Infrastructure Adaptation and Planning—A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 8195. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138195

Wandschneider, L., Namer, Y., Davidovitch, N., Nitzan, D., Otok, R., Leighton, L., Signorelli, C., Middleton, J., Martin-Moreno, J. M., Chambaud, L., Lopes, H., & Razum, O. (2022)

The Role of Europe’s Schools of Public Health in Times of War: ASPHER Statement on the War Against Ukraine. Public Health Reviews, 43. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2022.1604880

Lopes, H., McCallum, A., Martín-Moreno, J., Middleton, J. (2022)

Lopes, H. (2021)

Modelling public health policies for influenza vaccination campaigns. European Journal of Public Health, 31(Supplement_3). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.476

Lopes, H., & Middleton, J. (2021)

Learning from the pandemic, building increased international cooperation. South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), 17(1). https://doi.org/10.11576/seejph-4760

Lopes, H., Middleton, J., De Guchtenaere, A., & Hadjipanayis, A. (2021)

COVID-19 and the Use of Masks by Children. Statement From the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region and the European Academy of Paediatrics. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.580150

Pană, B. C., Lopes, H., Furtunescu, F., Franco, D., Rapcea, A., Stanca, M., Tănase, A., & Coliţă, A. (2021)

Real-World Evidence: The Low Validity of Temperature Screening for COVID-19 Triage. Frontiers in Public Health, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.672698

Roberto Telles, C., Lopes, H., & Franco, D. (2021)

SARS-COV-2: SIR Model Limitations and Predictive Constraints. Symmetry, 13(4), 676. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13040676

Lopes, H., McCallum, A., Reid, J., Simon, J., Wong, B., Mason-Jones, A., Middleton, J. (2021)

Middleton, J., Lopes, H. (2021)

Peixoto, V., McCallum, A., Reintjes, R., Lopes, H., Franco, D., Beccia, F., Prikazsky, V., Chatarajupalli, P., Reid, J. (2021)

Reid, J., Beccia, F., Chatarajupalli, P., Franco, D., McCallum, A., Peixoto, V., Prikazsky, V., Reintjes, R., Lopes, H. (2021)

Lopes, H., & McKay, V. (2020)

Adult learning and education as a tool to contain pandemics: The COVID-19 experience. International Review of Education, 66(4), 575–602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-020-09843-0

Lopes, H., Baptista-Leite, R., Franco, D., Eclemea, I., Bratu, E. C., Furtunescu, F. L., Pop, C. S., & Pana, B. C. (2020)

Modeling the Puzzle of Hepatitis C Epidemiology in Romania: A Pathway to Control. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, 29(3), 377–384. https://doi.org/10.15403/jgld-643

Lopes, H., Baptista-Leite, R., Franco, D., Kundurzhiev, T., Mateva, L., Jelev, D., & Simonova, M. (2020)

Fighting Hepatitis C in a COVID-19 ecosystem. Public health policies are needed more than ever. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, 29(4), 692–693. https://doi.org/10.15403/jgld-2794

Lopes, H., Baptista-Leite, R., Franco, D., Pirker, R., & Gschwantler, M. (2020)

Integrating public health policies in the epidemiological modeling of hepatitis C with LEHC tool: application in Austria. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 133(9-10), 461–469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-020-01774-y

Middleton, J., Lopes, H., Michelson, K., & Reid, J. (2020)

Planning for a second wave pandemic of COVID-19 and planning for winter. International Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01455-7

Middleton, J. D., & Lopes, H. (2020)

Face masks in the covid-19 crisis: caveats, limits, and priorities [Letter]. BMJ, m2030. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2030

Middleton, J., Reintjes, R., & Lopes, H. (2020)

Meat plants—a new front line in the covid-19 pandemic [Editorial]. BMJ, 370. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2716