On October 5-6, 2023, the National Scientific Conference «Sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population: yesterday, today, tomorrow» took place in OSMU.
The initiator and inspirer of the event was Faculty of Preventive Medicine of OSMU. Among other organizers were Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Omsk State Medical University, Omsk Research Institute of Natural Focal Infections of Rospotrebnadzor, and Novosibirsk Research Institute of Hygiene of Rospotrebnadzor.
The plenary meeting, which was held on the first day of the Conference, was dedicated to the anniversaries of the Faculty of Preventive Medicine. 2023 is the centenary of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology Department, the 90th anniversary of Physical Culture and Sports Department, the 80th anniversary of the Epidemiology Department, and the 85th anniversary of the Faculty of Preventive Medicine!
Prof. Vladimir L. STASENKO, MD, PhD Dean of the Faculty of Preventive Medicine, started off the series of historical essays by his report on the history of the Faculty: destinies, research, scientific schools that contributed to the study of the sanitary and epidemiological state of the population.
Prof. Nikolai V. RUDAKOV, Head of the Microbiology, Virology and Immunology Department, Prof. Assoc. Anna Yu. SHREDER, Head of the Physical Culture and Sports Department, and Prof. Vladimir L. STASENKO, Head of the Epidemiology Department, told about the formation and development of these Departments.
Over the 85 years of the Faculty’s work, 8522 graduates of the Faculty have joined the ranks of employees of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service. Today, specialist’s, residency, and PhD programs on different specialties are provided at the Faculty.
Particular relevance was reflected in the reports on occupational diseases of Omsk residents and the nutrition system of the population of Western Siberia. Ivan G. SHTEINBORM, First Vice-Rector, Senior Teacher of the Forensic Medicine and Law Department, dedicated his report to the disease control system for the population of Omsk at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, as well as the mortality trend of the able-bodied citizens of the Omsk Region.
The Conference was held in a mixed format: in-person presentations by scientists were combined with online reports.
The second day of the conference was held online and was divided into three sections: «Topical issues of infectious and parasitic diseases», «Topical issues of hygiene and epidemiology», and «Public Health and Healthcare Management». These sections allowed to cover a wide range of topics and present reports from Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, and Irkutsk scientists. The most burning and topical issues related to the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population became the focus of attention of scientists and their attempt to answer the question: what to do to improve the quality of life and increase longevity.
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