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On this page, you'll find a report on all the actions and activities initiated at the University of Namur in connection with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #3: "Good Health and Well-Being".
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Social impact and actions
Institutional initiatives
Protection Harcèlement Etudiant de l'UNamur (PHARE)
The PHARE is part of an overall plan to combat moral, physical or sexual harassment and to fight aggression and violence against UNamur students and PhD students. It has three main strands: training, awareness-raising and remediation. PHARE's priority is to act effectively on the remediation aspect by offering optimal support to victims and witnesses.
The Centre Médico-Psychologique
The Centre Médico-Psychologique organizes health promotion activities for students. In particular, it offers free psychological consultations, help with stress management, a medical consultation, "health and well-being" actions, support for students with special needs, meditation workshops, "methodo" lunchtimes for EBS students...
Les midis de la santé
The CMP offers 7 "midis de la santé" appointments. These are workshops, in small groups, aimed at informing, raising awareness and exchanging ideas on health-related topics (self-confidence, stress and sleep management, ....).
A wellness mini-guide for students
Taking care of ourselves to better take care of others. This is one of the aims of the TP on student well-being followed by BAC 2 medical students. A TP to learn how to take care of one's physical, mental and social well-being.
Sports policy
Sports practice is certainly a form of relaxation, but to be effective it must take place in a rigorous context.
It must promote spontaneity, bodily development, mental and physical balance.
Consult the brochure "Sports policy at UNamur - United by sport, guided by excellence" online.
The Faculty of Medicine collaborates with various institutions as part of its third mission: services to society
- Development cooperation: CUD projects with Africa and Asia (teaching, research, doctorates and setting up medical and pharmaceutical laboratories)
- disability and exclusion due to poverty (Conseil Consultatif Wallon des Personnes Handicapées, Conseil Supérieur Promotion Santé, SATIH)
- Participation in various hospital ethics committees
- Collaborations with regional medical institutions (Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique de Gosselies)
- Medical expertise at the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Research institutes
Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE)
Research within the ILEE (Institute of Life, Earth and Environment) fits in with several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations. For example, the impact of multiple stress factors and/or pollutants on both organisms and ecosystems is studied, and solutions are sought to strengthen their resistance and resilience and/or limit harmful products.
In addition, by prospecting and characterizing geological resources and integrating human use over the centuries, from antiquity to the current Anthropocene, ILEE contributes to better sustainable management of natural resources, integrating architecture and art in particular. The transition to more sustainable agriculture is investigated through the concept of ecosystem services, using mapping, modeling and integrated assessment. The consequences of climate change on migrations or interactions between the various agents responsible for the transmission of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases are also at the heart of ILEE's research.
Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS)
Research at the Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS) aims to generate new scientific and medical knowledge for the benefit of the patient.
Fundamental research in the life sciences is essential to improve understanding of the normal and pathological functioning of the human organism. This exploratory research paves the way for major advances in disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Researchers at the University of Namur have developed close collaborations with the CHU UCL Namur hospital cluster. These privileged interactions enable us to build bridges between fundamental research and clinical practice, and to work in a translational way. On the one hand, questions raised by clinicians lead scientists to new avenues of research. On the other hand, some scientific discoveries will be translated into clinical applications and in fine improve patient care.
NARILIS contributes in particular to the fight against cancer, infectious diseases, thrombosis, diabetes, obesity, inflammatory diseases, nervous system disorders, skin diseases and the consequences of aging. NARILIS also mobilizes its expertise and resources to respond to health emergencies, such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
Namur Digital Institute (NaDI) - Ethics and technology
One of the Namur Digital Institute's (NaDI) research themes is "Ethics and technology". Information technologies are deeply involved in shaping the contemporary human condition and its social organization. In a way, these technologies are "micro-politics" that endorse, in their concepts and conceptions, moral and political choices affecting our relationships to ourselves, to others and to the world. They are both a social construction and a social constraint.
Spin-off
QUALIBLOOD
Created with the support of SPW Research's FIRST Spin-off program, QUALIblood is a laboratory specialized in thrombosis and hemostasis that aims to help firms or public bodies develop innovative drugs that reduce the risks of thrombotic disease. In addition, the spin-off also contributes to the development of diagnostic tests.