Dr. T. Ohba (FMU, Japan) visit to ISGlobal…

Feature of the Month – Austria and Germany     AUSTRIA ÖSTERREICH Capital: Vienna Largest city: Vienna Official language: German Total population: 8,477.230 MOBI-Kids population: 1,42 mio Popular foods: Tafelspitz, Wiener Schnitzel, Sachertorte, Wein The Medical University of Vienna (MUV) was established in 1365, and has a distinguished international reputation for excellent education, research, and…

Feature of the Month – Israel The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research The Gertner Institute is located on the grounds of the largest hospital in central Israel- the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. The institute is affiliated to Tel Aviv University Medical School and comprises 6 scientific units, a central biostatistics unit…

Feature of the Month – The Mobi-Kids Exposure Assessment Team The Mobi-Kids Exposure Assessment team is developing a tool-kit that will provide detailed estimates of exposure to both radio-frequencies and low frequency fields from mobile and cordless phones. Unlike any previous case-control epidemiological study, thesedose estimates will not only take into account the non-homogeneity of…

Feature of the Month – Japan Tokyo Women’s Medical University (TWMU) JAPAN 日本（NIPPON） Capital: Tokyo Official languages: Japanese Total population: 126,530,000 MOBI-Kids population: 1,800,000 Popular foods: sushi, sukiyaki Tokyo Women’s Medical University was founded in 1900 by Yayoi Yoshioka. Her conviction that medicine is a suitable professional for women, and the philosophy that medical professional…