A consortium of 32 top European universities and associations of professionals worked together for the last two years to study data, policies, actions, and effects of pandemic management. This activity was conducted within the PERISCOPE research project, in which Prof. Marco Brambilla’s research group at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering of the Politecnico di Milano is participating. Besides the high-impact research results, the consortium worked on implementing educational materials and courses.
Among those, five online courses (MOOCs) that collect technical and policy solutions to pandemic challenges have been published on Coursera:
- “Reaching Vulnerable Groups through Pandemic Policy”, developed by Ghent University and the London School of Economics.
- “One Health: Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention, and Response”, produced by the Karolinska Institutet and the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM).
- “Strengthening Territorial Response for Better Health”, realized by the European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA), Mental Health Europe (MHE), and Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS).
- “Data Science Perspectives on Pandemics Management”, resulted from the collaboration between Politecnico di Milano, University of Pavia, ISI Foundation, and the Delft University of Technology.
- “Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Management”, created by the Goethe University Frankfurt.
Ahead of the publication, the courses were tested by health authorities and other public bodies. To attend the MOOCs, it is necessary to create a Coursera account. The courses have free access, but it is possible to earn a completion certificate for a fee.