Festival of Health and Open Lab: The University enters the neighborhoods - PNRR projects for the health of citizens

On September 23rd, the Festival of Health took place with great success in the Sant'Agabio District of Novara. This event, entirely dedicated to prevention and health promotion, represented a valuable opportunity for the Novara community. Organized under the patronage of the Municipality of Novara, the University of Piemonte Orientale. the Service Center for the Territory of Novara and Vco and the Parish of Sant'Agabio, in collaboration with many local voluntary associations and institutions, the Festival aimed to promote a healthy and active lifestyle, as well as a culture of safety in every aspect of everyday life, so that each individual can promote and preserve their own health. 

The University of Piemonte Orientale and the NODES project enthusiastically participated in this initiative due to its significance. Furthermore, the festival coincided with the UPO Research Week and the Open Lab event at the Traslational Research Center on autoimmune and allergic diseases (CAAD).  

During the event, there was the stand ''The University enters the neighborhoods: the PNRR-NODES Projects for the health of citizens'', presentign the CAAD to the Sant'Agabio neighborhood by presenting its research projects and opening its laboratories to the public. The main objective was to promote Spoke 5 and the flagship projects INNDIANA and TINCARE and the structures hosting the respective Researchers. 

This event was an important step forward in the education of the local community on health topics and in the promotion of scientific research, highlighting the contribution of higher education that will continue to work towards improving the health and well-being of the community through innovative research projects and collaborative initiatives.  

Image 1: researchers from INNDIANA and TINCARE projects at the stands. In the left photo, Mattia Bellan and Carmela Rinaldi; in the center photo, researchers from INNDIANA (from left, Rita Di Martino, Giuseppe Cappellano, Elena Canciani).  

Image 2: photo from the Open Lab day, thanking the Researchers from the CAAD Research Center laboratories of Immunomics, Innovation; UPO biobank; Division Oncology, Genomics Lab, Biological Mass Spectometry and the Rectorate Office (Valentina Toson in the photo and Eleonora Mazzucco), and the people who visited the center.