19.8 Research collaboration and research institutions for maritime medicine
Written by Jørgen Riis Jepsen
Several research institutions for maritime medicine have been established worldwide. Some institutions have extended their scope to also include, e.g. hyperbaric medicine, tropical medicine, aviation medicine, port health, or transport medical issues as a whole. Others keep a more narrow scope limited to cater for maritime health and safety in the merchant fleet, fisheries and offshore oil and gas exploitation.
Services such as Radiomedical, training of seafarers in treatment on board, certification, and health examinations, or medical treatment may be provided by these research institutions, or the activities may be limited to research. Table 19.8.1 provides an overview of some of the research institutes dealing with maritime medicine.
In order to use the limited available resources in a rational way and not least because maritime medicine addresses globalized industries, international and interdisciplinary research collaboration is desirable and needed. Such collaboration widens the scopes of researchers, permits learning from disciplines other than ones own, and researchers in less developed countries may get inspiration to improvements from colleagues in more developed and wealthier countries. Examples of international collaboration include studies of accidents [4].
Country
Town
Name of Institute
Name of Head
Homepage
Email
Denmark
Esbjerg
Centre of Maritime Health and Safety, University of Southern Denmark
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