On October 7-8, 2017, the Conference on “Modern Approaches to Health Environmental Risk Management in Urban Zones (Systems)"  organized by the Faculty of Public Health was held at Tbilisi State Medical University.

The conference was attended by international experts and leading specialists of the country in the field.  At the Conference the types of ecological risk factors characteristic for urban systems, pathogenesis of diseases associated with their impact, identification of health ecological threat sources in urban areas, health risk assessment and modern approaches for their prevention-minimization and optimal ways of their implementation in Georgia were discussed.

The conference was opened by Professor Zurab Vadachkoria Rector of Tbilisi State Medical University. The audience was addressed also by: Kakhaber Kuchava, the Chair of the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Committee of the Parliament of Georgia;  Zaza Khutsishvili, the First Deputy Chair of the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Committee, Prof. Itakli Mchedlishvili Dean of the Faculty of Public Health, Prof. Tamar Sanikidze Professor at TSMU  Department of Physics and Biophysics .

The reports presented at the conference:

-  “Ecology and Health.General Overview of the Problem in International and National Context“ Prof. R.Kverenchkhiladze. Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Enviromental Health and Professional Medicine, Tbilisi, Georgia”;

-  "Potential in Education and Research Field of West- Pomeranian University of Technology (Green Technologies)" Prof. J. Przepiórski, West-Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland;

-   Air quality in Latvia, its management and impacts on human  Health” Prof. M. Klavins, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia;

-   Modern approaches for Environmental Health risk assessment in the Urban areas context” Prof. G. Ormotsadze, Dr. M. Buleishvili. Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine, Laboratory of Radiation Safety Problems; Tbilisi State Medical University; N. Kipshidze Central University Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia;

-  Habitat and risk of non-infectious chronic diseases, genotypic and phenotypic projections, predictors” Prof. T. Sanikidze, E. Tikaradze, Assoc. Prof. M Giorgobiani. Tbilisi State Medical University, Sachkhere District Hospital, Georgia;

- Graphene-based electrochemical biosensing system for medical diagnostics as an example of biosensing technologies in ecological health risk identification and monitoring ” Prof. K. Penkala, West-Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland;

-   Biological effects of microwave radiation and potential risks of Health” Prof. D. Nadareishvili. Prof. M. Nikolaishvili. Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine, Tbilisi, Georgia;

-  Biological effects of microwave radiation and potential risks of Health” Prof. D. Nadareishvili. Prof. M. Nikolaishvili. Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine, Tbilisi, Georgia;

- Working air condition of industrial facilities located in urban area (Tbilisi) and dynamics of spreading professional diseases”. Prof. M. Tsimakuridze, Prof. R. Javakhadze. N. Makhviladze. Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Environmental Health and Professional Medicine, Institute of Labor and Ecology, Tbilisi, Georgia;

- Assessment of the solid particles (PM2.5 and PM10) content in the atmospheric air of various districts of Tbilisi and its impact on the population health”. M. Arabidze, T. Maglakelidze, Prof, R. Kverenchkhiladze, S. Bezarashvili, Asist. Prof. G. Kverenchkhiladze. National Environmental Agency of Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia; Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Environmental Health and Professional. Medicine Tbilisi, Georgia;

- The difference in the mutagenic efficiency of ionizing and nonionizing radiation (on the example of a number of Tbilisi objects)” Prof. A. Zedginidze, Beritashvili Center of Expe-rimental Biomedicine, Laboratory  of Radiation Safety Problems. Tbilisi, Georgia;

- Identification of genetic risk in urban areas using plant biotesting” Prof. M. Gogebashvili, Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine, Laboratory of Radiation Safety Problems. Tbilisi, Georgia;

The second day of the conference was dedicated to the round table, in which participated: the representatives of education and health care system, municipality staff, health professional associations, scientific-academic spheres and the International experts.

The international experience in the field of health ecological risk management, its adaptation to the specificity of Georgia and further implementation have been discussed;  appropriate recommendations on the prevention of health risks associated with the urban environment and their detection in modern technologies and management were elaborated.