Triskelion was founded in 2015 in Stavanger, Norway and is an organisation that specialises in applied research and knowledge mobilisation in the fields of education, public health, youth work, psychology and medicine. Even though we are a young organisation, the staff members represent a wealth of experience in the above mentioned areas and have for example; participated in over 60 international projects and presented & facilitated at over 200 conferences & workshops.
The BIIPA (Body Image and Inclusive Physical Activity) consortium met in Kalopanayiotis village in Pafos district in Cyrprus to finalise the course modules of the the Curriculum Development; the team planned to deliver 15 ECTS credits. Instead, the… Read More
The project partners met for the third face to face meeting in Valencia, Spain on 13 and 14th September 2024. All partner countries were represented at the meeting which took place in a university building in the historic… Read More
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The Health minister of the republic of Slovenia, Prof. Valentina Prevolnik Rupel, visited the conference and adressed the needs of developing comprehensive care programs for people affected by Neurodegenerative diseases. Her fields of expertise are health outcome measurement… Read More
Nataša Pirc Musar is a Slovenian attorney and author, serving as President of Slovenia since 2022, and the first female to do so. She addressed the nEUROcare conference through an online statement underlining the importance of the work that… Read More
The Neurocare project will conduct the conference “Dialogue in Neourodegenerative disorders- care, communication and biomedical challenges” in Ljubljana, Slovenia on the 6th and 7th of June 2024. If you are interested in participating contact [email protected] Programme: https://www.neurocare.si/programme2/
As Sri Lanka undergoes a demographic shift with an increasing aging population, the prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases (NDD) among older adults is on the rise. Addressing the unique challenges posed by such conditions including Alzheimer Disease (AD), Dementia… Read More
https://www.bodyconfidentsport.com/ The Centre of Appearance Centre in Bristol with Philippa Dietrichs together with DOVE and NIKE has just published teaching resources on Sports and Body image. This initiative was created to help girls and young people of all… Read More
The BIIPA (Body Image and Physical Education) project team met in Porto in January 2024 to discuss the developed modules in the course and the delivery of the course online and in lectures. See webpage:https://biipa.eu/
Triskelion staff conducted a lecture on European Union grant writing for staff at the University of Colombo, faculty of medicine in Sri Lanka in early November 2023. The focus was on giving concrete tips on assessment rules and… Read More
The website for the Face Equailty Training project has been developed and is now online. Please click here to go to the website:https://faceequalitytraining.org/
The Face Equality project team gathered at Backaskog outside Kristianstad, Sweden to discuss the format of the course based on the interviews and national reports from partners. 7 degrees below zero and snow gave a welcoming christmas feeling… Read More
In the second week of November specialists from Europe and Sri Lanka meet up in Galle, Sril Lanka for an Erasmus+ Capacity Building supported conference within the theme “Caring for the Elderly with Neurodegenerative disorders”. Steve Smith and… Read More
The Power of Creativity training materials for trainers are now available for download. Result 1 The handbook. Result 2. The concrete creative activities
The Power of Creativity consortium met for the final transnational meeting before it ends on 31.12.23. The focus of the meeting was a walkthrough of the results, dissemination, and discussions of the upcoming multiplier events and quality report.
The project “Power of Creativity: strengthening the supporting role the adult educators working with disabled” held the joint short term staff training in Riga Latvia in 14.-16. June 2023. 17 participants attended. The partners held practical workshops for… Read More
All results from the Euroteq project are now available on the website. Direct link can be found here: Downloadable project outputs
The Euroteq project is coming to and end and the partners met in Iasi, Romania on the 10th of June 2023 to consolidate the final materials and prepare for the final report.
Here you can find the second newsletter of the Power of Creativity project. Learn more about the activities carried out so far and the next steps of the project. LINK
The Embrace Hub is here to bring you innovative, engaging body image resources. We’ve brought together the best evidence and creative minds to educate and inform young people, parents, teachers and sports coaches. Triskelion researcher Zali Yager together… Read More
The nEUROcare team moved from the international conference in Colombo up to Kandy and the University of Peradeniya for a 2-day workshop in the nEUROcare project. Over 50 people gathered to work on aligning the contents of the… Read More
The nEUROcare team presented short extracts of their modules that are being developed for the master’s degree in Neurodegenerative diseases at four Sri Lankan universities during the first international conference on Neurodegenerative diseases ever held in Sri Lanka-… Read More
The team in the Erasmus+ project FACE EQUALITY- “innovative training in the health, social and volunteering sectors that will empower people with disfigurements to overcome social and psychological challenges in everyday life” met at the head office of the… Read More
Triskelion is presenting at the first international conference on Neurodegenerative disorders held at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the 9th and 10th of February 2023. European speakers will also be from UK, Estonia, Slovenia, Sweden and… Read More
ECSS has spread its wings globally over its 20+ years and has grown a vast international audience who are passionate about sport science. They are a non-profit scientific organisation devoted to the promotion and dissemination of multi-and interdisciplinary… Read More
The partners of the BIIPA- Body Image In Physical Activity met for the first time on Saturday 17th December in Bäckaskog Castle outside Kristianstad, Sweden to plan the course that the project has promised to deliver. The project is… Read More
The transnational team of the BCM project met in Ferrara, Italy on the 9th of December 2022 for the final conference. Results from multiplier events, surveys and intellectual outputs were discussed. The team also looked into possible future… Read More
Here you can find the first newsletter of the Power of Creativity project. Learn more about the consortium, the activities and the next steps of the project. See here: Newsletter
Triskelion was represented by Frida Feline Nilsen and Mikkel Munkvold in the huge international conference “Peace as an educational principle: a school without conflicts”, in Verona, 3rd of December 2022. Our Power of Creativity project was presented there.
The partners met again in person for the second transnational meeting of the project. The focus was to discuss the result of the first teaching material development. In addition, they attended the conference “Peace as an educational value… Read More
The Swedish television company reports that there are increased wish for plastic surgery after the boom of Zoom meetings during the pandemic. Martin Persson is interviewed in this Swedish TV clip: More plastic surgery
A new Erasmus + project has been approved for Triskelion and the first online kickoff in “ Body Image and Physical Activity – a psychological, educational and public health perspective for higher education” was held on the 20th of… Read More
The nEUROcare project now has the website finalised and ready. Please see here: nEUROcare website
The essential body image handbook for parents of children and teens by powerhouse change-maker and body positivity activist Taryn Brumfitt and Dr Zali Yager is available from bookstores or Amazon;
The EuroTEQ project partners met up in Slovenia on the 1st of October to discuss the piloting progress and the didactic approach to our course. Triskelion was represented by Amy and Thomas.
The nEUROcare team meet in Kaariku sports complex centre, near Tartu to complete the layout and learning objectives of the masters program in Neurodegenerative diseases. Triskelion was represented by Steve Smith, Gareth Davies and Thomas Nilsen.
The Scr4Cleft project was featured in the Dutch Erasmus+ newsletter in August 2022. https://www.erasmusplus.nl/actueel/nieuws/ondanks-corona-project-toch-volgens-schema-kunnen-afronden
Body Confident Mums – An Innovative Health Professionals Training Program to support maternal mental and physical health The project partners in the Body Confident Mums met in Nis, Serbia first week of August 2022 to discuss project materials and… Read More
Here is a link to a video from the kickoff in Klaipeda of the POWER OF CREATIVITY Erasmus+ project Kickoff video
From Kristianstad University we just got informed that our KA220-HED – Cooperation partnerships in higher education project “Body Image and Physical Activity – a psychological, educational and public health perspective for higher education” was approved by the Swedish national agency. The… Read More
The Power of Creativity website is ready and can be accessed here: Power of Creativity Website Facebook site
We have made a movie from the kickoff meeting of the Power of Creativity Erasmus + project See link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S22VKJE0OxA
In early June 2022 the first kickoff in the POWER OF CREATIVITY project was held in Klaipeda, Lithuania to discuss the project’s way forward. Frida Feline Nilsen and Mikkel Munkvold represented Triskelion in the meeting and presented the… Read More
Scr4Cleft- Speech Communication, Resilience – supporting children and parents with clefts met for the final transnational meeting discussing the outputs and the sustainability of the project. The multiplier events that were held got very good feedback and people… Read More
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are diseases that affect people around the world. But knowledge and treatment vary from country to country. Through the nEUROcare project, Kristianstad University, together with three other European universities, will contribute to the training of… Read More
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are examples of neurodegenerative diseases that affect people worldwide. Through the nEUROcare project, Kristianstad University, together with other European universities, contributes to the training of health care professionals in Sri Lanka. Last week, professionals from… Read More
Here is some great news to share regarding our completed project “Αct Now” . Ultimo May 2022 the Greek coordinator received an email and a phone call from the Greek National Agency, to inform us that our project has… Read More
The project’s Facebook page is now active at: Facebook Power-of-Creativity-Project-
https://gateway.europeancleft.com The Cleft Collective is a large-scale multigenerational cohort study of children born with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P). More than 3300 families have been recruited from all 16 CL/P regional NHS clinical centres since 2013; they have… Read More
The project team met in Malta on the 16th and 17th of December to discuss the training materials and feedback from pilot training. The interim report had come back with very positive feedback from the national agency with… Read More
The ECCE COST action CA 16234 held the final conference of the action in Bucharest University of Medicine on the 18th to 19th of March 2022. There were over 50 participants and a very diverse program of key… Read More
Triskelion is a part of a consortium that just got the Erasmus+ adult education project “Power of creativity: strengthening the supporting role the adult educators working with disabled” approved. The objectives of the project are: *to share good… Read More
The first physical meeting in the NeuroCare project took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, between the 7th to 11th of February 2022. The conference’s main aim was to coordinate the specific master’s programme content in detail in cooperation… Read More
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The first European Kickoff in the EU Capacity building project nEUROcare- “A European initiative for capacity building to meet the challenges of caring for people with neurodegenerative disorders in Sri Lanka”, was held in Tallinn, Estonia October 2021. This… Read More
Will You Still Feel Beautiful When You Find Out You Are Different?”: Parents’ Experiences, Reflections, and Appearance-Focused Conversations About Their Child’s Visible Difference.Read the paper here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10497323211039205
The EUROTEQ team gathered in Greece late November to look at details of the course curriculum that is under development. The national analysis and surveys were presented-Program implementation: views from healthcare professionals and patient organisations. We also looked… Read More
ECCE-EUROPEAN CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL INITIATIVE FOR EQUALITY IN CARE, had the first physical meeting since COVID shut down most of Europe. We worked in smaller focus groups to discuss the work packages and the outputs of the action… Read More
For the first time since the impact of Covid-19 the project team had the pleasure of a physical meeting at Bäckaskog Castle just outside Kirstianstad in Sweden in early November 2021. The aim of the project was to… Read More
Autism Europe has just announced the European Autism Conference for 2022 in Krakow, Poland. follow the conference link:https://www.autismeurope.org/what-we-do/international-congresses/next-congress/
The preliminary training course lectures of Dr Zali Yager and Dr. Martin Persson is now posted online directly on the project’s website:http://bcmeurope.eu/resources The course consists of 4 modules with around 3 hours of recorded lectures. During the next… Read More
The 2020 edition of Health at a Glance: Europe focuses on the impact of the COVID‑19 crisis. Chapter 1 provides an initial assessment of the resilience of European health systems to the COVID-19 pandemic and their ability to… Read More
European cleft Organisation is now training healthcare workers online in response to current restrictions on travel and face to face meetings as a result of the global pandemic. They have a five-session course over seven weeks for front… Read More
They work with leading clinicians and researchers from world-class institutions across the UK to achieve the ultimate aim: scar free healing within a generation. Behind every scar is a story and they put the people living with scarring… Read More
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EUROTEQ – clinical measurement literacy for EUROpean Transparency andEQuality in health, a project within the framework of Erasmus+ has been approved. It is a 36 months project with the focus on The objectives of this project are to… Read More
EU just publishes the results from the Capacity building in the field of higher education and Høgskolan Kristianstad in Sweden was granted the project “nEUROcare – a European initiative for capacity building to meet the challenges of caring… Read More
The Erasmus+ project Empowering Parents of Children with Clefts Speech, Communication and Resilience (SCR4Cleft) has now launced the website. http://scr4cleft.org
The IHEM project was just selected as a success story in the Erasmus+ pool. “Success stories” are finalised projects that have distinguished themselves by their impact, contribution to policy-making, innovative results and/or creative approach, and can be a… Read More
The project team met on the 24th february 2020 to discuss the pilot tests and final adjustments to training modules. There were valuable comments from the pilots that could be implemented in our materials.
Martin Persson attended a meeting at Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo. As part of the meeting, Martin Persson presented several Erasmus + project to 21 healthcare professionals and teachers. Act Now was presented in how you can… Read More
The Asian conference was held in Khon Kaen in the northern part of Thailand, and it was attended by 475 delegates from 25 countries from various disciplines. Professor Martin Persson was invited keynote to attended and presented at the… Read More
Viewing social media content aimed at challenging mainstream beauty ideals can boost body confidence among young women, a new study in 2019 revealed. Participants in the experimental research who were shown ‘body positive’ content on Instagram experienced improvements… Read More
The ActNow team met in Tartu, Estonia in mid January 2020 for the walkthrough of pilot trainings in partner countries. The focus was to discuss feedback from trainings, amendments and improvements to the materials. project website
The kickoff of the newly approved project “Body Confident Mum’s – An Innovative Health Professionals’ Training Program to support maternal mental and physical health” was held in Kristianstad, Sweden on 16th of December 2019. Dr Zali Yager from… Read More
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Kristianstad University won another project bid where Triskelion is partner. “Body Confident Mum’s – An Innovative Health Professionals’ Training Program to support maternal mental and physical health. Partners are: Högskolan Kristianstad, Sweden Triskelion, Norway GENIKO NOSOKOMEIO PAPAGEORGIOU, Greece… Read More
The European COST action CA 16234 held their last conference of 2019 at Kristianstad University and Backaskog slott outside Kristianstad, Sweden. The main aim was to discuss how we move forward the action according to MOU, the midterm… Read More
The kick-off meeting for a ground breaking new Erasmus+ project has just taken place at the project coordinator’s head office (European Cleft Organisation) in Rijswijk on Wednesday 20 November 2019. 17 participants attended from 9 partner countries including… Read More
The Up & Go project have created lots of media interest and during the meeting in Croatia, local TV & Newspapers covered the topic; Regional express news Glasistre news
http://www.regionalexpress.hr/site/more/down-syndrome-pula-domain-partnerima-u-projektu-upgo
The partnership met in Pula and had a thorough walkthrough of the developed course material in order to get feedback for redesign and finalization. The course intends to teach trainers and volunteers about inclusion of people with down… Read More
The consortium of the HI3 project met in Ljubljana on the 20th and 21st of September in order to run through a test training of the developed training course. Feedback was collected and the partnership decided how the… Read More
The second meeting of the EU Erasmus+ funded project “Act Now” was completed at the University of Neapolis in Pafos, Cyprus, on 29 March 2019. The partners from Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Romania and Slovenia presented the National Analyses… Read More
Dr Martin Persson contributed as a speaker at the 14th annual European Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands on 12th June 2019. His talk was “Long term outcomes in cleft care – a European approach”. Gareth… Read More
The ACT NOW consortium ran a test training course of the first draft of the one-day training developed during the first phase of the project. 21 trainees were present. The training was followed by a one day coordination… Read More
The ACT NOW project website is now up and running. Please see; actnow-erasmusproject.eu
The Correct it project now has the materials developed in the project available for free download on the project website. Please see the following link: https://correct-it.eu/
Triskelion Norway conducted the Norwegian multiplier event in Stavanger with 45 participants on the 6th of July 2019. The event ran smoothly and it was very clear that the participants enjoyed the compressed introduction to the course. Good… Read More
Triskelion held the local face-to-face trainings of the Correct it project in Stavanger on the 12.6, 14.6, 17.6, 19.6, 21.6 2019, and a second training was held on the 2.8 and 3.8 with a total of 75 participants… Read More
Nichola Rumsey delivered the prestigious B K Rank Keynote Address at the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Congress, Melbourne, May 30th 2019. In the opening presentation of the Congress entitled ‘Don’t Eat the Marshmallows and other techniques for improving standards… Read More
Several partners from CET attended and presented at the European Congress in Utrecht in June. Over 700 delegates from around the world participated in the congress, themed Future perspectives in research & therapy. Professionals attending this congress benefited from high-level scientific… Read More
Triskelion’s partner Kristianstad University just confirmed that we had our application “Body Confident mums” (Erasmus+ KA2) approved by the Swedish national agency. The project will start in late summer of 2019. The project is based on the work… Read More
The Correct IT project is coming to an end and the team had the final meeting in the charming city of Iasi, Romania at the end of june 2019. The team was working on the sustainability strategy in… Read More
The CET team met in Padova on the 28th of June 2019 for the final assessment of the training materials, piloting and Multiplier events. The external evaluator Alex Clarke was present giving her assessment of the course materials… Read More
The short time blended learning course of the Correct-IT project was held in Stavanger between 27th. and 31st May 2019. Over 20 participants from Italy, Portugal, Romania, and Lithuania were participating in the training. Triskelion was the host… Read More
The team of the Health Innovation- implementation and impact met in Tartu, Estonia at the University of Tartu premises. Unfortunately, the SAS had a strike which prevented some of the partners, including Triskelion, from participating. Focus was to… Read More
The third meeting took place in Bucharest 11 – 12 October 2018. At this meeting, the developed curriculum was presented to the partners by Triskelion and HKR. The training followed the concept of “train the trainer” which induced… Read More
The team of the Early Care Training project, led by Mr Gareth Davies gathered in Plovdiv on the 15th of February. The focus was to set the course for finalization of training materials, pedagogical report, dissemination and implemantation.
The core group in Cutting Edge Training project met in Plovdiv on the 5th of April for a review of the project progress and a focus on pilot testing and feedback from partners. Multiplier events were planned and… Read More
The project consortium met in Klaipeda, Lithuania on the 29th of March 2019 in order to set the last preparations for the training course in Foggia and to plan further dissemination and exploitation of the project.
All Correct-IT partners sent 4-5 staff to a train the trainers event in Foggia, Italy between 8. 12 April 2019. The purpose of the training was to teach the face-to-face modules and get feedback from trainers on the… Read More
A meeting was held with all partners to adjust the learning outputs of the different modules created for the training programme. We are developing a training course for health care professionals about the early care of children born… Read More
A total of 40 participants have signed up for the training school in Malta in March 25th-27th, arranged by Cost Action CA16234 and hosted by University of Malta, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. This means the course is… Read More
The Correct-It project now has the training website for trainers open for testing. Anyone who wants to test the course is welcome to test. It will be tested by 6 trainers from each partnership also before revison. https://correct-itcourse.eu/login/index.php
The team of the Up & Go project met in Stavanger on the 11th of February 2019 to discuss national analysis and surveys of the partners and intellectual outputs. The project got a very good media coverage in… Read More
We will conduct our first training school at Univerisity of Malta between 25th to the 27th of March 2019 (9:00 – 17:00 each day). The focus of the training school is patient centred care, with topics such as;… Read More
Kickoff in the project UP & GO, development of educational training for staff and volunteers working with youth with Down syndrome (DS) or intellectual disabilities , especially in relation to physical activities. The outcome will be a functional continuing education… Read More
Health Innovation, implementation and Impact (HI3) project, with 8 countries in the consortium had the first kickoff meeting in Kristianstad in November 2018 at Kristianstad University. The aim of this project is to develop a training package for health… Read More
During ECCE conference in Serbia, Triskelion discussed possible future cooperation with The Global Smile Foundation with the Pre-Surgical & Dental Division Director Serena Kassam. gsmile.org The patients they see on their medical missions around the world come for the… Read More
The first 2 intellectual outputs of the CORRECT-IT project can be downloaded from the project website Healthy lifestyle analysis Training Curriculum https://correct-it.eu/
The team of CORRECT-IT project held the third joint meeting at Escola Superior de Saúde de Portalegre, in the city of PORTALEGER, Portugal on 28th September 2018. The focus was to finalize the online training materials and face to… Read More
Triskelion was both present and heavily involved in the organisation of the EUROPEAN CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL INITIATIVE FOR EQUALITY IN CARE which took place in Nis, Serbia 13-15th September 2018 at the medical faculty of Nis University. Keynote speakers were Dr…. Read More
Health Innovation, Implementation and Impact, a Strategic partnership project within Erasmus + have been approved for funding. The kickoff wil be 12th November at Kristianstad University College, Sweden
The Early Care Training Program website is now up and running! Check it out at: http://cleftectp.com
The Cutting Edge Training project has a new web page up and running. Please see the link below: http://cuttingedgetraining.nu For developed materials, please see direct link : Downloadable materials
Frida Felines video thesis on consumer buying behavior
Another new Erasmus+ Strategic partnership project within higher education is approved by the Swedish National agency. The project is called Up & Go and deals with people with Downs syndrom. Lead partner is Kristianstad University, and partners are… Read More
The Centre for appearance research in Bristol has a series of 28 podcasts on appearance issues. If you are interested, see their page on soundcloud:
A new Erasmus+ KA2 strategic partnership project has been approved where Triskelion is partner. Health Innovation, Implementation and Impact (HI3) is the name of the project starting Sept. 1st 2018. Lead partner is Kristianstad University , while European… Read More
The European Cleft Association is launching the new European Cleft Gateway; The Gateway is a resource for families, health professionals and researchers. It is a comprehensive directory of specialist hospitals, doctors, researchers, support groups, scientific organisations and NGO’s… Read More
An introductory lecture was given by Dr. Martin Persson about the Cutting Edge Training project, which included the psychosocial aspects for patients undergoing appearance altering procedures, for healthcare professionals in Zagreb.
The background of the Cutting Edge Training project was part of comprehensive training for healthcare professionals at Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University and very was well received. Triskelion will now develop more trainings for the… Read More
The project has already attracted quite a lot of media attention in Sweden. Over 45 newspapers have reported about the Cutting Edge Training project, including Aftonbladet, Lärkartidningen, and Metro
According to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a two-fold simple approach could be used to prevent teenage obesity and eating disorders. The report “Preventing Obesity and Eating Disorders in Adolescents,” published in the journal Pediatrics, advises… Read More
The 16th of March 2018, the Correct it group met at the University of Foggia, Italy to evaluate curriculum development and discuss dissemination and further steps of product development. The curriculum will be peer-reviewed and translated into all… Read More
At Dove, they believe no young person should be held back from reaching their full potential. However, low body confidence and anxieties over appearance keep young people from being their best selves, affecting their health, friendships, and even… Read More
The Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has partnered with educational games specialists Focus Games Ltd to launch an exciting new resource to help children understand and respect the… Read More
A team from Triskelion headed by Lena went to Tiblisi, Georgia to look at new cooperation opportunities in the VET and YOUTH sector. We had meetings with representatives for private education sector and YOUTH NGOs working with primarily… Read More
Triskelion staff visited primary-, secondary- and vocational schools in Esenler suburb in Istanbul to see how they have worked towards integrating Syrian refugees into schools and everyday life. We were also granted a welcome at the mayor’s office… Read More
Dr Martin Persson was invited to speak to the European Parliament on 27 February 2018. The breakfast event, hosted by MEP Sean Kelly and attended by a diverse audience of other MEPs and policy makers, was an opportunity… Read More
The project team met in Vilnius, Lithuania in late February to discuss parent/patient information needs in each country. From our initial findings in each country, it was clear that both groups – patients and health care professionals – needed… Read More
The Cutting Edge Training project had the second project meeting in Bergen, Norway at Haukeland University Hospital on the 16th of February 2018. The purpose of the meeting was to agree upon the training materials and content of… Read More
The 20 countries that participate in the Cost Action “European Cleft and Craniofacial Initiative for Equality in Care” met in Croatia on Thursday 25th – Friday 26th January 2018 at The University of Zagreb School of Dental Medicine. The main… Read More