Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Brno Workshop
„Our GBD Brno Workshop is a two-day event created to support public health, health policy, and epidemiology professionals, researchers, and students from the Czech Republic and Central Europe in deepening their understanding of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. The programme combines expert guidance with hands-on practice to help participants engage with the concepts, methods, and tools that underpin GBD estimates. Throughout the workshop, participants will learn how to explore and interpret data on mortality, non-fatal health outcomes, and risk factors across different populations and settings. The sessions will also highlight how these insights can inform research, policy, and priority setting, with particular relevance to Czechia and the surrounding region. We hope the workshop will create a welcoming space for learning, discussion, and meaningful exchange among those interested in advancing population health through better evidence.“
Masaryk Centre for Global Health (MCGH)
Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
SPEAKERS
Mohsen Naghavi
Director of Subnational Burden of Disease Estimation, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington
Sarah Dillard
Engagement Officer, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington
Martin Komenda
Director of Communication and Data Centre, Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (UZIS-CR)
PROGRAM
Day 1: Introduction, Foundations, Demography, and Viz Tool
| Start Time | Duration | Topic | Outline |
| 09.00 | 60 min | Introduction to the Workshop | Welcome and opening remarks; introduction to IHME; instructor introductions; participant introductions; overview of the workshop programme, logistics, and practical arrangements. |
| 10.00 | 15 min | Coffee Break | |
| 10.15 | 105 min | GBD Foundations & Results (GBD 2023) | Introduction to the purpose and guiding principles of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study; overview of summary measures of population health; explanation of key metrics, including DALYs, YLLs, YLDs, and HALE; high-level review of the analytical framework; exploration of global, regional, and national findings using GBD Compare; selected highlights for Czechia, including leading causes of death, disability, and major risk factors. |
| 12.00 | 60 min | Lunch Break | |
| 13.00 | 60 min | Demonstration of GBD Compare for Benchmarking | Guided demonstration of GBD Compare, including key visualisation views and standard versus advanced settings; illustration of how the platform can be used for benchmarking Czechia against comparator countries. |
| 14.00 | 30 min | Demography: Overview & Analytical Strategy | Review of the data sources used for demographic estimation, including population, fertility, and mortality; discussion of their strengths, limitations, and coverage at global, regional, and national levels; overview of the demographic estimation strategy; introduction to measures produced through the demographic pipeline, including population and fertility estimates, child mortality, adult mortality, and model life tables. |
| 14.30 | 15 min | Coffee Break | |
| 14.45 | 60 min | Demography: Benchmarking Exercise | Demonstration of visualisation tools for exploring mortality patterns; practical exercise in which participants use the tools to answer a series of guided questions; instructors provide support during the exercise; group discussion of findings with facilitated feedback and reflection. |
| 15.45 | 30 min | Causes of Death (CoD): Overview & Analytical Strategy | Introduction to the data sources used for cause-of-death estimation, including deaths and years of life lost (YLLs); discussion of their strengths, limitations, and coverage across settings; overview of the analytical strategy; explanation of the main outputs, including deaths and YLLs. |
| 16.15 | 30 min | Czechia Data Sources | Dr Martin Komenda, Team Leader of the Communication and Data Centre, National Health Information System, will present on data access and data-sharing practices in Czechia. |
| 16.45 | 15 min | Wrap-up | Q&A |
| 17.00 | END |
Day 2: Causes of Death, Non-Fatal Burden, and Risk Factors
| Start Time | Duration | Topic | Outline |
| 09.00 | 15 min | Check-in | Opening Q&A and review of the agenda for the day. |
| 09.15 | 30 min | Causes of Death (CoD): Visualisation Tool Demonstration | Guided demonstration of the visualisation tools used for cause-of-death analysis, including map and patterns views. |
| 09.45 | 60 min | Causes of Death (CoD): Benchmarking Exercise | Participants work through a set of guided questions using the visualisation tools; instructors provide support throughout the exercise; findings are then discussed in plenary with the aid of guiding questions. |
| 10.45 | 15 min | Coffee Break | |
| 11.00 | 30 min | Non-Fatal Health Outcomes: Overview & Analytical Strategy | Review of the data sources used to estimate non-fatal health outcomes, including YLDs; discussion of data strengths, limitations, and coverage at global, regional, and national levels; overview of the analytical strategy; introduction to key outputs from the non-fatal health outcomes pipeline, including prevalence, incidence, and YLDs. |
| 11.30 | 30 min | Non-Fatal Health Outcomes: Visualisation Tool Demonstration | Demonstration of the visualisation tools used for non-fatal health outcomes, including arrow diagram, treemap, map, and EpiViz views. |
| 12.00 | 60 min | Lunch Break | |
| 13.00 | 60 min | Non-Fatal Health Outcomes: Benchmarking Exercise | Participants use the visualisation tools to answer a series of guided questions; instructors circulate to provide support; the session concludes with a group discussion of findings. |
| 14.00 | 30 min | Risk Factors: Overview & Analytical Strategy | Overview of the data sources used in risk factor estimation; discussion of their strengths, limitations, and coverage across settings; introduction to the analytical framework; explanation of the main outputs from the risk factor pipeline, including population attributable fractions (PAFs). |
| 14.30 | 15 min | Coffee Break | |
| 14.45 | 30 min | Risk Factors: Visualisation Tool Demonstration | Demonstration of the visualisation tools used for risk factor analysis; emphasis on views that show changes in risk composition, including treemap, arrows, and patterns, as well as views that display risk burden, including treemap, risks by cause, and overlap map. |
| 15.15 | 60 min | Risk Factors: Benchmarking Exercise | Participants complete a guided benchmarking exercise using the visualisation tools; instructors provide support during the session; results are then shared and discussed in plenary. |
| 16.15 | 45 min | Closing Ceremony | Closing remarks and certificate distribution. |
| 17.00 | END |
REGISTRATION
Free of charge, thanks to the support of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University.
The workshop is particularly suitable for early-career researchers and master’s and PhD students in public health, epidemiology, health policy, and related disciplines.
Registration is required due to limited capacity (max. 30 participants). Deadline is 12 April 2026 (23:59 UTC+1).
Certificates of participation are issued only to participants who attend both days in full.
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