Sent: Monday, March 16, 2026 14:37
To: Mindaugas Štelemėkas <mindaugas.stelemekas@lsmu.lt>; Arnfinn Helleve <Arnfinn.Helleve@fhi.no>
Cc: Olney, Jack J <jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>; Lodge, Heather A <h.lodge@imperial.ac.uk>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: Possible partner in new research inititative
Dear Mindaugas,
Its great to hear from you. At this stage, we are trying to complete the set of countries where we plan to implement interventions as part of the project. It is in this context that we contacted potential partners in Lithuania, given your strong public health work. We have made the decision that we will include in the partnership the National Public Health Institute of each country committing to implement an intervention package. In some instances, Public Health Institutes may be supported by a local university. Whether it would be ideal to have you involved, given that your University is already participating in another proposal, depends on whether the other bid would also plan to implement interventions in Lithuania, and whether the National Public Health Institute is also involved in the other bid. I would like to avoid proposing alternative sets of interventions in the same country in two different proposals. If the role of your university in the other bid was different, then I would be less concerned.
I look forward to hearing further from you.
Sincerely,
Franco
Franco Sassi PhD
Chair in International Health Policy and Economics
Director, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation (CHEPI)
Imperial Business School
London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
Email: f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk Tel: +44(0)207 594 9157
From: Mindaugas Štelemėkas <mindaugas.stelemekas@lsmu.lt>
Sent: 16 March 2026 12:55
To: Arnfinn Helleve <Arnfinn.Helleve@fhi.no>
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Subject: Re: Possible partner in new research inititative
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Dear Arnfinn, Dear all,
It is good to hear from you Arnfinn, I am doing well, thank you 🙂
I would be happy to participate in a consortium. However, some of my other colleagues from the faculty are preparing their own proposal for this call. I know that it is not an obstacle in Horicon requirements per se, but I want to be transparent with you as well. If you still want to have me (and possibly some of my team from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences) on board, I am interested to join.
Kind regards,
Mindaugas
Mindaugas Štelemėkas
Sveikatos tyrimų instituto vadovas ir vyr. mokslo darbuotojas / Head and Senior Scientist, Health Research Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention & Control of NCDs
Profilaktinės medicinos katedros profesorius/ Prof., Department of Preventive Medicine
Visuomenės sveikatos fakultetas / Faculty of Public Health
Medicinos akademija / Medical Academy
Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas / Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Tilžės g. 18, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania; 329 kab.
El. paštas: mindaugas.stelemekas@lsmu.lt
tel: +370 37 242901 (vietinis - 5001)
From: Arnfinn Helleve <Arnfinn.Helleve@fhi.no>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2026 11:15
To: Mindaugas Štelemėkas <mindaugas.stelemekas@lsmu.lt>
Cc: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>; Olney, Jack J <jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk>; Lodge, Heather A <h.lodge@imperial.ac.uk>;
zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>
Subject: Possible partner in new research inititative
Dear Mindaugas
Hope that you are doing fine!
I am involved in an international consortium working on a Horizon research proposal lead by Franco Sassi at the Imperial College in a UK for a call on "Behavioural interventions as primary prevention for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among young people".
The consortium is interested in connecting with a partner in Lithuania, either at the public health institute or a university eventually.
Is this something that would be of interest for your institutions, or do you have suggestions for other people we could contact?
Best regards
Arnfinn
Arnfinn Helleve
Head of Centre
Researcher, PhD
Centre for Evaluation of Public Health Measures
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Postal address: PO Box 4404, Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
Tel: (+47) 21 07 88 16
Mob: (+47) 93 04 66 59
www.fhi.no
