Multidisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity in Health

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction on Integrated Science: Multidisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity in Health

   • Nima Rezaei, Amene Saghazadeh

   Pages 1-40

3. Cognitive Sciences as a Naturalistic Model of Interdisciplinary Approaches

   • Antonino Pennisi, Donata Chiricò

   Pages 41-61

4. The Aesthetics of Science from the Viewpoint of Neuroscience

   • Hunkoog Jho

   Pages 63-79

5. Neuroscience and Quantum Physics Aspect of Human Brainwaves

   • Zamzuri Idris, Zaitun Zakaria, Faruque Reza, Abdul Rahman Izaini Ghani, Jafri Malin Abdullah

   Pages 81-104

6. Modern Psychiatry: Confluence of Mind, Science, and Society

   • Veeraraghavan J. Iyer

   Pages 105-122

7. Schizophrenia: A Disorder of Timing and Sensorimotor Integration During Decision-Making

   • Juliana Bittencourt, Bruna Velasques, Silmar Teixeira, Danielle Aprígio, Mariana Gongora, Mauricio Cagy et al.

   Pages 123-141

8. Getting to Know Ourselves Through Recognizing Ourselves in Others: Neuroanatomy of Empathy in a Social Neuroscientific Model

   • Roberto E. Mercadillo, Daniel Atilano-Barbosa

   Pages 143-176

9. Why People Make Irrational Choices About Their Health?

   • Jakub Šrol, Vladimíra Čavojová

   Pages 177-198

10. Adherence to Treatment: At the Interface of Biological, Medical, and Social Sciences

    • Veronica K. Emmerich, Esther A. Balogh, Steven R. Feldman

    Pages 199-217

11. Social Cognition and Food Decisions in Obesity

    • Hélio A. Tonelli, Luisa de Siqueira Rotenberg

    Pages 219-239

12. Nuclear Medicine: A Transdisciplinary Field to Integrate Formal, Physical, Biological, and Medical Sciences

    • Sergio Baldari, Fabio Minutoli, Riccardo Laudicella

    Pages 241-267

13. Beyond the Borders of Dentistry: Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Approach to Oral Health Promotion

    • Mohammad R. Khami, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Armando E. Soto-Rojas, Heikki Murtomaa, Prathip Phantumvanit, Farid Farrokhi

    Pages 269-294

14. Drug Discovery in Big Pharma: Where “Birds” and “Fish” Collaborate to Find New Medicines

    • Donald R. Kirsch

    Pages 295-310

15. A Phenomenological Analysis of the Pandemic: Philosophy and Life

    • Juan José Garrido Periñán

    Pages 311-323

16. Engineering, Environment, and Health: Why Interdisciplinarity Matters?

    • Kaushik Sarkar, Monica Lakhanpaul, Priti Parikh

    Pages 325-345

17. Super-Spreading in Infectious Diseases: A Global Challenge for All Disciplines

    • Richard A. Stein

    Pages 347-388

18. Possibility of Changes in Travel Behavior as a Consequence of the Pandemic and Teleworking

    • Ireneusz Celiński, Grzegorz Sierpiński

    Pages 389-413

19. Bringing the Two Cultures of the Arts and Sciences Together in Complex Health Interventions

    • Brian Brown, Monica Lakhanpaul

    Pages 415-436

20. Thinking Deeper, Wider, Further: Visual tools for the Pandemic 3.0 and the Game-Changing Pathways Ahead

    • Joe Ravetz

    Pages 437-455

The contributed volume "Multidisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity in Health" is a health-centered volume of the Integrated Science Book series. Lack of confidence, lack of expertise, complexities of healthcare, the confusing nature of healthcare environments, and lack of organization and standardization can become obstacles to successful communication. This volume establishes how extensive is the interface between formal sciences and medical sciences on health-related issues. The book provides an overview of the value of the integration of formal, biological, and medical sciences and related products, i.e., health informatics and biomedical engineering, to frame a holistic approach to health systems, healthcare, medical practice, drug discovery, and medical device design. The book also focuses on innovative solutions to the most critical issues of different health crisis, including obesity, infectious outbreaks, and cancer that can be found by using an integrative approach.It also contains the fascinating crossroads between medical sciences, physics, and mind that is discussed from multiple perspectives on cognition, neuroscience, and psychiatry. These multidisciplinary considerations will expand the concepts of creativity, leadership, aesthetics, empathy and mental health.   

• Interdisciplinary
• Multidisciplinary
• Transdisciplinary
• Complex problems
• Integration

• Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Stockholm, Sweden

  Nima Rezaei

Professor Nima Rezaei gained his medical degree (MD) from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and subsequently obtained an MSc in Molecular and Genetic Medicine and a PhD in Clinical Immunology and Human Genetics from the University of Sheffield, UK. He also spent a short-term fellowship of Pediatric Clinical Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation in the Newcastle General Hospital.  Professor Rezaei is now the Full Professor of Immunology and Vice Dean of International Affairs, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and the co-founder and Head of the Research Center for Immunodeficiencies. He is also the Founding President of Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). Prof. Rezaei has already been the Director of more than 100 research projects and has designed and participated in several international collaborative projects. Prof. Rezaei is the editor, editorial assistant, or editorial board member of more than 40 international journals. He has edited more than 50 international books, has presented more than 500 lectures/posters in congresses/meetings, and has published more than 1,100 scientific papers in the international journals.

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