Professor Nisreen Alwan

Sadly, keynote speaker Prof. Sir Michael Marmot has had to withdrawn from this year’s event. However, we are delighted to announce that Prof. Nisreen Alwan MBE FFPH will replace Prof. Marmot. Prof. Alwan is well known for her impressive work inequalities, prevention, wellbeing in young families, Long COVID, and much besides. Biography Professor Nisreen Alwan …

Conference timetable 2024

08:30 Registration opens 09:00 Welcome and housekeeping 09:10 Keynote address 1 09:40 Oral presentation session – Impact and implementation of public health science in policy and practice 10:50 Refreshments and comfort break 11:10 Keynote address 2 11:40 Oral presentation session – Creativity in public health science 12:50 Chaired poster session (NB: Overlaps with lunch to avoid long queues and encourage delegates to engage …

Early career research event venue confirmed

We are happy to confirm the early career researcher event will be held in Cardiff’s Temple of Peace (King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3AP). A range of speakers will give interactive talks and hold short seminars on the theme of How to communicate research findings? Experts from the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre, …

Poster presentations 2024

See below for provisional poster groupings. Theme names and groupings are subject to minor changes. Presenter Title Theme Chloe Asker Understanding friction points in making national active sustainable travel policy work in coastal rural local government: an in-depth qualitative policy analysis Built environment Anna Le Gouais  A qualitative study evaluating a health evidence intervention with …

Registration now open

Registration for this year’s conference, early career researcher event, and pre-conference dinner is now – https://www.eventsforce.net/hg3/305/home The main conference will take place from 09.00-17.00 on Friday 29th November at Sophia Gardens, following a pre-conference dinner at 19.00 on Thursday 28th November at The Botanist, Cardiff Central. The venue for the early career researcher day is …

Oral presentations 2024

The provisional ordering of oral presentations is in the tables below. Note that this is subject to change and a finalised timetable will be sent to presenters prior to the conference. Session 1 – 9.40am Basil McDonald How do local public health teams in North Wales consider their role in influencing the obesogenic environment through …

Keynote speakers 2024

We are pleased to provisionally announce our keynote speakers will be: Professor Ruth Hunter Professor Ruth Hunter is Professor of Public and Planetary Health at Queen’s University Belfast. She is a public health researcher with an interest in disease prevention, and methodological expertise in complexity and systems science. Her work primarily involves investigating how we …

2024 conference

Key Info Conference venue: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (Venue website | Google Maps pin) Date: Thursday 28th and Friday 29th November 2024 – Note the main conference takes place on the Friday with the early career researcher event and conference dinner taking place on the Thursday afternoon and evening, respectively. Registration: Available from September. Please join …

UK Public Health Science 2024

Sophia Gardens, CardiffFriday November 29th 2024Abstract submission deadline: Monday May 20th 2024 We are delighted to invite abstract submissions for UK Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health that will be held in Cardiff on Friday November 29th, 2024. This annual conference showcases leading innovative public health research …