We are delighted to announce the programme for Public Health Science 2015. This year the conference is being held at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK on Nov 13, 2015.
Online booking now open: Please follow this link to HG3 Conferences where you can book your place.
Draft Programme
| 08.30 | Registration |
| 09.00 | Welcome and introduction to the day
Richard Horton, The Lancet |
| 09.15
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Creativity and innovation in public health science
Chairs: Richard Horton & Serena Luchenski |
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A risk calculator for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in London, UK, Oliver Dukes Sleep duration and risk markers for type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in children aged 9–10 years, Alicja Rudnicka How the local built environment affects physical activity behaviour in older adults in the UK: a cross-sectional analysis linked to two national cohorts, Richard Silverworth Trends in absolute and relative risk of acute myocardial infarction in people with type 2 diabetes in Scotland: a national retrospective cohort study, Stephanie Read Surviving cancer: pilot of a web-based self-management support programme, eHOPE, Becky Whiteman |
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| 10.30 | Tea and coffee |
| 11.00 | New methodological approaches to public health science
Chairs: Anne Johnson & Louise Hurst |
| Does active commuting protect against obesity in mid-life? Evidence from UK Biobank, Ellen Flint
Lessons from comparing narrative synthesis and meta-analysis in a systematic review, G.J. Melendez-Torres Assessing changes in the burden of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the context of widespread opportunistic chlamydia screening: Application of a novel Pgp3 antibody assay to a series of nationally-representative household surveys in England (1994-2012), Sarah Charlotte Woodhall Linkage of population-level administrative hospital data to evaluate maternal influences on infant and child health, Ruth Gilbert Development of an open source tool for mapping disease clusters, Catherine Smith |
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| 12.30 | Lunch and chaired poster viewing |
| 14.00 | Keynote Speeches:
Rockefeller Foundation / Lancet Commission on planetary health – the challenges for public health science by Prof Sir Andy Haines, LSHTM Health of the public in 2040: identifying the main health challenges the UK population will face by 2040, and the opportunities to address them by Prof Dame Anne Johnson, UCL. Chair: Simon Capewell |
| 15.00 | Tea, coffee and poster viewing |
| 15.30 | Implementing public health science in policy and practice
Chairs: Klim McPherson & Bethan Davies A primary care pedometer-based walking intervention with and without practice nurse support in 45-75 year olds: PACE-UP (Pedometer And Consultation Evaluation) cluster randomised controlled trial, Tess Harris Variation in patient experience between General Practice contract types: multilevel analysis of a national cross-sectional survey, Anthony Laverty Addressing alcohol harms by removing cheap, super-strength beer and cider: a qualitative study of a local alcohol availability intervention, Elizabeth Tyner McGill Cost-effectiveness and cost of an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme for high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) in England: results of a static decision analytical model, Koh Jun Ong A mixed methods study on the prioritisation of cancer and access to cancer drugs: the Cancer Drugs Fund in England, Charlotte Chamberlain |
| 17.00 | Closing remarks |
| Richard Horton, The Lancet |