Date: Thursday 24 November 2022
Time: 3-6pm
Location: Kibble Suite, Grosvenor Hotel, Glasgow
The UK Public Health Science conference Early Career Researcher (ECR) event provides a platform for Early Career Researchers to connect and exchange knowledge and expertise. This year’s event will feature inspiring talks on the continued importance of public health in our communities, including its successes and challenges, with examples from Scotland.
The ECR event will take place on Thursday 24 November 2022 from 3-6pm at the conference venue (Grosvenor Hotel, Glasgow) and is open to registered conference delegates self-identifying as Early Career Researchers at no additional cost.
Book your place at the conference and the ECR event through the Hg3 booking site here.
Provisional outline for the event (speaker order and titles may change)
| 15:00 | Welcome and housekeeping |
| 15:05 | Welcome address |
| 15:15 | Talk 1 – Dr David Walsh, Public Health Programme Manager, University of Glasgow Understanding the political dimensions of health inequalities – examples from Scotland |
| 15:45 | Talk 2 – Mike Burns, Assistant Chief Officer at Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership Inequalities in child welfare: putting research into practice in Glasgow |
| 16:15 | Comfort break |
| 16:30 | Talk 3 Dr Janet Greenlees, Reader in History, Glasgow Caledonian University Addressing maternal health inequalities – a history of strategies from Glasgow |
| 17:00 | Talk 4 Dr Phil Mackie, Public Health Consultant, NHS GrampianSustainability in research for ECRs |
| 17:30 | Closing |
| 17:35-18:00 | Themed networking session* |
* The 8 themed groups for the networking session will be:
- Maternal and child health
- Communicable diseases, including Covid and sexual health
- Health inequalities, including inclusion of marginalised populations
- Mental health, violence, abuse, and substance use
- Food systems, diet, and physical activity
- Public health policy, including health economics
- Intervention development and evaluation
- Ageing and health of older people
- ECR career progression
Learn more about our speakers:
Mike Burns
Mike is currently the Assistant Chief Officer for Children’s services in Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership. A career spanning 36 years in social work and 16 years in integrated services. He has worked in 6 Local Authorities in Scotland and as a Team Leader in Child Protection in Melbourne Australia. His current post spans across over 2,200 staff and a budget of circa £166M. Mike is also the lead for North East Glasgow on the Community Planning Partnership.
He has been a professional representative on the Scottish Governments National Implementation on getting it right for every child (GIRFEC), the Practice Development Panel for GIRFEC, the Children’s Improvement Partnership, the Realigning Children Services Board, Taskforce on Early Years and Early Intervention, the Child Protection Reform Programme, and the Raising Attainment Group. He previously provided advice when Convenor to the Brock review in relation to Child Protection.
Mike has been a member of Social Work Scotland for over 16 years. He was previously the Convenor for the Children and Families Committee from 2013 to 2016 and Vice Convenor from 2016 to 2018. He is currently the Vice convenor of Social Work Scotland.
The venue and catering for the ECR event have been funded by Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) UK
