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Lectures & Study Days
The Foundation organises
Lectures aimed at health professionals of all disciplines:
Launch of the Obesity Hub
in the North West
The IPH, in collaboration
with The Research & Education Foundation at Sligo General Hospital and the HSE,
are pleased to invite you to this launch
25 August 2011
10am
– 12pm
ETC Building - Sligo General Hospital
The Obesity Hub (www.obesityhub.info) was established by IPH in collaboration
with the HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research (UCC/UCD) and the UKCRC Centre
of Excellence for Public Health (Northern Ireland) (QUB). It is an authoritative
source of obesity related evidence, data and good practice, and supports the
strategic development and implementation of obesity prevention and management
strategies across the island.
Programme:
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10.00 am |
Registration with tea and
coffee |
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10.30 am |
Welcome and introduction
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10.40 am |
Tackling obesity in Ireland
Nazih Eldin, HSE Lead on
Obesity and Head of Health Promotion, Dublin North East |
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11.00 am |
Introduction to the Obesity
Hub
Prof. Kevin Balanda, Associate
Director, IPH |
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11.30 am |
Discussion |
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12.30 pm |
End and light lunch |
Workshop: Working with
data on the Health Well
25 August 2011, 12.30pm - 2pm
ETC Building - Sligo General Hospital (location map attached)
The Health Well (www.thehealthwell.info) is a unique all-island health
information website that helps people access the health information they need,
work collaboratively over the web and use that information more effectively.
The workshop will cover:
Summary data held on the Health Well: Community Profiles, P.H.I.S. Tables
2011, Chronic Condition Prevalence Database, HRB Disability Data
Demonstration of online graphing and mapping tools
Other data sources signposted on the Health Well: the updated Health Data
Catalogue
Computers will be available to allow people to work on the Health Well website.
Register your interest in attending these events by
Wednesday, 10 August:
Belfast:
Leah Friend
Institute of Public Health in Ireland
Telephone: +44 28 9064 8494
Fax: +44 28 9064 6604
Email:
leah.friend@publichealth.ie
Dublin:
Suzanne Kirk
Institute of Public Health in Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 478 6300
Fax: + 353 1 478 6319
Email: suzanne.kirk@publichealth.ie
Dr.
David Finn
Lecturer & Principal
Investigator, Co-Director, Centre for Pain Research,
Pharmacology & Therapeutics, School of Medicine, NUIG
"Pain - Is it all in your
head?"
Research & Education Centre
Level 6, SGH
Thursday June 9th
2011
8 pm
All health professionals welcome
Refreshments available from 7.30 pm
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Prof. J J Gilmartin
Consultant Respiratory
Physician, Regional Respiratory Centre,
Merlin Park University
Hospital, Galway
"Sleep Apnoea"
&
Ms. Leigh Baker
Senior Respiratory Scientist,
Sligo General Hospital
“Implementation of new limited
sleep service,
the perks and pit falls”
Research & Education Centre
Level 6, SGH
Wednesday June 2nd
2010
7.30 pm
All health professionals very welcome
Refreshments available from 7 pm
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Prof. Peter Jenner
Professor of Pharmacology
at the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Kings College London; Director
of the Neurodegenerative Research Centre and National Parkinson’s Foundation
Centre of Excellence
"Current Status and Future
Directions in Parkinson’s Disease"
Research & Education Centre
Level 6, SGH
Thursday April 8th
2010
7.15 pm
All health professionals very welcome
Refreshments available from 7 pm
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Dr.
Peter Crean
Consultant Cardiologist,
St. James's Hospital, Dublin
"Clinical Studies in
Cardiovascular Protection"
Research & Education Centre
Level 6, SGH
September 9th 2009
7.30 pm
All health professionals welcome
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Prof. Rose Anne Kenny
Head of Department of Medical
Gerontology, Trinity College Dublin
Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine &
Director of the Falls & Blackout
Unit, St. James's Hospital
Lecture:
The Best Way to Investigate
Syncope
Research & Education Centre
Level 6, SGH
May 28th 2009
8 pm
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Prof. Noel Caplice
Director of the Centre for Research in
Vascular Biology, UCC
"Progenitor biology- applications
in cardiovascular disease"
Research & Education Centre
Level 6, SGH
June 3rd 2009
8 pm
All health professionals welcome
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