Exploring commonalities in Global Health Research 2 Event
- Time:
- 08:45 - 17:00
- Date:
- 16听闯耻苍别听2016
- Venue:
- Hilton Hotel Southampton - Bracken Place Chilworth, Southampton SO16 3RB
For more information regarding this event, please email Frances Clarke at fmc@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Seizing opportunities for research collaboration and capacity-building. Bringing together expertise from Brazil, Africa, Canada, the Middle East & China.
The propgramme is outlined below and if you were unable to attend, you can view the presentations at the foot of the page.
PROGRAMME
Welcome and Introduction: Professor Marie-Louise Newell, Director, Global Health Research Institute
Nutrition and development
Professor Nahla Houalla, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut: 鈥楶ublic Health Nutrition Research in the Middle East and in particular, Lebanon.鈥�
Dr Rihlat Said Mohamed, Research Fellow, Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa: 'A holistic appraoch to nutrition'.
Respondent Professor Mark Hanson
Infections
Professor Antonio Luiz Ribeiro, Head of Research and Innovation, Hospital das Cl铆nicas, UFMG, Brazil: 'Current challenges to healthcare in Brazil.'
Respondent: Professor Robert Read
Population
Professor Osman Sankoh, Executive Director, INDEPTH Network 'The role of health and demographic surveillance systems in global health research.'
Professor Allen Wu, Director, Centre for Public Health Research, Nanjing University: 鈥楬IV-1 and STDs in a rapidly transforming China: Challenges to disease prevention鈥�
Respondent: Professor Nyovani Madise
Right to Health/Governance/Ethics
Professor Lisa Forman, Assistant Professor, Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division, Office of Global Public Health Education & Training, Toronto: The right to health, and global health policy.鈥�
Respondent: Professor John Coggon
Following lunch the attendees broke into 4 working groups as follows:-
鈥� Nutrition and development: Group leader Dr Sarah Kehoe/Dr Danielle Lambrick
鈥� Infections: Group leader Dr Myron Christodoulides
鈥� Population: Group leader Dr Fifi Amoako-Johnson
鈥� Right to health/Governance/Ethics: Group leader Dr Claire Lougarre
Mark Hanson and Marie-Louise Newell acted as 'floating' facilitators across all four groups during the afternoon and at the end of the day group leaders reported back to a plenary session. All ideas for聽input into a PhD fellowship application for submission as a Southampton based PhD programme of work聽were outlined.
Closing remarks were followed by a reception with wine and聽fruit juices聽which gave聽those attending a further opportunity for聽networking.