Start: 18 Jun 2008 - 09:30

End: 18 Jun 2008 - 17:30

A launch and scientific symposium will mark the opening of the Centre of Excellence for Public Health (Northern Ireland), one of five centres created as part of a new £20 million investment across the United Kingdom by the UK Clinical Research Centre (UKCRC).   The Centre, which includes a number of partners including Queen's University Belfast, Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH), Community Development and Health Network, W5 and the DHSSPS Research and Development Office, will work to build research capacity and tackle the major public health issues affecting health. The event's programme includes 4 sessions:

• Health policy in a changing world - changing models, changing practices
• Nutrition and public health
• Economics and health inequalities
• The continuing challenge of chronic disease

A PDF of the programme can be accessed here.

Location: 

Room G07, Peter Froggatt Centre, Queen's University Belfast   

Contact: Roisin Corr
Contact telephone number: 028 9063 2627
Contact email address: r.corr@qub.ac.uk

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