This international conference aims to address a spectrum of key issues in preventative medicine, with high profile international speakers addressing current issues in Cardiology, Diabetes, Mental Health, Rheumatology, Respiratory Health, Ageing and Health Health Economics and Health Policy.  The closing session will include a wide ranging discussion onn the polypill with Professor Malcolm Law who has led work on this initiative over the past decade, involving and including the recent trial published in the Lancet.

Submission to the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Regional Development
 
Committee Inquiry into Sustainable Transport

2nd September 2009

Introduction

The Institute of Public Health in Ireland

The HIA Forum provides an opportunity for those with an interest in HIA to meet, share experiences, hear about new developments and consider how to progress HIA.  The next meeting 'HIA: a tool to support healthier communities' - 17th September, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford

This session will include:

    * An update on how health is being incorporated into the Environmental Impact Assessment process (Carrie Garavan, University of Limerick)

4 Sep 2009

The Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Forum provides an opportunity for those with an interest in HIA to meet, share experiences, hear about new developments and consider how to progress HIA.
 The next Forum Meeting 'HIA: a tool to support healthier communities' will be on 17 September in Waterford

Free half-day seminar:

The Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland's Healthcare Management Section are holding a free half-day seminar on:

'The Leadership Quest in Healthcare Delivery Systems'

This event will take place Friday 16 October 2009 at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Topics and speakers include:

20 Aug 2009

The National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, University College Cork is recruiting for a Statistical Research Associate.  Please find job description and application advice below.

18 Aug 2009

Three Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD studentships are available to start this autumn in the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, a UKCRC public health research centre of excellence.

The studentships are funded by ESRC under the jointly funded e-health infrastructure initiative, which is led by the NIHR capacity building programme, and aims to build capacity for future research using personalised electronic health records.

7 Aug 2009

Background to the consultation:
A development has been proposed in Bangor, Co Down.  The Department of Social Development (DSD) consulted on the issue and IPH has responded as below.  IPH has also carried out a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) screening on the proposal which can be accessed below. 

A free, one-day conference on population-based cancer research on the island of Ireland will be held at the Gandon Suite, Davenport Hotel, Dublin on Thursday, September 3rd from 9.00 to 16.15.

This conference will include talks and posters on cancer aetiology, diagnosis, treatment, survival, health economics and health care research, with speakers from a wide range of disciplines and institutions. We are particularly pleased to welcome the new Director of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Professor Chris Wild, who will give the keynote address.