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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

When is a simple answer sufficient?
Understanding complex interventions – implications for policy and practice in public health

Many of the major determinants of ill health and inequalities have roots in complex relationships between the individual and social forces shaping our choices and experiences over the life-course. Our efforts will too often be “confounded” and frustrated, if we imagine that we can easily unpack “the black box”.

When is a simple answer sufficient?
Understanding complex interventions – implications for policy and practice in public health

Many of the major determinants of ill health and inequalities have roots in complex relationships between the individual and social forces shaping our choices and experiences over the life-course. Our efforts will too often be “confounded” and frustrated, if we imagine that we can easily unpack “the black box”.