Anne-Marie Nicol

Seminar presentation by Dr. Barbara Mintzes
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Presenter: Tim Lambert, PhD
BC Ministry of Health

OEH Theme Meeting

Dr. Dzau is Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University, and President and CEO of the Duke University Health System. In 2011, Dr. Dzau was awarded the prestigious Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research for his outstanding achievement in fundamental and clinical cardiovascular research, for innovations in medical education, and for compassionate leadership in global health. He is a leading authority in the fields of global health policy and regenerative medicine in cardiac care.

GLOBAL HEALTH: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
BEYOND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Majid Ezzati, Chair in Global Environmental Health, Imperial College London
5-6:30 pm, Thursday, February 16, 2012
Green College, Coach House

Speaker:
Professor Peter Crampton is Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Division of Health Sciences, and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, for the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is a public health medicine physician. His research is focused on social indicators, social epidemiology and health care policy. When not at work he is kept busy with his family, riding his mountain bike, climbing mountains, and playing music (amongst other things).

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Population Data BC is partnering with the Canadian Population Health Initiative of CIHI to deliver a conference focusing on Population Health Data Analysis: From Infrastructure to Innovation. The conference will take place from February 8th to 10th at the Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, downtown Vancouver.

The conference will be designed to meet the interests of researchers, faculty members, graduate students and representatives from government and health related organizations who work in the area of Population and Public Health.

February 8th will include plenary presentations that focus on data linkage infrastructure, researcher case studies in different forms of data analysis, and innovation in presentation and knowledge translation.

The key objectives for day one plenary sessions include:

• Providing an overview of the benefits and limitations of specific kinds of population health-related data


• Providing examples of innovative data infrastructure and state-of-the-art research in population health data analysis and methods


• Discussing effective ways to present research findings and support knowledge translation


• Discussing challenges and opportunities for future research in population health

February 9th and 10th will feature one- and two-day hands-on workshops that will align with key presentations from day one.

These workshops will be designed to:

• Enhance understanding of when different analytical methods can be used and with what purpose


• Develop theoretical knowledge and understanding in statistical analysis of administrative and other health data


• Expand data analysis skills in specific areas and methods relevant to population health, such as:


• Longitudinal analysis and multilevel modeling


• Population Health and GIS


• Innovative presentation methods and formats


• Best practices in knowledge translation

Dr. Benjamin C. Amick III
Associate Scientific Director and Senior Scientist,
Institute for Work & Health
Professor, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
University of Texas – Houston, School of Public Health

Seminar Title: Population health interventions in the labour market: a view from Texas

Dr. Benjamin C. Amick III is associate scientific director and senior scientist at the Institute for Work & Health.
He is also a professor of behavioral sciences and epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Amick completed his doctoral training at the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland in 1986.

Amick’s current research interests include the social epidemiology of work and health; labour markets and worksite intervention research; occupational health services; outcomes assessment and the measurement of work disability and productivity; ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders; the prevention of work-related illness and injury; and social inequalities and social change.

UBC is internationally recognized for its contributions to the creation of “Population Health” as an interdisciplinary field concerned with the powerful role of a host of non-medical determinants of health, development, and well-being across the life course, particularly social and economic factors. The Population Health Speakers Series aims to bring together faculty, students, practitioners and policymakers interested in these issues. The series will have a particular focus on the social sciences and their intersections with other disciplines within population health. Each monthly meeting will feature an invited scholar who is conducting cutting-edge research integrating innovative theoretical perspectives and/or developing novel methods for use in advancing population health science and improving practice and policy. The speaker's presentation and subsequent "brainstorming" dialogue with the audience will be aimed to appeal to a broad range of interests and have great potential for informing the ideas, research, and practices of faculty, students, and local agency representatives.

Title: Associations of Prenatal Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides with Gestational Age and Birthweight

Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH
Clinician Scientist, Child & Family Research Institute
Professor, Simon Fraser University

Stephen Rauch, MPH
Data Analyst, Child & Family Research Institute


Learning objectives:

To provide participants with
* Information on recent developments in the field
* Multidisciplinary perspectives
* Critical analysis of important topics from a substantive and methodologic perspective (through presentation and discussion of Journal articles, etc)
* A forum for discussing research ideas and research in progress

Christopher McLeod
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP).

Presenter: Parveen Bhatti, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Emergency Preparedness, Climate Change and Health Webinar - (Public Health Agency of Canada)

At the dawn of the 21st century, climate change is considered one of the most serious threats facing humanity today. Although plagued by unknowns and uncertainties, Canadians can expect a more variable climate and as a direct result, most experts now agree that climate change will have far reaching effects on public health. Public health practitioners and emergency management officials have begun to develop plans and practices that are reflective of the possible climate health impacts.

This webinar will review current regional perspectives including flooding and forest fires to provide public health and health care providers and researchers with information and tools to optimise program planning.

Advisors on Tap:
Dr. Pierre Gosselin
Dr. Philippe Pirard
Dr. Michael Brauer

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is hosting its annual meeting and symposia titled "Flattening the World: Building the 21st Century Global Knowledge Society" in Vancouver Feb. 16-20, 2012. The deadline to submit symposium proposals is April 26, 2011.

AAAS is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association.

The course schedule is 8 weekly seminars on Thursdays from 1:00 – 3:00pm, February 16 – April 12, 2012 (no class February 23). It is a non-credit version of SPPH 513 (Clinical Epidemiology) and is open to anyone in the Faculty of Medicine, with priority given to third year residents.

Location: Room 3336-1, 3rd floor Jim Pattison North, VGH
Instructor: Ralph Brands

Global health: prospects and challenges beyond the Millennium Development Goals.
This presentation will use results from a series of analyses related to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study to highlight global and regional transitions in major global health risk factors and consider the consequences for the health of populations worldwide

Majid Ezzati, Chair in Global Environmental Health, Imperial College London
Majid Ezzati is the Chair in Global Environmental Health at Imperial College London. Dr. Ezzati's research interests are centred around understanding the determinants of, and risk factors for, health and disease at the population level, especially as they change through technological innovation and technology management. His research focuses on the exposure to and health effects of environmental, behavioural, nutritional, and metabolic risk factors and their interventions. His research group has conducted field research in Kenya, Ghana, and The Gambia. He led the World Health Organization’s collaborative project on risk factors (titled “the Comparative Risk Assessment Project”) which appeared in the World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life and is currently leading the Comparative Risk Assessment component of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2005 Study and the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases.

Public health policy increasingly demands quantitative evidence for priorities and for expected and demonstrated effectiveness. Coupled with this demand, epidemiological studies and surveillance are providing a great deal of quantitative data on diseases, risk factors, and interventions. This presentation will use a range of examples related to air pollution and its health impacts in developing countries to illustrate the range of field and modelling research opportunities in global environmental health.

Speaker:
Majid Ezzati is the Chair in Global Environmental Health at Imperial College London. Dr. Ezzati's research interests are centred around understanding the determinants of, and risk factors for, health and disease at the population level, especially as they change through technological innovation and technology management. His research focuses on the exposure to and health effects of environmental, behavioural, nutritional, and metabolic risk factors and their interventions. His research group has conducted field research in Kenya, Ghana, and The Gambia. He led the World Health Organization’s collaborative project on risk factors (titled “the Comparative Risk Assessment Project”) which appeared in the World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life and is currently leading the Comparative Risk Assessment component of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2005 Study and the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases.

Presenter: Anne Harris, PhD
Cancer Care Ontario

Please join us for an interactive workshop on global health research career paths

Interactive Workshop on Creating Sustainable Career Paths in Global Health Research: Challenges and Solutions

Saturday, February 18, 2012.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

LOCATION: Room 111-112; Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building

PRESENTERS:
Dr. Nancy Edwards, Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)- Institute of Population and Public Health, CIHR global health champion and member, Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) steering committee; Professor, University of Ottawa

Dr. Slim Haddad, co-lead of GHRI-Teasdale-Corti Team Grant and CIHR strategic training program in global health research; Professor and Director, Department of social and preventive medicine, University of Montreal

Dr. Donald Cole, co-chair of CCGHR capacity development task group; Associate Professor, Interim Division Head of Global Health and Director Collaborative Program in Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Erica Di Ruggiero, Associate Director, CIHR-Institute of Population and Public Health, member, GHRI Steering Committee; PhD candidate, interdisciplinary stream; Dalla Lana School of Public Health; University of Toronto

NGDI-UBC Fifth Distinguished Lectureship Seminar Overview:
Please come and hear Dr. Keith Martin speak about the work he is doing to bridge the knowledge-action gap in global health. He describes his upcoming talk below :
“We have an abundance of knowledge. Research findings at UBC and beyond can save millions of lives. Yet, there is a gap. A chasm exists between the knowledge we possess and the needs of communities that need this information. A multidisciplinary approach utilizing a broad range of skills and 21st century communication tools can create the partnerships needed to bridge this gap. New partnerships are developing and UBC is ideally poised to maximize its ability to address the global health challenges before us. This talk will focus on how this can be achieved.”

Spending on health care continues to grow at rates considerably faster than inflation. Many provinces are now asking hard questions about value for money, and in particular, the quality of health care they are receiving for this increased spending. Amongst other effects, this has resulted in increasing attention from provincial governments to so-called “funding arrangements” – the processes through which provincial health ministries (and increasingly regional health authorities) purchase or pay for services for their ‘constituents’. An entire new lexicon is emerging along with this scrutiny – activity-based-funding, pay-for-performance, and so on. But the labels are often simply new names for old practices or, worse, can be misleading descriptions and appear, at times, to be put into practice on a wing and a prayer.

Is there really anything innovative in all of this? What is the evidence base supporting the ‘new’ approaches? And how is the public to understand the confusing array of fact and fiction regarding health system funding, particularly in the ramp-up to the expiry of the federal/provincial/territory health accord in 2014? These are some of the questions that CHSPR’s 2012 health policy conference will tackle. It will bring together leading experts to share lessons learned from around the world. This day-and-one-half program will be organized to help participants understanding the roles funding policies play in creating incentives for high-performing health care systems. Drawing from international experiences, speakers will examine the complex roles funding policies play in creating efficient, effective and safe health care systems and discuss the role, and emerging evidence, of innovations in funding policies in Canada and beyond.

Senior faculty members from the School of Population and Public Health will be meeting with representatives from the School of Public Health and Primary Care (SPHPC) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong to discuss potential collaborations, mainly on research projects and student exchanges.


The School of Public Health and Primary Care (SPHPC) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong is a comprehensive school of public health research and teaching that strives to maintain a world-class standard of excellence in training public health professionals. SPHPC aims to advance the health of populations regionally and internationally, working in cross-cutting collaboration with partners from a diverse range of disciplines and institutions.

Throughout the years, SPHPC has made numerous collaborations with universities in Asia, with a particularly strong network with universities in Mainland China. As one of the leading institutes in Hong Kong, SPHPC of CUHK has established friendships with oversea institutes, including the Oxford University, the Cardiff University, University of Leeds, University of London, and Teikyo University. Situated in Hong Kong, it has solid relationships with South-East Asia Public Health Education Institutes Network (SEA PHEIN) and believe that they can serve as a bridge for the university networks in the West.

or many clinical cases, patient preferences are crucial in making appropriate health care decisions. Where benefits do not necessarily outweigh harms, choices usually hinge on trade-offs that only patients can decide on. In recognition of this, decision aids have been developed to help patients understand complex medical information so they can become informed and engage in shared decision-making. However, in decisions that are unfamiliar and require the comprehension of a considerable amount of complicated information, psychology research has shown that people frequently make systematic errors that lead to poor choices. The term “nudge” was first used to describe “any aspect of the choice architecture that alters people’s behaviour in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives.” This research seeks to examine whether we can “nudge” patients to overcome these errors, leading to more appropriate decisions.

Presented By:
Dr. Nick Bansback
CHÉOS Scientist
Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Associate, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation

Please join CHÉOS in welcoming Dr. Bansback on February 29 @ the Hurlburt Auditorium. This talk is open and will include a light lunch.

On February 29, SPPH's first, second and People's Choice winners will compete in the 3MT semi-finals, being held in the Graduate Student Centre Ballroom.

Please stop by and support our students as they take on challengers from across UBC:

Heat 1: 1:30pm – SPPH student Alden Blair will be competing
Heat 2: 3:00pm – SPPH students Stephen Pan and Jason Tan de Bibiana

NEW GOALS FOR A NEW MILLENIUM? THE POLITICS OF GENDER, ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY
Ferida Akhter, Executive Director, UBINIG, Bangladesh
5-6:30 pm, Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Green College, Coach House