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SAHSU Jubilee Scientific Meeting Schedule

Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, 18 December 2007


9:00 Registration and coffee  
10:00 Welcome Prof Pat Troop
CEO, HPA
  Spatial epidemiology - state of the art and scientific achievements
Chair: Dr Hilary Walker, Department of Health
10:15 SAHSU: the first 20 years
Prof Paul Elliott
Director, SAHSU, Imperial College London
10:45 Air pollution and mortality: historical perspective on the emergence of a research field Prof Ross Anderson
St George’s, London
11:15 Coffee  
11:45 Ecological vs individual level studies Prof Dan Wartenberg
UMDNJ, USA
12:15 GIS methods in environmental epidemiology Prof David Briggs
Imperial College London
12:45 Poster viewing  
13:00 Buffet Lunch  
14:15 Analysis of space time patterns of disease risk

Bayesian graphical models for multiple bias modelling in epidemiological studies
Prof Sylvia Richardson
Imperial College London
Prof Nicky Best
Imperial College London
15:00 Metals – the Runcorn and Avonmouth studies Dr Lars Jarup
Assistant Director, SAHSU, Imperial College London
15:30 Tea  
  The role of small area studies in policy making
Chair: Dr Marco Martuzzi, WHO
16:00 SAHSU and EPHT (Environmental Public Health Tracking) Sam LeFevre
Utah Department of Health
16:30 Landfill sites Dr Lesley Rushton
Imperial College London
17:00 The Scottish experience Prof George Morris
Scottish Executive
17:30 Closing remarks Prof Paul Elliott, SAHSU
  Drinks reception and buffet dinner