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Public Seminars

Global Disability Research Group Seminar Series

focusing on cross-disciplinary global disability research.
To join the mailing list for this seminar series please e-mail your details to Ellie Cole.

Global Health (IGH) Symposia

Members of the department contribute to IGH public meetings which bring together expertise on global health issues from all faculties within UCL.
Contact: Sarah Ball, Tel: (internal x82 72 2352)

Previous seminars

2012
23 Nov
 Sulman Almalki 'The association between risk-taking behaviours, peer influence and traumatic dental injuries among adolescents in Saudi Arabia'
*15 Nov
 Stephanie Schrempft 'The home food and activity environment in early childhood'
9 Nov
 Dr Antonio Lazzarino 'The combined association of psychological distress and socio-economic status with mortality from stroke, coronary heart disease, and from all causes: a national cohort study'
12 Oct
 Sarah Young 'The psychological consequences of weight loss in the general population’
*4 Oct
 Sam Smith 'Using ‘gist-based’ information to reduce inequalities and improve cancer screening uptake’
14 Sept
 Dr Séverine Sabia ‘Health behaviours and ageing’
13 July
 Lizzy Leigh ‘Marriage and coronary heart disease: patients and partners’
29 June
 Sung-Wei Chen 'Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work, Perceived Control, and Health Behaviours in Central and Eastern Europe'
22 June
 Dr Michael Holmes ‘Public health applications of cardiovascular genomics’
15 June
 Prof Harry Hemingway ‘Linked electronic health records for research: opportunities at UCL’
25 May
Prof Goya Wannamethee 'Risk factors for CVD: 3 decades  of findings from the British Regional Heart Study'
11 May
 Dr Jason Strelitz 'From Brief Interventions to the "Good Society" Challenges in implementing policy to combat health inequalities’
* 9 May
 Tuba Mazhari 'An investigation of the association between marital history and cardiovascular disease'
27 Apr
 Sophie Bostock ‘Is happiness good for the heart? An investigation into the psychobiological mechanisms linking well-being and cardiovascular disease’
13 Apr
 Prof Peter Davis, University of Auckland, 'Developing a policy tool for the early life course’
30 Mar
 Gyuri Kim 'CASP, a measure of positive Quality of Life in old age: Evaluation of its use and association with mortality. The HAPIEE Study’
23 Mar
 Emma Low ‘Identifying factors involved in a longer time to help-seeking for gynaecological cancer symptoms'
16 Mar
 Patrick Rouxel 'Social Capital and Oral Health in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing - ELSA'
*15 Mar
 Peijue Hang Fu 'Dietary Patterns and Metabolic Syndrome in the HAPIEE Study’
2 Mar
 Huda Yusuf 'Preventing obesity in young people attending primary dental care settings: an exploratory RCT'
24 Feb
 Bidyut Kanti Sarkar 'A cluster randomised trial of a brief tobacco cessation intervention in low income communities in India'
27 Jan
 Sadie Boniface 'Finding the missing units: Identifying under-reporting of alcohol consumption in England’
*26 Jan
 Silvia Pastorino 'The role of life course BMI, waist circumference and adult dietary patterns in the incidence of type 2 diabetes'
13 Jan
 Jemima Stockton ‘An investigation into the associations between mental health and the physical environment’

PhD OPEN DAY - DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY & PUBLIC HEALTH

  • Thursday 24 February 2011 1pm – 3.30pm

An open afternoon for potential research studentsVenue:

Galton Lecture Theatre, First floor (Statistics Dept) 1 – 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB - for further details contact Sandy Persaud or Telephone: +44 (0) 207 679 1697 by Friday 18th February, 2011 and bring invitation with you on the day

2011
  
16 Dec
 Dr Ngaire Coombs 'Compression of Morbidity and Socioeconomic Deprivation in New Zealand: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analyses of Hospital Utilisation and Mortality'
9 Dec
 Linda Ng Fat 'Understanding the behaviours, attitudes and lifestyles of non-drinkers'
2 Dec
 Carolina Perez Ferrer 'Socioeconomic inequalities in obesity: the case of Mexico'
11 Nov
 Pia Horvat  'Life course socioeconomic circumstances and cognitive function in later life: The HAPIEE (Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors in Eastern Europe) Study'
4 Nov
 Adrian Baker 'The processes of dissemination and implementation of NICE workplace health and wellbeing guidance in three NHS acute Trusts'
21 Oct
 Helen Barrat 'Approaches to improving the standard of decision-making about the organisation and delivery of acute care in the absence of ‘gold standard’ evidence'
7 Oct
 Susanne Meisel 'Genetic Test Feedback for Susceptibility to Weight Gain – Emotional and Motivational Effects’
16 Sept
 Dr R Wright, University of Windsor, Ontario Canada, 'Tamil Nadu Child  Health Study Phase I & II Examining the Social Determinants of Early Child Development and their Relationship to Child Health'
1 July
 Leanne Küpers, Melissa De Neve,Susanne Tielemans, Wageningen University (Netherlands)
24 June
Amina Aitsi-Selmi ‘Does education have a protective role against the obesogenic effects of increased wealth among women in transition settings? A case study from Egypt’
10 June
 Prof Jennifer Dowd, City University of New York, 'Are health inequalities infectious?
20 May
Dr Andrew Wills, MRC Unit, ‘Life course trajectories of systolic blood pressure using data from several UK cohorts’
*17 May
 Vanessa Gordon-Dseagu 'Investigating the associations between diabetes and cancer (incidence and mortality): Does linked data from the Health Survey for England and Scottish Health Survey with Cancer Registry and mortality data support a relationship between the two diseases?'
13 May
Dr Nicola Shelton and Dr James Kneale 'Alcohol in the UK: a geographical perspective'
*9 May
 Jennie Brown 'Understanding the link between positive wellbeing and health'
6 May
Professor Goya Wannamethee, MRC Unit, 'Gamma-glutamyl transferase as a risk marker for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: new horizons'
15 Apr
 Marta Jackowska ‘The relationship between sleep, well-being, and health-related biological function’
8 Apr
 Prof Jorge Erusalimsky, University of Wales Institute 'Endothelial cell senescence: evidence, mechanisms and the ageing connection'
18 Mar
 Lydia Poole 'Psychological and biological determinants of emotional adaptation and recovery after cardiac surgery'
11 Mar
 Dr Manu Mathur 'Status, Gradients and Determinants of Oral Health of Adolescents Living in the City of New Delhi'
25 Feb
 Dr Kim Bouillon 'Measurement and Adult Life Course Predictors of Frailty: the Whitehall II study'
18 Feb
 Edward Kendall 'Economic analysis of the contribution of health care to health inequalities'
4 Feb
 Ayako Hiyoshi 'Health inequalities in Japan between 1986 and 2007'
28 Jan
 Dorina Cadar 'The role of health related behaviours on cognitive decline'
14 Jan
 David Bann ‘Life course predictors of adult body composition’
2010
  
17 Dec
 Anja Scheiwe 'The role of social capital on children's educational attainment and emotional well-being in the Millennium Cohort Study'
* 13 Dec
 Julie George 'Gender differences in coronary disease'
10 Dec
Dr David Batty 'Is there a link between IQ in early life and health in adulthood?
26 Nov
 Elsa Karina Delgado Angulo 'The association and potential pathways between some common mental disorders and oral health among Finnish dentate adults'
19 Nov
 Prof A Diez Roux, University of Michigan 'Investigating the multilevel determinants of cardiovascular disease: examples of ongoing work from the MESA Neighbourhood and Stress studies'
12 Nov
 Steven Bell 'Depression: a cause or consequence of harmful drinking?
22 Oct
 Dr Martin O'Flaherty, University of Liverpool 'The Flattening of Coronary Heart Disease Mortality rates: Trends are not set in stone'
15 Oct
Belinda Iringe-Koko 'Illicit tobacco: policy responses, consumption and attitudes'
1 Oct
 Helen Croker "Evaluation of a ‘Family-Based Behavioural Treatment’ for childhood obesity"
23 July
 Departmental meeting
2 July Romano Endrighi 'Physical activity, adiposity, stress-induced inflammation and CVD risk'
18 June Miriam Armstrong 'Smoking and Risk Taking in Recreational SCUBA Divers'
*28 Apr Norintan Ab Murat 'Estimating Oral Health Manpower Requirements Through Socio-dental and Skill Mix Approaches'
9 Apr
 Emma Beard 'Use of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking harm reduction and its association with smoking cessation'
26 Mar Jonas Kinge 'Accounting for socio-economic variation in the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions'
19 Mar Departmental meeting
*18 Mar Jitka Pikhartova 'Is maternal employment in childhood good or bad for the health of young adults?'
*8 Mar Daniel Swerdlow 'Selection of genetic instruments for Mendelian randomisation analysis in the era of whole genome and dense gene-centric SNP arrays'
5 Mar Markus Jokela 'Longitudinal modelling of the bidirectional association between obesity and psychological distress'
26 Feb Rebecca Lacey 'Parental separation and adult psychological distress: material and relational pathways'
19 Feb Prof Diana Kuh, MRC Unit for Lifelong Ageing
12 Feb Gabriel Masset 'Validation of food nutrient profiling against dietary patterns, risk factors and adverse health outcomes in the Whitehall II study'
5 Feb Dr Anna Goodman 'Why do British Indian children have an apparent mental health advantage?'
29 Jan Prof Mark McCarthy 'Inequalities in Health Research'
*26 Jan Ellen Flint 'Economic Recession and Mental Health in the UK: Longitudinal and Spatial Analysis of the British Household Panel Survey, 1991-2007'
22 Jan Dr Gita Mishra 'A structured approach to modelling the effects of binary exposure variables over the life course'
*19 Jan Marianna Virtanen 'Long Working Hours and Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Disturbances in Office Workers'
15 Jan Laura Vallejo-Torres 'Vertical equity in the delivery of health care - do individuals with unequal needs receive appropriately different health care?'
   

2009  
*14 Dec Catalina Gonzalez 'Socioeconomic inequalities in reproductive health: the role of gender-based violence, women´s autonomy and forced displacement in Colombia'
11 Dec Olga Vikhireva 'Cardiovascular risk prediction in Central and Eastern Europe'
04 Dec Caroline Coope 'Parental psychological stress, parenting and child socio-emotional behaviour: relationships and pathways in the context of ethnicity and gender'
*03 Dec Dr Ian Forde 'Conditional cash transfer schemes and action on the social determinants of health'
27 Nov Catalina Gonzalez POSTPONED
20 Nov Dr Daniel Kim, Harvard School of Public Health 'Neighborhood attributes and risk of coronary calcification'
06 Nov Jessica Sheringham 'Socioeconomic inequalities in chamydia screening and infection in young people'
23 Oct Rebecca Landy 'Missing data: how does it affect results in an ageing population?'
16 Oct Departmental meeting
02 Oct Dr S L Bassanesi, UFRGS Brazil and Balzan fellow, 'Spatial inequalities and health: good for the rich and bad for the poor?'
25 Sept Dr B Heine Strand, National Institute on Ageing Lifecourse, 'Body mass index in childhood, adolescence and adulthood in relation to adult mortality: Results from the British 1946 birth cohort'
18 Sept Popie Damaskinos 'Exploring the Social Gradient in Clinical and Subjective Measures of Oral Health in an Ageing Greek Population'
10 Jul Prof Hiroyasu Iso, Osaka University, 'Lifestyles, psychosocial factors and cardiovascular disease in Japan'
03 Jul Clare Llewellyn 'Eating behaviours in children and infants: origins and consequences'
*29 June Alice Forster 'The human papillomavirus immunisation programme and sexual behaviour'
*10 June Chloe Grimmett 'Health behaviours in cancer survivors'
05 June Dr J Allen, Dr P Goldblatt 'Marmot Review'
15 May Departmental meeting
01 May Dr L Li, ICH, 'Child-to-adult BMI and height trajectories: a comparison of two British birth cohorts'
28 Apr Gareth Lloyd 'Levels of response to health information'
24 Apr Brian Fisher and Melanie Johnson 'Role of social capital in reducing health inequalities'
27 Mar Dr Mariël Droomers, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment 'Tackling Health Inequalities in the Netherlands'
13 Mar Dr M Kett & Dr J F Trani, 'Research in Conflict Affected and Fragile States: Examples from Darfur State'
 06 Mar Mr Saeed Al-Zahrani 'Clustering of health-related behaviours among adolescents in Saudi Arabia''
20 Feb Dr E Stamatakis & Dr M Hamer 'Ending the affair with the chair: is elimination of sedentary behaviour public health’s best buy?'
13 Feb Ms G Randall 'Social support in Coronary Heart Disease'
06 Feb Dr Iain Lang, Peninsula Medical School, 'Debt, Depression and Death: Findings from the Health Survey for England and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing'
16 Jan Dr M Bobak 'Alcohol and CHD: does the pattern of drinking matter?'
   
2008  
12 Dec Dr I Forde 'Co-production: placing the individual within a social determinants approach to health inequity'
05 Dec Prof H Hemingway 'Biomarkers and the prognosis of stable coronary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis'
14 Nov Departmental meeting
07 Nov Ms Dorothy Wade 'Prevalence and predictors of psychological morbidity and quality of life after Intensive Care'
31 Oct Prof E Young, University of Michigan, 'Stress, trauma, depression and cortisol'
24 Oct Dr S Stranges, University of Warwick, 'Selenium and Chronic Disease: Potential Benefits and Adverse Effects'
*21 Oct Ms Laura Webber 'Predictors and consequences of parent feeding practices'
10 Oct Ms Lidia Panico 'Family structures and child health'
03 Oct Prof J Bunker 'Medicine Matters After All: Measuring the benefits of medical care, a healthy lifestyle and a just social environment'
*26 Sept Dr Nico Dragano, Düsseldorf University, 'Local affairs, local lifestyles and environmental equity: multilevel analysis of the Hapiee and the Recall Study'
25 Jul Prof Jane Wardle 'Genetic susceptibility to weight gain: the role of appetite'
18 Jul Krisztina László, 'Health-related correlates of work stress in Hungary'
*14 Jul
 Ms Paola Zaninotto 'Gender differences in quality of life and mental health among men and women living with angina or myocardial infarction'
11 Jul Dr E Breeze 'ELSA is growing up – some findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing'
04 Jul Departmental meeting
23 May Mr W McMahon & Ms R Roberts, King's College London, 'Does harm matter more than crime?'
16 May Ms Somaia Dashti, 'Social Determinants of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) in Preschool Children Aged Between (2-5) Years in Kuwait'
09 May Dr Nelly Salgado, 'Social Determinants of Health in Mexico: Research, teaching and funding collaborations on global health with the National Institute of Public Health, Mexico.'
02 May Prof J Belsky & Prof E Melhuis, Birkbeck University of London, 'A Quasi-Experimental Study of Effects of Fully-Established Sure Start Local Programmes on 3-year-old Children and their Families'
25 Apr Prof A Johnson, UCL & Mr H Schmidt, The Nuffield Trust, 'Ethics of public health: the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report on Public health: ethical issues'
18 Apr Dr A Gaina, Toyama University 'The Toyama Birth Cohort Study (the Toyama study)'
04 Apr Dr Anne McMunn, 'Socially productive activities, reciprocity and wellbeing after retirement: Baseline results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)'
14 Mar Dr Eduardo Bernabé 'Role of Sense of Coherence in the relationship between socio-economic status and oral health in Finnish adults'
07 Mar Departmental meeting
06 Mar Dr C Herder, German Diabetes Centre, Dusseldorf, 'Low-grade Inflammation and the risk of type 2 diabetes: results from the MONICA/KORA studies'
29 Feb Dr S Venkatapuram 'New research group: Health determinants, inequalities and social justice'
22 Feb Nina Grant 'Protective psychosocial factors and health'
15 Feb Prof R Ashcroft, Queen Mary University of London, 'Fair or effective access to antiretroviral treatments for HIV/AIDS in high prevalence countries'
01 Feb Dr Claudine Berr, INSERM 'Nutrition and cognition: the COGINUT program'
11 Jan Laura Marlow 'Psychosocial aspect of HPV vaccination'
   
2007  
14 Dec Alexandros Heraclides 'Psychosocial work characteristics and type 2 diabetes: the role of diet and obesity'
07 Dec Katie O'Donnell ‘Psychobiological Determinants of Coronary Heart Disease’
30 Nov Departmental meeting
23 Nov Anna Wikman 'Emotional recovery following acute coronary syndromes'
16 Nov Neil Smith 'Intergenerational Continuities in Ethnic Health Inequalities'
*02 Nov Dr Heba Alkarimi 'Impact of dental caries and dental treatment on Saudi children´s growth and quality of life'
19 Oct Laia Bécares 'The effects on ethnic density on health'
* 20 Jul Natalia Bobrova 'Alcohol drinking patterns in Russia"
*06 Jul Dr M Bobak 'Health, income inequalities and other societal characteristics: a multi-level analysis of Eastern European data'
*18 Jun Prof Mikhail Voevoda, 'Studies of genetics and cardiovascular risk in Novosibirsk'
*15 Jun Emily Power 'Participation in colorectal cancer screening: factors influencing motivation and action'
*06 Jun Dr A. Maryon-Davis, Faculty of Public Health 'Public health awareness: right messages, right media - or right mess?'
04 May Prof T von Wachter, Columbia University, "Mortality, Mass-Layoffs, and Career Outcomes: An Analysis using Administrative Data"
*27 Apr Dr M Bhattacharyya 'A study of psychological factors and biological pathways in everyday life in patients with suspected coronary artery disease'
23 Mar Departmental Meeting
16 Mar Ms E. Holloway 'Physical Therapy for Adults with Asthma'
26 Feb Prof A Dobson, University of Queensland, 'The causes and consequences of being overweight or obese for women at key stages of life: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health'
23 Feb Dr Mojtaba Dorri 'Assessing Factors Influencing Oral Hygiene Behaviours in Adolescents'
09 Feb Ms R Evans 'Psychological Impact of Testicular Cancer Education'
02 Feb Dr H. Kuper, LSHTM, 'The impact of cataract blindness on poverty and quality of life in Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh'
26 Jan Prof John Fox 'Making the best use of our data resources'
19 Jan Dr A Golkari 'Developing a life course methodology to determine timing of adverse early life events: use of enamel defects'
12 Jan Dr J Zaman 'Prognosis of coronary disease across the clinical spectrum in South Asian populations in Britain'
   
2006  
10 Feb Ms Rachel Cooper 'High BMI: cause or consequence of hysterectomy?'
17 Feb Ms Xiaojuan Zeng 'Assessment of relationship between dental status, and ability to eat certain foods, food choice and quality of life in Chinese older population'
24 Feb Prof R West 'A comprehensive theory of motivation and its application to understanding smoking'
03 Mar Dr Jessica Allen, IPPR, 'Equitable choices for health'
17 Mar Dr Wael Sabbah 'Are there social gradients in oral health? If there are, do they correlate with social gradients in general health and associated behaviours?'
24 Mar Prof Stafford Lightman, University of Bristol, 'Combined assessment of sympathetic, parasympathetic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in man'
07 Apr Ms Saffron Karlsen, '"Not British and of a foreign country": a comment on the construction of 'ethnicity'
21 Apr Prof Cecil Helman, Brunel University & PCPS, 'Practical and ethical problems of research in a multi-cultural society'
05 May Dr Sarah Edwards, UCLH, 'Regulation and ethics of research'
19 May Dr Hynek Pikhart, 'Social inequalities in health in 1st wave of the HAPIEE Study'
02 Jun Mr Basaruddin Ahmad 'Life Circumstances and Change in Health Related Behaviours'
16 Jun Prof Jerry Morris, LSHTM, 'A minimum income for healthy living'
23 Jun Ms Emily Williams 'Psychosocial factors related to coronary heart disease risk in UK Indian Asian men and women'
30 Jun Dr Ruth Loos MRC Epidemiology Unit 'Choosing snps the systematic way: working with HAPMAP'
22 Sept Prof Len Cook 'Influences on the very long term resilience of retirement provision: -insights from comparisons between New Zealand and the United Kingdom'
29 Sept Prof Benjamin Amick, University of Texas, 'The sticky business of health and productivity research: how can we begin to think about social action research?'
06 Oct Departmental meeting
09 Oct Mr Myung Ki 'Health selection and inequalities in health: complementary not conflicting approaches'
13 Oct Prof M Marmot, Dr S Friel, Dr S Taylor GCSDH
20 Oct Ms Kerina Tull 'Investigating use of commercially prepared foodstuffs and their effect on nutrient intake and infant growth, using a randomised controlled trial in a low-income setting.'
10 Nov Mrs Michelle Byford 'Intergenerational continuities in cognitive function'
* 24 Nov Ms Sarah McBeath 'Evaluating the socioeconomic equity of access to and use of exercise referral schemes'
01 Dec Mr Lion Shahab 'The role of smoking-related biomarkers in tobacco control'
08 Dec Mrs Phillippa Lally 'Habitual Behaviour and Weight Control'
15 Dec Ms E. Webb 'Early life socioeconomic circumstances and the metabolic syndrome in Eastern Europe'
   
2005  
14 Jan Dr Chris Dibben, University of St. Andrews, 'The Health Poverty Index - a health inequalities visualisation system'
21 Jan Professor Mark McCarthy, 'Public health practice and research in Europe'
28 Jan Dr Francesca Perlman 'Socioeconomic position, self-rated health and mortality in Russia'
04 Feb Professor Sir Michael Marmot 'Commission on Social Determinants of Health'
25 Feb Departmental Meeting
04 Mar Harbinder Rai 'Factors affecting health care seeking behaviour'
18 Mar Caroline Wright 'Psychological determinants of neuroendocrine and cardiovascular responsivity'
29 Apr Linda Perkins-Porras 'Psychological factors influencing pre-hospital delay and adherence to treatment in patients diagnosed with Acute Coronary Syndromes'
13 May Lucy Cooke 'Why won't children eat their greens?'
17 Jun Vasant Hirani 'Vitamin D deficiency among the elderly- a cause for concern!'
05 Aug Bussayasit Pongpichit 'Impacts of Dental Pain and Dental Care on School Absence'
19 Aug Jae-In Ryu 'Differences in estimates of dental treatment needs and workforce using the standard normative need (WHO model) and sociodental approach to assessing dental need'
26 Aug Dr Mimi Bhattacharyya 'Emotion, neuroendocrine function and silent ischaemia inpatients with coronary artery disease'
23 Sept Dr Shona Kelly, University of Nottingham. 'Measuring discontinuity between subjective & objective social status: how do we do it?'
30 Sept Steve Cox 'Psychological impact of cardiac testing in adolescents'
07 Oct Emily Williams 'Psychosocial Factors Relating to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in UK Indian Asians'
14 Oct Richard Shaw 'Pathways from Biopsychosocial risk in childhood to resilience in Adulthood'
28 Oct Prof W Atkin - Cancer Research UK 'Prevention of colorectal cancer by screening'
04 Nov Dr Saroj Jayasinghe, University of Colombo, 'Health Status in Sri Lanka: exploring a paradox'
18 Nov Dr N Derakhshan, Birkbeck College, 'High anxiety and the repressive coping style: Married but still in denial'
09 Dec Dr Jérôme Adda 'The Effect of Taxes and Bans on Passive Smoking'
16 Dec Jennifer Fidler 'The pattern, correlates and predictors of cigarette smoking in adolescence'

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