Launch of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Secretariat at UCL
11 June 2012
The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) is a collaboration among the world's largest public medical and health funding agencies representing over 80% of the world's funding for medical research to address chronic, non-communicable diseases in low and middle-income countries. UCL will host the organisation’s secretariat, working to curb chronic diseases such as stroke, diabetes, chronic lung disease and heart disease throughout the world.
To mark the official launch of the GACD Secretariat within UCL's Institute for Global Health we will be hosting an inaugural lecture by Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health with an introduction provided by Professor Sir John Tooke, UCL Vice Provost (Health).
Further details and registration here.
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UCL Public Policy
UCL is proud of our research excellence, which both generates applicable knowledge and expands the potential of human thought and action. In addition, we want to ensure that this excellence benefits society. UCL’s public policy strategy aims to enhance the impact of our research by improving our engagement with public policy.
Our public policy strategy is being taken forward by the Office of the UCL Vice-Provost (Research), working with the UCL School of Public Policy. The aims of the strategy are to:
- help translate and implement examples of research and expertise which are not as yet making the highest level of public policy impact
- further develop UCL’s reputation as a source of high-quality research which can inform policymaking, and as a place to go for evidence-based policy solutions that have been tensioned between disciplines
- establish UCL as a hub for dialogue and debate on public policy
- capture, publicise and support examples of existing UCL impact on public policy
- helping to introduce into policy the wise solutions developed through UCL Grand Challenges.
Through the development and implementation of our strategy, we will:
- identify research with relevance for public policy
- develop UCL’s contacts with those involved in policymaking and partnerships with appropriate public policy organisations
- develop a public policy events series, with key policy formers and media in attendance
- issue working papers and policy briefings on a number of key public policy topics
- identify policy outputs from UCL’s Grand Challenges activity.
Read our public policy strategy (pdf). Subscribe here to our occasional short email newsletter featuring news, upcoming events and briefings related to UCL Public Policy.
To find out more, contact Sarah Chaytor, Senior Research Associate or email public-policy@ucl.ac.uk.
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