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The first meeting of the Session for the Public Health Forum of the Manchester Medical Society was the Presidential Address. The meeting was held on Thursday 27th October 2005 at 6.00 pm in Theatre 4 of the Stopford Building, University of Manchester. Due to the delayed arrival of the outgoing President, Dr Stephen Watkins, Dr Martin Spence (past President) introduced and welcomed Professor Deborah J Baker (Professor of Public Health/Deputy Director Institute of Public Health Research and Policy, University of Salford) and presented her with the Presidential Medallion. Dr Spence invited Professor Baker to give her inaugural lecture as the President of the Public Health Forum for the academic year 2005/2006. Professor Baker then announced the title of her Presidential Address as follows :- "Pathways to equality in health: the role of prevention" Professor Baker’s lecture focused on the role of primary care and its ability to influence health inequalities at a population level. The event was reasonably well attended and the lecture was extremely well received. A number of issues were debated at the end of the lecture and Dr P Elton extended a sincere vote of thanks to Professor Baker on behalf of the Public Health Forum. Dr Elton echoed the participants’ appreciation and stated that members of the Public Health Forum were looking forward to receiving the remaining lectures in the new academic year.
NOVEMBER 2005 Professor Deborah J Baker, the President of the Section, chaired the meeting and introduced the two speakers as follows :- Professor A C Gatrell "Geographical Information Systems for Public Health" Geographical Information Systems (GIS).deal with the collection, integration, analysis and display of spatially-referenced data. There are now a wide range of applications of GIS, both in epidemiology and health care planning. This talk considered some of these applications and drew attention to the possibilities for research and practice. Professor G R McGregor "Impacts of climatic variability and change on health" This presentation covered the association between weather, climate and health, considered how climate information might be used for reducing risk within the health sector and touched on approaches to assessing the health impacts of climate change.. The audience listened attentively and a question and answer session took place. Professor Baker thanked both speakers for their erudite lectures.
A meeting of the Public Health Forum, of the Manchester Medial Society, was held on Thursday 26th January 2006 at 6.00 pm in Theatre 4 of the Stopford Building, University of Manchester. The President, Professor Deborah Baker, welcomed the audience and then introduced the two speakers and the topic for the evening as follows,: Dr C A Birt and Ms M Konsińska "Public Health in Europe: the North West Agenda" Both lectures introduced the concepts of health driving the R&D agenda in the European Community, the structure and function of the NW Office in promoting public health and opportunities it offers to public health practitioners and researchers in the North West. Professor Baker gave a vote of thanks to both speakers for their individual excellent lectures and also their input in the question and answer session. Members and guests of the Section showed their appreciation by way of prolonged applause. An informal dinner was held after the meeting at Livebait, City Centre (a fresh fish & shellfish restaurant) when the speakers and several guests continued the evening.
FEBRUARY 2006 This meeting took the form of the Festival of Public Health Work. The aims of the meeting are:
Members of the
Council of the Public Health Forum received six papers at the closing date.
After much discussion is was decided that all papers would be presented as
posters and four of the same papers would be presented orally. Poster presentations Dr Gwen J Ayers,
Toxicology Laboratory, Manchester Royal Infirmary Dr Helen Lewis-Parmar,
Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit Mr Cliff Shelton,
5th Year Medical Student, Hope Hospital Dr Arpana Verma,
Evidence of Population Health Unit, University of Manchester "Healthcare needs assessment of
chronic obstructive pulmonary Oral presentations Dr John McBeth,
ARC Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Manchester Dr Arpana Verma,
Evidence of Population Health Unit, University of Manchester Mr Cliff Shelton,
5th Year Medical Student, Hope Hospital Dr Helen Lewis-Parmar,
Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit Each presentation lasted 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience. Professor D J Baker facilitated the afternoon and discussed with the audience the public health issues the posters highlighted. All presenters received a vote of thanks for the quality and composition of their posters and/or oral presentations. It was noted that all participants would receive a commemorative certificate.
The Public Health Forum of the Manchester Medical Society held a joint meeting with the Sections of Paediatrics and Primary Care on Thursday, 23rd March 2006 at 6.00 pm in Theatre 2 of the Stopford Building, University of Manchester. The President of the Public Health Forum, Professor D Baker, opened the meeting and introduced the evening’s speaker as follows:- Professor J Golding (Scientific & Executive Director, The
Avon Longitudinal Professor Jean Golding is the founder of ALSPAC also known as the children of the 90’s. Since graduation from Oxford in 1961, Jean’s research has taken her from working on the first British Perinatal Mortality Survey at ALSPAC via a wide number of national and international studies of pregnancy and childhood, among them the Jamaican Perinatal Mortality Survey. She is now Emeritus Professor of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology at Bristol University. Professor Golding’s lecture was entitled:- "Causes and consequences:developing a
longitudinal perspective on child health in She gave an overview of the rationale for and development of ALSPAC. Discussions of research relevant to public health challenges of today, eg childhood obesity, breast-feeding, teenage pregnancy and MMR immunisation took place. A question and answer session was held after the lecture. Professor Baker gave a vote of thanks to Professor Golding, which was closely followed by prolonged applause from members and guests of the audience. An informal meal was held after the lecture in honour of Professor Golding which was held at The Malmaison Hotel Restaurant in Piccadilly, Manchester.
The Public Health Forum of the Manchester Medical Society held its Chadwick Lecture on Thursday, 27th April 2006 at 6.00 pm in the Manchester Dental Education Centre (MANDEC), University of Manchester. Professor Baker, the President of the forum, opened the meeting and gave a brief background about the Chadwick Lecture. She explained that the Chadwick Lecture celebrates the life of Sir Edwin Chadwick, a native of Manchester and pioneer of sanitary reform. His 1842 report into the sanitary conditions of the labouring population of Greater Britain provides grim reading. The President then introduced the speaker and his lecture title as follows:- Dr S Szreter "Public health’s history and its future on the world stage" Dr Szreter’s talk looked at the historical interpretations of the course of epidemiological change in Britain since the era of Chadwick and how it has profoundly influenced the design of international public health and development policies throughout the post-war period. His talk also looked at, what are the historical lessons of the changes in health and the economy that occurred during and after the industrial revolution in Britain? What role for government and public health policies does history suggest? The lecture was well received and created much discussion. Professor Baker gave a vote of thanks to Dr Szreter and thanked the President of the Society, Professor Sir Netar Mallick for attending.
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