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Past Events
8 October: Electives seminarWednesday, 8 October 2008
On Wednesday 8 October, the School will host an information seminar to help students choose electives for summer semester and semester one, 2009. Previous seminars have proven very helpful as students make these important decisions regarding their future study.
This seminar, which is open to all students, will be held at 3.00pm in Room 113 of the Public Health Building (before the first tutorial for PUBH630 Introduction to Biostatistics). Course coordinators will speak for about three minutes about their course and students will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Tea/coffee and biscuits will be provided from 2.30pm
Those interested in attending should RSVP to Laurelle Roberts (l.roberts@uq.edu.au) by Monday 6 October.
Electives seminar for postgraduate students
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
On Tuesday 13 May the School will host an information seminar to help students choose electives for second semester. The seminar, to be held at 5.00pm in Room 113 of the Public Health Building, will include brief presentations by course co-ordinators on electives available to postgraduate coursework students in semester 2, 2008. Course co-ordinators will describe the content of courses and help students choose those that are best suited to their particular interests and aspirations. Tea, coffee and sandwiches will be offered from 4.45pm in the tea room on Level 1. The seminar, which follows the second tutorial for PUB7630 Introduction to Biostatistics, is expected to last about one hour. All students are welcome. Please contact Laurelle Roberts for more information.
Orientation for new students 19 February
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
The School of Population Health will be holding an Orientation Day for students commencing in Semester 1, 2008. The Orientation day will be held: Tuesday 19 February from 9am Room 113, Public Health Building, School of Population Health, Herston Road, Herston All commencing students are encouraged to come along to learn about life at the School and meet lecturers, student services staff and fellow students. Topics covered include:
- Overview of programs
- UQ administration and enrolment
- UQ Library
- Blackboard (the eLearning system for The University of Queensland).
Burden of Disease workshop starts 26 November
Monday, 26 November 2007
Next month SPH will again hold its renowned workshop on practical aspects of conducting a national burden of disease and injury study. The intensive 8-day workshop attracts participants from all over the world. It provides detailed instruction and practical experience in conducting a national or sub-national burden of disease and injury study. Topics covered include summary measures of population health, mortality statistics, working with cause of death data, calculating disability and comparative risk assessment. The workshop is suitable for both researchers already working in the field and those without prior experience but with an interest in acquiring the skills necessary to conduct a burden study. The workshop will be held 26 November-5 December 2007 at UQ’s St Leo’s College, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Places are limited. More information, including a registration form, can be found here.
Innovative disaster workshop
Monday, 19 November 2007
Health and disaster experts with “ground zero” experience will come together next month in an SPH workshop designed to prepare Australia's health and support organisations. The workshop, Health Aspects of Disasters, will be held at the School 19-23 November, and feature significant input from military, civilian, non-government and international organisations. Case studies will be presented by those with direct experience of major events, such as the Aceh tsunami, Pakistan’s 2005 earthquake, New Orleans’ Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Bali bombing. Focus areas will include public health and medical responses to disasters; effects on health, nutrition and mortality; infectious disease and nutritional emergencies; pandemic scenarios, refugee camps, psychosocial effects, co-ordination of donor and aid agencies; and disaster preparedness. The project was designed, and will be implemented in close collaboration with, the Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health which is a joint initiative of UQ, with Adelaide and Charles Darwin Universities. Health Aspects of Disasters is designed to be professional development for health professionals, practitioners and administrative staff, as well as being available to Masters students. It is aimed at both Australian and the Asia Pacific region. Professor of International Health and workshop co-ordinator, Richard Taylor, said the workshops would improve Australia's health community's preparedness through dissemination of disaster response knowledge and skills by experienced people. “A key message will be that surveillance and outbreak investigation is critical to an effective response and disease control,” Professor Taylor said. More information can be found here or by emailing enquiries@sph.uq.edu.au.
SPH seminar urges new approach to environmental health
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Emerging issues, such as water security, are driving new directions in environmental health, says University of Western Australia’s Professor Philip Weinstein, who will give a seminar at SPH on the 15th of November. Professor Weinstein will explain how new approaches are needed to deal with these new environmental health issues, which also include the highest-ever global incidence of mosquito-borne diseases, and the impact of climate change on the dynamics of even the best understood environmental health issues. He argues that a better understanding of the nature of the relationship between ecosystem health and human health is required if effective and sustainable public health interventions are to be developed. During the seminar, Professor Weinstein will illustrate this new approach with three examples: Water quality and birth defects; soil salinisation and Ross River virus; and land use and asthma. All are welcome to attend the seminar which will be held: Time/date: 11am-12pm, Thursday 15 November Venue: ES Meyers Lecture Theatre, Mayne Medical School, The University of Queensland, Herston campus More info: Contact John Cohen: john.cohen@uq.edu.au or 07 3365 5446 Full details of SPH’s seminar program can be found here.
Info meeting re Global HIV/AIDS and Infectious & Tropical Diseases courses (PUBH 7118, 7101)
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Course Coordinators Dr Megan Jennaway and Dr Andrew Vallely would like to invite all students to a meeting to help them find out more about the above courses before making their final decisions on choices for Semester 2. In the meeting Drs Jennaway and Vallely will discuss the objectives, content and methods of assessment for each course, and answer any questions students may have. The informal meeting will be held in Room 234 12.30pm Thursday 19th July. For more information, please contact Dr Jennaway T: 3365 5408, m.jennaway@sph.uq.edu.au or Dr Vallely T:3366 4970, a.vallely@.uq.edu.au.
Free dissertation workshop 26 July
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
MPH students beginning their dissertation or project in 2008 are invited to a free Queensland Centre of Public Health workshop on 26 July. The half-day workshop will cover issues including how to choose a topic, dissertation proposals, ethical issues and processes and Queensland Health topics. Past students will share experiences while current supervisors – including SPH’s Associate Professor Peter Hill -- will be on hand to offer advice. The workshop, including lunch and morning tea, will be held at the Griffith Graduate Centre, Griffith University, Southbank campus, Brisbane. Interested students should RSVP by 23 July. More information, including RSVP details and a map are below. Details
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Burden of Disease Workshop 2005
Monday, 28 November 2005
The School of Population Health is pleased to announce its second workshop on Practical Aspects of Conducting a National Burden of Disease and Injury Study. Where: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia When: Monday 28th November to Wednesday 7th December 2005 Current higher degree students should note that the workshop is now accredited as a standard UQ postgraduate level course. Please refer to the Workshop Information sheet for further details on registering as a student . The workshop has been extended to 8 days, allowing a greater emphasis on the analysis of mortality data. For more information use the link below:
The World Psychiatric Association Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Meeting
Tuesday, 5 July 2005
"Meeting mental health needs: the evidence from epidemiology, economics and evaluation."
