Start: 23 Apr 2008 - 13:00

End: 23 Apr 2008 - 18:00

INIsPHO Event Programme 2008

Health information makes a critical contribution to the delivery of effective health services and the development of healthy public policy. However, health analysts often work without vital support. The Health Analysts’ Special Interest Group has been formed to support the health analysts community by providing opportunities to meet  colleagues, share practical tools and advice, and support  professional development.  Ireland and Northern Ireland’s Population Health Observatory (INIsPHO) located within IPH invites you to the first meeting of the group where you can meet fellow analysts and professionals interested in the analysis of health information.

You will learn about the new special interest group, hear from a leading analyst in Northern Ireland, and help shape future activities. The meeting will be followed by a screening of “And the Band Played On”, a film about the role that epidemiologists played in the identification of the AIDS outbreak in the USA during the 1980s.
 

1.00 – 1.30pm Registration and Lunch
 
1.30 – 1.45pm Introduction to the Health Analysts’ Special Interest Group, Lorraine Fahy, Research Analyst, IPH

1.45 – 2.45pm Dr. Tracy Power, Senior Principal Statistician, Information & Analysis Directorate, Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety, Northern Ireland

Questions and answers
   
2.45 – 3.15pm Future activities of the Health Analysts’ Special Interest Group

Film screening

3.30pm – 6pm “And the Band Played On”
Winner of 3 Emmys and 2 Golden Globe nominations 

RSVP to Brian Ward or Leah Friend.
 

Location: 

Institute of Public Health in Ireland
Forestview
Purdy’s Lane
Belfast BT8 7ZX

Contact: Brian Ward
Contact telephone number: +353 (0)1 478 6300
Contact email address: brian.ward@publichealth.ie
Alternative contact: Leah Friend
Alternative contact telephone number: +44 (0)28 90 648494
Alternative contact email address: leah.friend@publichealth.ie

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