Winter Scientific Meeting
The Winter Scientific Meeting was held in the College on Wednesday 8th December 2010.
The programme showcased current research and how Public Health Physicians are putting research into practice to improve our national health profile.
There were three Keynote Speakers:
On The Frontline - Emergency Response In Haiti And Pakistan
(Management, Public Health And Clinical Engagement)
Dr Muireann Brennan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, spoke about her experiences of the emergency response in Haiti and Pakistan’s recent natural disasters.
Ethics and Immunisation
Dr Brenda Corcoran of the National Immunisation Office discussed ethics and immunisation
An Ethical Framework for Public Health
Professor David Smith of RCSI addressed ethics in public health.
The Use Of New Media To Market Food And Health To Children In The UK & Ireland
Ms LeeAnn Tan, HRB Summer Scholar, University College Dublin
Developing An Irish National Diabetes Register
Dr. Orlaith O’Reilly, Director of Public Health, HSE South East
View from and of the World Health Organisation
Dr Ina Kelly, A/Specialist in Public Health Medicine, HSE Dublin Mid Leinster
Advocacy and the Faculty: Global Health
Dr David Weakliam, Chair, International Health Committee
Pertussis Outbreak In A Well-Vaccinated Community In Co. Leitrim
Dr Aidan Ryan, Specialist in Public Health Medicine, HSE North West, Sligo
Sporadic Enterohaemorrhagic E.Coli (EHEC) In The South East Of Ireland: Cases And Contacts 2003-2009
Ms. Gráinne Parker, Communicable Disease Control Nurse, Department of Public Health, HSE SE, Kilkenny