Lessons learned from Swine Flu
for Behavioural and Social Scientists:
How should we study the next pandemic?
A one-day workshop, organised by the Infectious Disease Research Network with support from the Health Protection Agency, University College London, and Kings College London
Date: Monday 12 April 2010
Location: Wellcome Collection Conference Centre (Wellcome Trust), 183 Euston Road, London, NW1
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This event is accredited with 5 CPD points from the Royal College of Pathologists.
The unprecedented national emergency response to the Swine Flu (A/H1N1) pandemic during 2009 was accompanied by a substantial research effort to understand how the outbreak affected the British population and to test ways of reducing this impact. The challenges of conducting this research were considerable, but the results brought immediate public health benefits as well as advances in our understanding of human behaviour.
Despite the successes, however, there are always lessons that could be learned. This workshop will bring together researchers from different disciplines within the social sciences in order to identify ways that we could do better in the next pandemic. What key issues should behavioural and social scientists explore the next time around? How could researchers from different disciplines work together more effectively? How should funding be made available? And how do you obtain ethics approval in a hurry?
This one-day workshop will explore all of these topics and allow participants the chance to share their experiences and suggest ways for improvement.
The workshop will be of particular relevance to researchers from any behavioural or social science discipline with an interest in this area, but will also be of interest to a wider audience who have an interest in influenza.
It is welcomed by the Department of Health’s Scientific Pandemic Influenza Advisory Group (SPI) Behaviour and Communication Sub-Group, the Health Protection Agency’s Emergency Response Department, and the Infectious Diseases Research Network.
Registration
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL, AND THE ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND, PLEASE CONTACT mhead@idrn.org TO SEE IF PLACES HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE.
Cost£50.09 per delegate.
Or £25.09 for students. Please tick the appropriate box on the registration form and email Cherry Constantine proof of student status, c.constantine@ucl.ac.uk
Posters
We invite delegates to submit a poster abstract related to the workshop themes. Deadline for abstracts is Friday 12 March.
If you have already registered and now wish to display a poster, or wish to submit an abstract prior to registering, then do email Mike Head directly, mhead@idrn.org, with title, authors and abstract detail (max 250 words).
Venue
The event will take place in the Franks Room at the Wellcome Collection Conference Centre (Wellcome Trust), 183 Euston Road, London, NW1.
Click here for directions on the venue website.
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Payment information
If you pay by cheque, please make them payable to 'University College London' and sent to Cherry Constantine, Department of Primary Care & Population Sciences, UCL - Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF.
During the registration process, you will be asked to specify your chosen payment method. If you select bank transfer, we will email you instructions on how to do this.
You can also pay by credit card (UK delegates only), by downloading a credit card form, and faxing it to us. For this form, and detailed information on payments, please click here.
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Contact the IDRN
Please direct queries to either Cherry Constantine, c.constantine@ucl.ac.uk or Michael Head, mhead@idrn.org , or phone 020 7830 2239.