Global Health Seminar Series
A seminar series looking at the broad spectrum of research and projects being undertaken within global health across the University.
The series will run from September 2013 to June 2014 taking place monthly on the 2nd Tuesday from 08:30-09:30am, with the venue rotating through Little France, George Square and King's buildings.
Preventing suicides from pesticide poisoning in rural Asia
Professor Michael Eddleston (Professor Clinical Toxicology, Edinburgh University
Tuesday 11 March 2014, 8.30am
Tuesday 11 March 2014, 9.30am
Blackford Seminar Room, Postgraduate Education Centre, Little France 51 Little France Crescent EH16 4SA Edinburgh
The Hygiene Hypothesis in Global Health - Parasites and the Diseases of Modernity
Professor Rick Maziels (Director, Edinburgh Infectious Diseases)
Tuesday 11 February 2014, 8.30am
Tuesday 11 February 2014, 9.30am
Room 715, Swann Building, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Conflict of Interest, Non-Communicable Diseases and Global Health Governance: Beyond Tobacco Exceptionalism
Professor Jeff Collin (Director, Global Public Health Unit, University of Edinburgh)
Tuesday 14 January 2014, 8.30am
Tuesday 14 January 2014, 9.30am
Seminar Room 4, Chrystal MacMillan Building, 15A George Square
The increasing global burden of HPV cancers and their prevention
Professor Heather Cubie (Head, University-based Human Papillomavirus Group)
Tuesday 10 December 2013, 8.30am
Tuesday 10 December 2013, 9.30am
Seminar Room 3, Chancellors Building, Little France
Healthcare service delivery in Malawi - a Malawian trainee surgeon's perspective
Dr Lughano Kalongolera (College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi)
Wednesday 27 November 2013, 5.30pm
Wednesday 27 November 2013, 7.00pm
Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Medical School, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG
mHealth and Design Thinking in Low Income Countries: The Medic Mobile Story
Isaac Holeman (Co-founder, MedicMobile)
Friday 15 November 2013, 12.30pm
Friday 15 November 2013, 2.00pm
Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Teviot Place (Doorway 3, 1st floor)
Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health in Africa - Neglect or Negligence?
Professor Sue Welburn (Director, Global Health Academy)
Tuesday 12 November 2013, 8.30am
Tuesday 12 November 2013, 9.30am
Room 7.15, Swann Building, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh
Tea/coffee and croissants will be provided.