Global Health Day at the University of Sydney
28 August 2009
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Global Health Day program available here
The Sydney Law School and the Sydney Medical School present
Global Health Day 2009 at the University of Sydney
This full day symposium brings together leading national and international experts on the key health issues facing the global community. Topics to be addressed during the morning plenary sessions include HIV/AIDS, disease surveillance and response, pandemic preparedness, the power of advertising, tobacco control and chronic diseases and injuries. In the afternoon session attendees will have a choice of one of three concurrent interactive workshops on the Millennium Development Goals and development; epidemic and emerging infections; and chronic diseases and injury.
Presenters include:
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
The third phase of the HIV/AIDs Pandemic: Prevention
Professor Lawrence Gostin, Linda D and Timothy J O'Neill Professor of Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Centre.
Influenza A (H1N1) (Swine Origin):Pandemic preparedness under the rule of international law
Professor Simon Chapman, School of Public Health, University of Sydney.
Ethico-legal challenges posed by leading edge tobacco control developments
Professor Patricia Peppin, Professor of Law, Queens University, Ontario.
Drug imagery and legal imaginary: Assessing the power of advertising
Professor John MacKenzie,Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centrefor Emerging Infectious Diseases, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, and Consultant, Department ofEpidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response, World Health Organization, Geneva
Emerging Diseases: The Need to Think Globally andPlan Regionally - the Role of the Global Outbreak Alertand Response Network
Professor Robyn Norton, Principal Director, The George Institute for International Health; Professor Public Health and Associate Dean (Global Health), Sydney Medical School.
Chronic diseases and injuries: a major but neglected component of the global health agenda
A choice of three workshops (limited to 100 participants each) will run throughout the afternoon:
Workshop 1:Millennium Development Goals and Development
Panellists:
Facilitator:Professor Stephen Leeder, Director, the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
Professor Robyn Norton, Principal Director, The George Institute for International Health; Professor Public Health and Associate Dean (Global Health), Sydney Medical School
Mr Joel Negin, Lecturer in International Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Dr. Glen F Maberly, Professor & Director, The Centre for Health Innovation & Partnership
Professor Robert Cumming,Professor, School of Public Health, Sydney University
Workshop 2:Epidemic and Emerging Infections: The whys, the wherefores and what now
Panellists:
Facilitator: Professor Tania Sorrell, Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School - Western, and Director, Infectious Diseases, HIV and Sexual Health Services, Sydney West Area Health Service
Professor Belinda Bennett, Professor of Health and Medical Law and Director, Centre for Health Governance, Law & Ethics, University of Sydney
Professor Simon Chapman, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Professor Peter Curson, Professor in Population and Security, University of Sydney
Professor Dominic Dwyer, Public Health Microbiology and Infectious diseases, University of Sydney
Professor Lyn Gilbert, Director of Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital
Professor Michael Ward, Chair, Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, University of Sydney
Professor Richard Russell, Medical Entomology, University of Sydney
Workshop 3:Chronic Diseases and Injury
Panellists:
Facilitator: Professor John Chalmers, The George Institute for International Health
Professor Glenn Salkeld, Professor of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Professor Rebecca Ivers,Associate Professor, the University of Sydney and Director, Injury Division, The George Institute for International Health
Professor Roger Magnusson, Professor of Law and Associate Dean (Postgraduate coursework), University of Sydney
Professor Patricia Peppin,Professor of Law, Queens University, Ontario
Professor Anthony Rogers, Professor of Global Health Sciences, University of Sydney, and Professorial Fellow , The George Institute for International Health
Registration fees:
Full fee: $35 inc GST
Concession fee: $15 inc GST
Time: 9.00am-3.30pm (registration from 8.30am)
Location: Sydney Law School, Building F10, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney
Contact: Events Coordinator
Phone: (02) 9351 0248