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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

Email: 3d1019014a373d5d323f29203c200e5b2c09367b0623