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SUMMARY:Seminar - Independent and Joint Effects of Multiple Pollutants and their Interactions with Meteorological Variables on Stroke Hospitalization
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nIndependent and Joint Effects of Multiple Pollutants and their Interactions with Meteorological Variables on Stroke Hospitalization \nLei Li\, Huazhong University of Science\, China\, and visiting PhD student at the MRC Epidemiology Unit \nThis hybrid seminar will be held in MRC Epidemiology Unit seminar rooms 1 & 2\, Level 3\, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Hospital\, Cambridge\, CB2 0QQ\, and online. \nRegister to attend in-person at: www.eventbrite.com/e/mrc-seminar-series-ms-lei-li-visiting-phd-student-at-the-mrc-tickets-719114399527 \nRegister to join this seminar online at: https://mrc-epid.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIof-yurjItHdzjDzXS_UOZW5kYz86KuxnV#/registration \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nAbout this talk\nWhile studies have emphasized the significant influence of air pollution on stroke development and progression\, limited research has explored the joint effects of pollutant mixtures and their interactive effects with meteorological variables. Our study reveals diverse associations between air pollutants and hospital admissions for various stroke subtypes across different seasons. We have systematically examined interactive effects between pollutants and meteorological variables\, assessing them from both multiplicative and additive perspectives. \nBy examining combinations of multiple pollutants\, we provide a comprehensive understanding of the overall impact of air pollution on stroke\, which can inform policy-making decisions aimed at reducing air pollution levels and preventing stroke. \nAbout Lei Li\nLei Li is a visiting PhD student from Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics\, School of Public Health\, Tongji Medical College\, Huazhong University of Science. She is now based at the MRC Epidemiology Unit\, working closely with Dr Haneen Khreis in the Public Health Modelling team led by Professor James Woodcock. \nExplore past seminars\nAll MRC Epidemiology Unit seminars and events where slides\, audio or video are available can be found at www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/past-seminars/ \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/ \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-independent-and-joint-effects-of-multiple-pollutants-and-their-interactions-with-meteorological-variables-on-stroke-hospitalization/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:MRC Epidemiology Unit Seminar
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Precision approaches to improving obesity prevention in Queensland\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nPrecision approaches to improving obesity prevention in Queensland\, Australia \nDr Oliver Canfell\, University of Queensland\, Australia \nThis hybrid seminar will be held in the seminar room\, Level 4\, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Hospital\, Cambridge\, CB2 0QQ\, and online. \nRegister to attend in-person at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mrc-seminar-series-dr-oliver-canfell-university-of-queensland-australia-tickets-713134914727 \nRegister to join this seminar online at: https://mrc-epid.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuduqspjMpHtOSKTJHs_QRXSU-c0Av91pW#/registration \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nAbout this talk\nPublic health innovation is needed to improve population healthy weight. Emerging data and digital technologies (e.g.\, electronic medical records\, artificial intelligence) can unlock new intelligence to inform precise interventions and policies for people at risk for obesity – the right preventive intervention for the right community at the right time. \nThis seminar will showcase a multidisciplinary research program to use digital health as an enabler for obesity prevention at scale in Queensland\, Australia (our “small” state of >5 million people!). This program will highlight the strength of partnerships between academia\, healthcare\, and industry to drive data-driven innovation for obesity prevention. \nAbout Dr Canfell\nDr Oliver Canfell is a Research Fellow at The University of Queensland (Brisbane\, Australia) and Accredited Practising Dietitian interested in the prevention and management of obesity. He trained as a paediatric dietitian and have broad healthcare experience\, including one-on-one clinical care with children and families\, co-designing and implementing community prevention programs in multidisciplinary teams\, and delivering and evaluating statewide health promotion initiatives. \nHis current research focuses on using data and digital technology to improve obesity prevention at population scale. He aims to use nutrition and digital health to add health to life and equity to health for people across the life course. \nExplore past seminars\nAll MRC Epidemiology Unit seminars and events where slides\, audio or video are available can be found at www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/past-seminars/ \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/ \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-precision-approaches-to-improving-obesity-prevention-in-queensland-australia/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="MRC Epidemiology Unit":MAILTO:contact@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Virtual Postgraduate Open day session
DESCRIPTION:As part of the University’s Postgraduate Open Days 2023\, we are running an online session on Friday 27 October\, to give you the opportunity to find out more about postgraduate study at the MRC Epidemiology Unit. \nRepresentatives from the Unit\, including current PhD students\, will be available at the session to answer any questions you have about applying to join the Unit as a postgraduate student. \nScientists at the MRC Epidemiology Unit study a broad variety of research areas\, and our website lists several potential topics for PhD projects. Prospective students at the MRC Epidemiology Unit are very welcome to formulate a PhD topic of their own choice\, as long as it is coherent with the overall goal of the Unit\, and with the interests of at least one Unit programme. \nRegister to attend this virtual postgraduate open day session using the online form on the University of Cambridge Open day website.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/virtual-postgraduate-open-day-2023/
LOCATION:Online\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Air pollution and health in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nAir pollution and health in the 21st Century \nDr Gary Fuller\, UKRI Clean Air Champion\, Imperial College London \nThis hybrid seminar will be held in MRC Epidemiology Unit seminar rooms 1 & 2\, Level 3\, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Hospital\, Cambridge\, CB2 0QQ\, and online. \nWatch a recording of this seminar. \nAbout this talk\nOver 70 years after London’s great smog we are still wrestling the impacts of air pollution on our health. More than 60\,000 scientific papers have been published on air pollution and health. Over half of these have been published in the last decade\, but air pollution policy and action lags behind and remains largely framed in the science of the 20th century and not the 21st. \nAs researchers it is tempting to focus on what we don’t know\, including gaps in our epidemiological evidence. However\, there is ample evidence that actions to improve air pollution also improve health. \nAbout Dr Fuller\nGary Fuller is a three UKRI Clean Air Champions working to provide leadership and coordination across the Clean Air Programme and within the wider research and stakeholder community. \nHis research interests focus on urban air pollution\, how it is changing and how it affects our health. \nGary is passionate about communicating air pollution science to policymakers and the public. He is a member of Defra’s Air Quality Expert Group and a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper. \nExplore past seminars\nAll MRC Epidemiology Unit seminars and events where slides\, audio or video are available can be found at www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/past-seminars/ \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/ \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-air-pollution-health-21st-century/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Bradford Hill Seminar – Social justice and health equity – Professor Sir Michael Marmot
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the Bradford Hill Seminar: \nSocial justice and health equity\nProfessor Sir Michael Marmot\nInstitute of Health Equity and UCL Department of Epidemiology & Public Health \nRegister to attend\nPlease note this will be online webinar. Professor Sir Michael Marmot will present online via Teams. \n\nRegister on Teams to attend seminar online\n\nAbstract\nTaking action to reduce health inequalities is a matter of social justice. In developing strategies for tackling health inequalities we need to confront the social gradient in health not just the difference between the worst off and everybody else.  There is clear evidence when we look across countries that national policies make a difference and that much can be done in cities\, towns and local areas. But policies and interventions must not be confined to the health care system; they need to address the conditions in which people are born\, grow\, live\, work and age.  The evidence shows that economic circumstances are important but are not the only drivers of health inequalities. Tackling the health gap will take action\, based on sound evidence\, across the whole of society. \nAbout Professor Sir Michael Marmot\nSir Michael Marmot MBBS\, MPH\, PhD\, FRCP\, FFPHM\, FMedSci\, FBA has been Professor of Epidemiology at University College London since 1985. He is the author of The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world (Bloomsbury: 2015)\, and Status Syndrome: how your place on the social gradient directly affects your health (Bloomsbury: 2004). Professor Marmot is the Advisor to the WHO Director-General\, on social determinants of health\, in the new WHO Division of Healthier Populations; Distinguished Visiting Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong (2019-)\, and co-Director of the of the CUHK Institute of Health Equity. He is the recipient of the WHO Global Hero Award; the Harvard Lown Professorship (2014-2017); the Prince Mahidol Award for Public Health (2015)\, and 19 honorary doctorates. \nMarmot has led research groups on health inequalities for nearly 50 years. He chaired the Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas\, set up in 2015 by the World Health Organization’s Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/ WHO) and chaired the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)\, which was set up by the World Health Organization in 2005\, and produced the report entitled: ‘Closing the Gap in a Generation’ in August 2008. At the request of the British Government\, he conducted the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post 2010\, which published its report ‘Fair Society\, Healthy Lives’ in February 2010. This was followed by the European Review of Social Determinants of Health and the Health Divide\, for WHO EURO in 2014; Health Equity in England: Marmot Review 10 Years On\, in 2020; Build Back Fairer: the COVID-19 Marmot Review in 2021; and the Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region\, for WHO EMRO\, also in 2021. \nProfessor Marmot also chaired the Expert Panel for the WCRF/AICR 2007 Second Expert Report on Food\, Nutrition\, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective; the Breast Screening Review for the NHS National Cancer Action Team\, and was a member of The Lancet-University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health. Early in his career\, he set up and led a number of longitudinal cohort studies on the social gradient in health in the UCL Department of Epidemiology & Public Health (where he was head of department for 25 years): the Whitehall II Studies of British Civil Servants\, investigating explanations for the striking inverse social gradient in morbidity and mortality; the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)\, and several international research efforts on the social determinants of health. He served as President of the British Medical Association (BMA) in 2010-2011\, and as President of the World Medical Association in 2015. He is President of the British Lung Foundation. He is an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology; a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences; an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy\, and an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution for six years and in 2000 he was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen\, for services to epidemiology and the understanding of health inequalities. Professor Marmot is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine. \nAbout the Bradford Hill seminars\nThe Bradford Hill seminar series is the principal series of The Cambridge Population Health Sciences Partnership\, in collaboration with the PHG Foundation. This comprises the Departments of Public Health & Primary Care\, MRC Biostatistics Unit and MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge\, bringing together a multi-disciplinary partnership of academics and public health professionals. The Bradford Hill seminar programme of internationally recognised speakers covers topics of broad interest to our public health research community. It aims to transcend as well as connect the activities of our individual partners. \nAll are welcome at our Bradford Hill seminars.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/bradford-hill-seminar-social-justice-and-health-equity-professor-sir-michael-marmot/
LOCATION:Online\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Festival - Ultraprocessed foods: what do we really know?
DESCRIPTION:Ultra-processed foods are a hot topic\, with growing calls for tighter regulation. But what do we really know about them? Are they all bad for us\, and if so what can we do about it? \n\n\n\n\nBook your tickets for this hybrid Cambridge Festival panel discussion chaired by Dr Jean Adams of the MRC Epidemiology Unit. \nOur panel of experts\, including Cathy Cliff (Soil Association)\, Dr Samual Dicken (UCL)\, Tom Foster-Carter (Cherrypick) and Dr Yanaina Chavez-Ugalde (MRC Epidemiology Unit)\, will examine what ultra-processed foods are and their potential health implications\, and also discuss what policies and regulations could be implemented for ultra-processed foods\, and whether they should be. \nAfter the discussion the panel will answer questions from the audience.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/cambridge-festival-ultraprocessed-foods/
LOCATION:Old Divinity School\, St. Johns Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1TP\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Festival":MAILTO:cambridgefestival@admin.cam.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Seminar – The role of wearables and reproducible science in personalised medicine
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nThe role of wearables and reproducible science in personalised medicine \nDr Dan Jackson\, Newcastle University \nThis hybrid seminar will be held in the IMS meeeting rooms 1 & 2\, Level 4\, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Hospital\, Cambridge\, CB2 0QQ\, and online. \nRegister to attend online. \nAbout this talk\nDan co-founded the Open Movement platform (openmovement.dev)\, whose AX3 and AX6 devices have been widely used in movement research and population studies\, including the UK Biobank. This has underpinned his recent work focused on movement sensing with wearable computing\, including projects supporting people with conditions such as Parkinson’s and stroke. His other work involved systems to support exergaming and safe walking for people with degenerative conditions\, sensor-instrumented environments that assist their users\, video coaching\, reflection within counselling\, population weight-loss\, and nutrition. \nAbout Dr Jackson\nDan Jackson is a Senior Research Associate within the School of Computing at Newcastle University. After graduating Dan worked at Lexicle Ltd. to produce a state-of-the-art web-based 3D embodied conversational agent. \nNow based in Open Lab at Newcastle\, a cross-disciplinary research environment\, he works on the development of research systems and prototypes\, engineering solutions for projects that use a diverse range of technologies. \nHis primary research interests include human-computer interaction with a focus on the areas of ubiquitous/pervasive computing and technologies that support health and wellbeing. \nExplore past seminars\nAll MRC Epidemiology Unit seminars and events where slides\, audio or video are available can be found at www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/past-seminars/ \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/ \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-wearables-reproducible-science-personalised-medicine/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:MRC Epidemiology Unit Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="MRC Epidemiology Unit":MAILTO:contact@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240515T131500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240515T141500
DTSTAMP:20240510T145934Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar – Population nutrition: upstream/downstream - Prof. Pablo Monsivais
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nPopulation nutrition: upstream/downstream \nProfessor Pablo Monsivais\, Washington State University \nThis hybrid seminar will be held in Institute of Metabolic Science seminar rooms 1 & 2\, Level 4\, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Hospital\, Cambridge\, CB2 0QQ\, and online. \nIf attending online\, please register at https://mrc-epid.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqf-moqD4iEtOSgtPiXJanoInqfmdkhdG2#/registration \nAbout this talk\nIn this presentation\, Professor Monsivais will review two interdisciplinary projects aimed at identifying population-level determinants of diet and one project developing heart-healthy ready meals for use in research studies and interventions. \nAbout Professor Monsivais\nAfter doctoral and post-doctoral training in neuroscience and physiology at the University of Washington and University College London\, Professor Monsivais returned to the University of Washington to retrain in nutrition and public health in 2004. \nBetween 2007 and 2011\, he conducted behavioral and epidemiologic research on food choices\, diet and health at the UW’s Centre for Public Health Nutrition in the School of Public Health\, first as a postdoctoral fellow in behavioral sciences and then as an acting assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology. From 2011 to 2017 he was Senior University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Centre for Diet and Activity Research where he led a research group focused social and behavioral epidemiology. \nHe is currently an Associate Professor at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine based at Washington State University. \nExplore past seminars\nAll MRC Epidemiology Unit seminars and events where slides\, audio or video are available can be found at www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/past-seminars/ \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/ \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-population-nutrition-upstream-downstream-prof-pablo-monsivais/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:MRC Epidemiology Unit Seminar
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240825
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Diabetes Seminar 2024
DESCRIPTION:Cambridge Diabetes Seminar 2024\nWhen: Sunday 18 August to Saturday 24 August 2024 \nWhere: Clare College\, University of Cambridge \nCost: No registration fee\, no attendance fee; no accommodation fee \nClosing date for applications: Friday 15 March 2024 \n\nClick here for full information about CDS 2024 and how to apply\n\nAbout Cambridge Diabetes Seminar 2024\nThe Cambridge Diabetes Seminar (CDS) provides a unique opportunity for participants from a range of backgrounds including clinical\, research and public health\, to engage in discussion\, debate and collaboration on prominent issues in diabetes epidemiology. It aims to provide all those attending with a common goal to become better equipped in the epidemiological and public health aspects of diabetes and helps to foster international networks. \nA resident Faculty of international experts provide most of the lectures and take the tutorials. A visiting\, non-resident\, Faculty will give additional lectures. The lectures cover a broad range of subjects including the diagnosis\, classification and descriptive epidemiology of type 1 and 2 diabetes (and pre-diabetes)\, an introduction to field techniques and methodological problems of exposure measurement in diabetes surveys and the scope for prevention (primary\, secondary and tertiary prevention) of diabetes as well as the planning of intervention programmes. Other topics that are covered include the epidemiology of the complications of diabetes\, the principles and practice of screening and the evaluation of interventions. \nDebates are also held on hot topics within the diabetes field. Participants will give a short presentation of their ongoing research interests or about research they wish to plan. The Faculty are happy to provide informal feedback and friendly critique on the research proposals\, which can help to improve the work. \nThe numbers of places available for this training Seminar are limited. A selection committee will consider all applications and places offered will take into account candidates who are likely to benefit most from attending the Seminar\, also factoring in a fair distribution by country/world region. \nPlease note that places will not be based on a first come\, first serve principle\, so all applications submitted by the closing date (15 March) will be given equal consideration. \nAccommodation and Travel\nFull board single accommodation (with en-suite facilities) during the Cambridge Diabetes Seminar will be provided free of charge at Clare College\, which is where all the Seminar sessions will also take place. \nThose chosen for the course will be expected to fund their own travel to and from Cambridge. We recommend that you begin the process of securing funding for this as soon as you know if you have been accepted. \nThere are a limited number of travel bursaries available upon application for those eligible who cannot identify other funding. To qualify for a travel bursary please include a supporting letter from your supervisor\, Head of Department or equivalent\, indicating the amount requested with justification. Please note that for any travel support\, only economy class travel and maximal use of public transport for domestic travel is expected. The travel bursary\, if approved\, will be given after the seminar\, not in advance.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/cambridge-diabetes-seminar-2024/
LOCATION:Clare College\, Trinity Lane\, Cambridge\, CB2 1TL\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="MRC Epidemiology Unit":MAILTO:contact@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241120T131500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241120T141500
DTSTAMP:20241030T111443Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar - 20-minute neighbourhoods as an urban design concept to improve health and reduce health inequalities - Dr Jon Olsen
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \n20-minute neighbourhoods as an urban design concept to improve health and reduce health inequalities: reflections from Scottish and international context  \nDr Jon Olsen\, Senior Research Fellow\, MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit\, University of Glasgow  \nThis hybrid seminar will be held in Institute of Metabolic Science seminar rooms 1 & 2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Hospital\, Cambridge\, CB2 0QQ\, and online. \nIf attending online\, please register at https://mrc-epid.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsd-qurDIvG9IQKfrxyJL8fwsv1qHGzCD5 \nAbout this talk\nThe seminar will explore the potential of 20-minute neighbourhoods in promoting health equity through urban planning. This concept emphasises the creation of local living\, and amenity diverse and walkable communities where essential services are accessible within a 10-minute walk from home (and 10-minute return\, equating to 20 minutes). By prioritising active travel and reducing dependence on motorised transport\, 20-minute neighbourhoods and local living strategies have a range of co-benefits that encourage healthier lifestyles and more sustainable behaviours. \nThe seminar will draw on Scottish and international examples\, including a baseline assessment of the policy in Scotland\, a UK analysis of urban design\, density and travel behaviours\, and an international policy evaluation\, illustrating how the concept is being implemented and its potential to improve health and reduce health inequalities. \nAbout Dr Olsen\nDr Jon Olsen is a health geographer who leads the Mobility in the Urban Environment workstream within the Places and Health Programme at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. His research focuses on the application of novel geospatial approaches to exploring the impact of planning policy for health and urban mobility. \nExplore past seminars\nAll MRC Epidemiology Unit seminars and events where slides\, audio or video are available can be found at www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/past-seminars/ \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/ \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-20-minute-neighbourhoods-jon-olsen/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:MRC Epidemiology Unit Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250322T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250322T163000
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Festival - Fibre - what gets you going?
DESCRIPTION:How much fibre is in the food you eat? \nIn this drop-in interactive Cambridge Festival activity\, part of the open day at the Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology\, we’ll invite you to guess the fibre content of a variety of foods. \nWe will explain why dietary fibre is important for health\, and how scientists at the MRC Epidemiology Unit measure how much fibre people in the UK are eating\, as part of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey. \nWe’ll also bring our Fortune Telling Molecules activity\, where you can pick five cards\, spin the wheel\, and find out how analysing the fat molecules circulating in the bloodstream can help predict the risk of developing diseases such as type 2 diabetes. \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/cambridge-festival-fibre/
LOCATION:Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology\, Robinson Way\, CB2 0SZ\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cambridge Festival
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250325T210000
DTSTAMP:20260511T112635Z
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Festival - Promoting Play in Preschoolers\, why it matters for health and wellbeing
DESCRIPTION:This talk has been cancelled by Dr Hesketh due to unforseen circumstances.\nPlay is protected as a fundamental right for children by the United Nations (Convention on the Rights of the Child)\, but children in recent years are spending less time playing and more times with screens. \nThe types of play children engage in changes as they grow\, and in this online talk Dr Kathryn Hesketh will focus on play during the preschool period (0-5 years) including recent findings from her research. She will explore the different types of play children engage in\, and how play is linked to young children’s health\, development and wellbeing. \nShe will also discuss how we can support play for our preschoolers\, through fun and games for families. \nUnfortunately Dr Hesketh has had to cancel this talk due to unforseen circumstances.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/cambridge-festival-promoting-play/
LOCATION:Online\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cambridge Festival
ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Festival":MAILTO:cambridgefestival@admin.cam.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250403T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250403T190000
DTSTAMP:20250217T155408Z
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Festival - What does research tell us about maintaining a healthy weight?
DESCRIPTION:Live NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) webinar for the Cambridge Festival: What does research tell us about maintaining a healthy weight? \nHave you ever wondered why some people have a large appetite and never gain weight\, while others try to eat healthily but find it difficult to lose the pounds? Can health research unlock the secrets on to how to maintain a healthy weight? \nBeing overweight is a major health problem in the UK\, it is estimated 1 in every 4 adults and around 1 in every 5 children aged 10 to 11 are living with obesity. It can lead to health conditions such as diabetes\, heart disease\, problems with bone health and can increase the risk of some cancers. \nCambridge researchers are working to understanding how overweight affects our health and how we can maintain a healthy balance. \nHear from Professor Nick Wareham\, Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit\, Co-Director of the Institute of Metabolic Science\, Honorary Consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge and Dr Amy Ahern\, Programme leader & Principal research associate for the prevention of diabetes and related metabolic disorders in high-risk groups. The speakers will discuss their latest research\, and you will have a chance to put your questions to the team. \nProfessor Miles Parkes\, Director of the NIHR Cambridge BRC will open the event and will give an overview of how research takes shape on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. \nThis talk is aged for 16+ and all are welcome. \nRegistration is required\, book a free ticket online.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/cambridge-festival-maintaining-a-healthy-weight/
LOCATION:Online\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cambridge Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20251008T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20251008T140000
DTSTAMP:20251031T132524Z
CREATED:20250812T112232Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Customising Intake24 for your dietary intake research
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the webinar: \nCustomising Intake24 for your dietary intake research \nWednesday 8 October\, 1 PM – 2 PM (UK) \nWatch a recording of the webinar (YouTube) \nAbout this webinar\nIntake24 is an online\, automated dietary recall tool\, currently used in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey. Intake24 has been through a programme of updates to enable easier customisation for research projects and surveys. \nIn this webinar Polly Page and Toni Steer\, along with other members of the Cambridge Intake24 team\, will showcase features of the updated version of Intake24 and\, using some recent real life projects as case studies\, demonstrate what kinds of customisation are possible. \nThis seminar is aimed at those who are interested in adapting and using Intake24 in their research or survey programmes. \nRegistration (free) is required: https://mrc-epid.zoom.us/meeting/register/S8ZEmHkdRZC8uBXjce9-jw \nIntake24 was originally developed by Newcastle University\, initially with funding from Food Standards Scotland and is licenced under the Open Government Licence.  Intake24 is developed and maintained by Cambridge and Monash Universities. \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/customising-intake24/
LOCATION:Online\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:MRC Epidemiology Unit Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="MRC Epidemiology Unit":MAILTO:contact@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260326T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260326T180000
DTSTAMP:20260217T140001Z
CREATED:20260217T135942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T140001Z
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Festival – The cost-of-living crisis and the first 1\,000 days of life
DESCRIPTION:In this free in-person Cambridge Festival talk\, Dr Cara Ruggiero & Dr Marie Spreckley will share insights from the SPROUT study into the impacts of food insecurity during the first 1\,000 days of life. \nWhen: 26 March 2026\, 6 PM \nWhere: Old Divinity School\, St John’s College\, Cambridge CB2 1TP \nRegister to attend this event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-the-first-1000-days-of-life-tickets-1865386123109 \nOverview\nCome join us for this Cambridge Festival event at the Old Divinity School\, St John’s College\, where Dr Cara Ruggiero and Dr Marie Spreckley of the University of Cambridge will share insights from the Supporting Parental Responsive feeding for Optimal Understanding of Thriving Child Development (SPROUT) study. \nFood insecurity affects 26% of UK households with children and is associated with childhood obesity. Among children aged 4-5 years\, obesity prevalence in the most deprived areas is more than double that in the least deprived areas. \nThe first 1\,000 days of life represent a critical period for preventing obesity and promoting healthy growth. Responsive feeding\, defined as parents’ perception\, interpretation\, and appropriate response to child hunger and fullness cues\, supports appetite regulation and healthy development. However\, food insecurity may increase the likelihood of nonresponsive feeding practices. \nSPROUT is being conducted in partnership with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Healthy Child Programme. This presentation will discuss the lived experiences of parents and healthcare professionals to identify challenges surrounding food insecurity and infant feeding practices. \nFindings from this study have the potential to continue the conversation to inform health visiting practice\, public health guidance\, and policy\, ensuring that approaches are contextually relevant and feasible for families experiencing economic hardship.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/cambridge-festival-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-the-first-1000-days-of-life/
LOCATION:Old Divinity School\, St. Johns Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1TP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cambridge Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260602T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260602T130000
DTSTAMP:20260511T112505Z
CREATED:20260511T112505Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The power of metaphor in public health
DESCRIPTION:2 June 2026   12:00  –  13:00\nRegister here\nOrganised by PHI UK Local Health and Global Profits\nMetaphors matter. They are the conceptual tools through which we make sense of complex issues\, the causes of policy problems and the legitimate responses to these. We must reflect critically on the metaphors we use in public health policy\, practice and advocacy. This is essential to achieving the types of policy changes needed to address the most pressing public health crises of our time\, including the commercial determinants of health. \nUsing two case study metaphors\, this interactive session will provide an overview of the evidence of the role of metaphor in human reasoning\, decision-making and action\, with the aim of making this evidence relevant for public health practitioners. \nSpeakers\nDr Benjamin Hawkins\, Assistant Research Professor in the Social Sciences at IMS Epidemiology\, University of Cambridge\, and Work Package Lead and Co-Investigator at PHI UK Local Health and Global Profits. \nDr May van Skalkwyk\, Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Her research aims to explain how commercial actors influence ideas\, knowledge\, science and policymaking.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/webinar-the-power-of-metaphor-in-public-health/
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