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SUMMARY:Fenland Study Public Meeting - Wisbech
DESCRIPTION:We would like to invite you to attend our Fenland Study Public Meeting at the Thomas Clarkson Academy in Wisbech on Wednesday 6 July 2016. \nThe first phase of the Fenland Study finished in 2015\, with more than 12\,000 volunteers from across Cambridgeshire taking part. Phase 2 is now underway\, and over the next 4 years we are sending invitations to participants who attended an initial Fenland Study visit between 2005 and 2015\, and who agreed to be re-contacted\, to return for a 2nd visit. \nTo mark these milestones we are holding a series of public meetings. This is your chance to hear about progress so far\, key scientific findings and our plans for future research\, as well as to meet study staff and researchers. \nThe event will comprise of a short presentation\, followed by a panel discussion where you will have the opportunity to ask the Principal Investigators questions about the study. \nIf you have a question that you’d like to ask the Fenland researchers\, please submit it when you register\, or email it to: Fenland-meetings@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk \nLight refreshments will be provided from 6:30pm\, with presentation and panel discussion will start at 7pm. \nThere is ample\, free parking in the Thomas Clarkson Academy car park. \nThis event is free to attend\, although you will need to register for tickets in advance as places are limited. To register please choose one of the following options: \n\nRegister on Eventbrite\, using the link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fenland-study-public-meeting-tickets-24491071454\n\n\nContact us via email (Fenland-meetings@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk) stating your name\, preferred date and how many places you would need for the meeting.\n\n\nCall the Fenland Study Free phone number on 0800 085 618\n\nIf you have any special requirements\, please let us know when you register your tickets.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/fenland-study-public-meeting-wisbech/
LOCATION:ACT Theatre\, Thomas Clarkson Academy\, Corporation Road\, Wisbech\, Cambridgeshire\, PE13 2SE\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Physical Activity Measurement Seminar 2016
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS TO THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED. \nOn behalf of the Organising Committee of the 8th Physical Activity Measurement Seminar\, we would like to invite you to join us at The Møller Centre in Cambridge\, UK\, for what promises to be an exciting event. \nFrom the 5th September –9th September 2016\, the MRC Epidemiology Unit will be holding its 8th seminar encouraging those who are interested or involved in the measurement of physical activity in the epidemiological setting to learn about the science and practical aspects of current techniques used in this field of research. \nThe primary objective of the seminar is to promote high quality field work in epidemiological studies through understanding of the underlying measurement principles and methods of data analysis. \nFor further information please see course pages.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/physical-activity-measurement-seminar-2016/
LOCATION:Møller Centre\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Cambridge\, CB3 0DE\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Seminar PA":MAILTO:pa-seminar@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160919T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160919T140000
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SUMMARY:Seminar – 19 September 2016 – Dr Francesca Cesari
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nScience publishing – behind the scenes at Nature\n\nDr Francesca Cesari\, Chief Biological Sciences Editor at Nature.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbout Dr Francesca Cesari\nFrancesca Cesari is Chief Biological Sciences Editor at Nature\, overseeing editorial content and management of the biological science section of Nature.  She has a Master with honours in Molecular Biology from University of Rome “La Sapienza”\, Italy\, and obtained her Ph.D. from the Institute of Cell Biology in Tübingen\, Germany\, where she also began her post-doctoral work. She completed her post-doctoral work at The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research Gurdon Institute in Cambridge\, UK. Prior to joining Nature she was a Senior Editor of Nature Reviews Molecular Biology and briefly worked at Nature Cell Biology as a Senior Editor. She was the Stem Cell and Development Editor at Nature for some years before her appointment to Chief Biological Sciences Editor in 2014. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-19-september-2016-dr-francesca-cesari/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Seminar – 19 October 2016 – Dr Ben Richardson
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nA Capital Appetite: The Political Economy of UK Sugar Consumption \nDr Ben Richardson\, Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nThe consumption of sugar is about more than its intrinsic sweetness. To explain why it is ingested in dangerously high quantities\, we need to appreciate its appeal to the businesses that supply and shape our collective diets. Whether suspending shelf-life\, modifying meal times or encouraging over-eating\, the properties of sucrose have been extremely useful in helping industrial food manufacturers subvert the natural and cultural rules governing what can be eaten\, when\, and in what quantities. This has been underpinned by supportive state policy governing sugar production and trade\, and light-touch consumer protection. However\, as the proposed soft drinks levy and post-Brexit agricultural reforms suggest\, this political settlement is not beyond challenge. \nAbout Dr Richardson\nDr Richardson is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. His research is focused on the political economy of food and agriculture. He is the author of Sugar (2015\, Polity) which examines the global politics of this commodity\, as well as articles on hunger\, farming\, and international trade policy. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-19-october-2016-dr-ben-richardson/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Don’t stop moving: is the digital world friend or foe in fighting a sedentary future?
DESCRIPTION:This talk is finished\, but you can download the slides from Professor Wareham’s presentation.\nPublic talk with Professor Nick Wareham as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas. \nSaturday 22 October: 3:00pm – 4:00pm. Faculty of Law\, 10 West Road\, CB3 9DZ \nPhysical inactivity is a 21st Century epidemic. We have created a world where we move less and we sit more – from our drive to work\, to our office desks\, to our evening spent on the sofa. Technology has had a clear role in this: fostering a shift away from manual work\, creating countless labour saving devices\, and building a world of the omnipresent display screen. Many of these changes have brought great benefits\, but they also create significant health risks that are spreading throughout the world. As well as the role of physical inactivity in weight gain\, a recently published MRC Epidemiology Unit-led analysis of data from the Europe-wide EPIC study estimated that lack of exercise may be independently responsible for twice as many deaths as obesity. \n\nBut could the technology that threatens us also come to our rescue? Recent years have seen digital innovations that are aimed at getting us moving again\, whether it’s a simple text message to prompt behaviour change\, or wearables technologies that measure and feed back on the user’s every movements and vital sign. Indeed\, we are witnessing the growth of a new movement\, “the quantified self” that seeks personal knowledge and self-improvement through tracking with technology. \nIn this Cambridge Festival of Ideas talk Prof Nick Wareham\, the Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit and Centre for Diet and Activity Research\, will examine what this technological change means for the individual\, and the implications all this data has for a quantified society. How do we capture\, process and make use of this data on a global scale? Can policymakers use this technology to nudge us back to a more active way of living? And what ethical implications does this create? \nRegistration is required to attend this talk\, and booking information is available on the Cambridge Festival of Ideas website.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/dont-stop-moving-22-10-16/
LOCATION:Faculty of Law\, 10 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DZ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161028T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161028T183000
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SUMMARY:Can the UK cook its way to better health? - Martin White
DESCRIPTION:Martin White\, Programme Lead for food behaviours and public health interventions at the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR)\, will deliver the sixth Worshipful Cooks’ Company Lecture\, ‘Can the UK cook its way to better health?’ on Friday 28 October 2016. \nMartin is a clinical academic\, trained in both medicine and public health\, with broad experience of public health research and practice\, and a national and international reputation for his research and leadership. He has an interest in developing research on the influence of the food industry\, the impact of social and policy interventions on diet\, and the population impact of individual level interventions. \nThe lecture is sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Cooks of London. The smallest of the livery companies\, it traces its origins back to the 12th century founded from two guilds of cooks in medieval London – the Cooks of Eastcheap and the Cooks of Bread Street. Today the Company’s present membership continues to include craft tradesmen\, and it engages actively with a broad range of organisations and charities associated with cooking. \nTo book a place at this lecture\, please visit: https://cookscompany2016.eventbrite.co.uk
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/can-uk-cook-way-better-health-professor-martin-white/
LOCATION:Old Library\, Pembroke College\, Trumpington Street \, Cambridge\, CB2 1RF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161102T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161102T133000
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SUMMARY:Seminar – 02 November 2016 – Dr Greg Welk
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nYouth Fitness Assessment and Promotion: Insights from the Evaluation and Dissemination of FITNESSGRAM Programming.\n\nDr Greg Welk\, Barbara E Forker Professor of Kinesiology at Iowa State University.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nThe FITNESSGRAM youth fitness program has provided schools with powerful tools to evaluate and promote physical fitness in youth. The evaluation of state and national data from FITNESSGRAM has also provided unique insights about health related fitness surveillance and school based physical activity programming. The presentation will summarize approaches and methods used to refine the criterion referenced fitness standards in Fitnessgram and the application of these standards to advance public health research on youth fitness. The presentation will also summarize insights on school physical activity programming gained through the evaluation of the NFL PLAY 60 FITNESSGRAM Partnership Project\, a large participatory research network of over 1000 schools \nAbout Dr Welk\nDr Welk is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Iowa State University. His research interests focus on the assessment and promotion of physical activity and fitness in different populations. He has conducted numerous studies on the validity and utility of different physical activity assessment tools and has also advanced youth fitness assessment and promotion through his role as the Scientific Director of the Fitnessgram youth fitness program. Dr. Welk is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)\, the Society of Health and Physical Education (SHAPE) and an inducted member of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK). \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-02-november-2016-dr-greg-welk/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Cambridge SciBar - Dr Nita Forouhi - Tuesday 8 November
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 7pm on Tuesday\, 8 November at Novi Espresso and Cocktail Bar on Cambridge’s Regent Street for a special SciBar event hosted by Cambridge British Science Association and Cambridge University Health Partners in anticipation of World Diabetes Day (14 November). SciBar brings interesting\, topical areas of science to the general public with scientific talks followed by lively discussion. \nMore than 3.5 million people in the UK have diabetes\, and treating the condition and its complications accounts for about 10% of NHS spending. As fears of the human and financial cost of diabetes grow\, a special event is taking place in Cambridge to reveal how advances in science may both relieve the pressure on health services and improve the lives of people with diabetes. \nThe free SciBar event on Tuesday 8 November from 7pm at the Novi Espresso and Cocktail Bar on Regent Street is hosted jointly by Cambridge British Science Association\, Cambridge University Health Partners and the University of Cambridge\, to mark World Diabetes Day. \nThe event will involve two talks from experts in their fields: \n\nDr Frank Waldron-Lynch will discuss how type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children\, whose treatment usually requires the injection of insulin several times a day to replace what the body cannot produce itself. Dr Waldron-Lynch will reveal how his research is aiming to develop innovative therapies that could one day eradicate the need for regular insulin injections or insulin pumps.\nDr Nita Forouhi leads a programme of research at the MRC Epidemiology Unit that aims to understand the association between diet and the risk of\, obesity\, type 2 diabetes and related disorders. Dr Forouhi will speak about how her research is helping to cut through the confusing messages about diet and nutrition and to focus on the dietary priorities for preventing diabetes.\n\nBaroness Helene Hayman\, Chair of Cambridge University Health Partners\, said: \nIn recent weeks\, reports have been published predicting one in 10 adults in the UK will be at risk of developing diabetes by 2035 and the number of people with the disease could top five million if obesity rates continue to increase. The impact of this ‘diabetes epidemic’ on our Health Services could be substantial\, with experts forecasting it could consume up to 17 per cent of the NHS budget. This is a serious issue which needs to be met head on through the collaboration of healthcare\, scientists and industry. \nAt our special diabetes event\, Dr Frank Waldron-Lynch and Dr Nita Forouhi will explain how new technology and knowledge can help reduce the number of new diabetes cases\, and help those with diabetes manage their conditions more successfully. Join us as we bring the science and research out of the labs and databases for a lively conversation  in a relaxed environment.” \nEntry is FREE and refreshments are available to purchase at the bar downstairs. Pre-book your place on Eventbrite – limited tickets available on the door.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/scibar-world-diabetes-day-dr-nita-forouhi/
LOCATION:Novi Cambridge\, 12 Regent Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1DB\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161109T133000
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SUMMARY:Seminar – 09 November 2016 - Adrian Bauman
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nIs it too early to stand up?  Has the epidemiological evidence for sitting and health changed?\n\nDr Adrian Bauman\, Sesquicentenary Professor of Public Health and Director of the Prevention Research Collaboration at the University of Sydney\, Australia.\n\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nFor the past 8 years\, increasing interest in the epidemiology of sedentary behaviour (SB) has fuelled academic efforts. Initial evidence seemed to suggest that SB was a new risk factor for chronic disease\, independent of physical activity.  Clear physiological mechanisms\, supported by experimental evidence\, were proposed to define the metabolic risks of prolonged uninterrupted sitting. As epidemiological evidence has accumulated\, nuanced changes in the evidence base have appeared\, such that sitting risk does not appear to be independent of physical activity. However\, some researchers and policymakers seem resistant to apparent changes in the evidence base. \nAbout Dr Bauman\nAdrian Bauman is the Sesquicentenary Professor of Public Health and Director of the Prevention Research Collaboration at the University of Sydney\, Australia.  He also leads the Physical Activity and Exercise theme in the Charles Perkins Centre\, a 900 person Institute at Sydney University.  He has a special focus on physical activity and public health. He co-directs the WHO Collaborating Centre on Physical Activity\, Nutrition and Obesity.  He is well-published in the scientific literature (and was named in the 2015 Thompson Reuter list of the most cited researchers).  He works extensively in public health research translation and scaling up research\, as well as in the areas of complex program evaluation and systems approaches to prevention. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-09-november-2016-adrian-bauman/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161117T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161117T140000
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SUMMARY:Seminar – 17 November 2016 – Dr Clare Llewellyn
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nGreedy genes: the role of appetite in genetic susceptibility to obesity\n\nDr Clare Llewellyn\, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health\, University College London.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, MRC Epidemiology Unit\, Level 3\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nThere is considerable variation in early weight gain\, despite the ubiquity of the ‘obesogenic’ food environment; some children gain excessive weight\, while others do not. Genetic susceptibility to the environment is thought to explain some of the variation in early weight gain\, with differences in appetite being implicated as the mediating mechanism\, so-called ‘Behavioural Susceptibility Theory’ (BST). BST hypothesises that children who inherit a more avid appetite\, and lower sensitivity to satiety\, are more likely to overeat in response to the modern food environment and to gain excessive weight. This talk summarises the role of appetite in early weight gain and eating behaviour\, using data from Gemini – the largest twin birth cohort ever set up to study genetic and environmental influences on early growth. \nAbout Dr Llewellyn\nDr Clare Llewellyn is a Lecturer in Behavioural Obesity Research at UCL’s Health Behaviour Research Centre\, and leads the Obesity Research Group. She is also an honorary Research Fellow at Liverpool University. After an initial career in the pharmaceutical industry\, Clare retrained as a Psychologist\, undertaking an MSc and PhD at UCL\, and post-doctoral training at UCL and King’s College London. Her research interest is understanding how genes and the environment interact to promote excessive weight gain in early life\, with a focus on eating behaviour. In 2007\, with Professor Jane Wardle she helped establish Gemini\, the largest population-based birth cohort of twins ever set up to study genetic and environmental contributions to early life growth. Clare currently leads the Gemini study. She is also a Trustee for the UK Association for the Study of Obesity\, and recently established their first London Regional Group. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-17-november-2016-dr-clare-llewellyn/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161214T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161214T133000
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SUMMARY:Seminar – Modelling cardiovascular and metabolic disease using transgenic zebrafish – Dr Marcel den Hoed
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nModelling cardiovascular and metabolic disease using transgenic zebrafish\n\nDr Marcel den Hoed\, Department of Medical Sciences\, Molecular Epidemiology and SciLifeLab\, Uppsala University.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nGenome-wide association studies identified hundreds of loci that are associated with cardiometabolic diseases and risk factors. For most loci the causal genes remain unknown. My group developed experimental pipelines that facilitate image-based genetic screens in zebrafish larvae by using: 1) the zebrafish’ well-annotated genome; 2) CRISPR-Cas9 based mutagenesis; 3) fluorescent transgenes and dyes; 4) automated positioning and imaging technologies; 5) custom-written image quantification pipelines. Results from dietary\, drug and genetic screens confirm that zebrafish larvae represent an opportunity to identify causal genes for cardiometabolic diseases and risk factors\, and increase our understanding of disease aetiology. \nAbout Dr den Hoed\nMarcel den Hoed completed his PhD on genetic and physiological aspects of physical activity and food intake regulation at Maastricht University (Netherlands) in 2009. He was then awarded a three-year Career Development Fellowship at the MRC Epidemiology Unit\, where he initiated and coordinated genome-wide association studies for heart rate and physical activity\, supervised by Ruth Loos. In 2012 he started a second post-doc at the Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)\, before initiating his own group at Uppsala University (Sweden) in 2013. His current research aims to translate GWAS findings into clinically relevant results using high-throughput genes in live transgenic zebrafish model systems. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-14-december-2016-dr-marcel-den-hoed/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170222T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170222T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T201621
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SUMMARY:Seminar – A life-course investigation of influences on physical inactivity stability and change: findings from the 1958 British Birth Cohort - Dr Snehal Pinto Pereira
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nA life-course investigation of influences on physical inactivity stability and change: findings from the 1958 British Birth Cohort\nDr Snehal Pinto Pereira\, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nThe seminar will focus on findings about influences on physical inactivity patterns in mid-adulthood using data from the 1958 British Birth Cohort. In this cohort\, leisure time activity frequency was measured with the same questions at 33y\, 42y and 50y. The talk will describe the stability and change in inactivity in mid-adulthood and then examine life-course influences on these inactivity patterns. Influences considered will be from early life and adulthood. The work highlights the importance of assessing activity within individuals as they age and allows for identification of vulnerable groups for whom action is needed to avoid future leisure-time inactivity. \nAbout Dr Snehal Pinto Pereira\nDr Snehal Pinto Pereira is a Research Associate at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. Her research interests include how events over a lifetime affect an individual’s risk of health and disease in mid-adulthood. She has a particular interest in physical activity research in a life-course context\, including both the determinants and consequences of physical activity and sedentary behaviour. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/dr-snehal-pinto-pereira/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170322T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170322T133000
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Food marketing regulation and childhood obesity prevention - Professor Amandine Garde
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nFood marketing regulation and childhood obesity prevention \n\nProfessor Amandine Garde\, Law & Non-Communicable Diseases\, School of Law and Social Justice\, University of Liverpool. \n\n\nMRC Epidemiology Unit Meeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 3\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nOver the last twenty years\, a range of studies have established that food marketing affects children’s consumption preferences and purchase requests. However\, in stark contrast with what has happened for tobacco products\, public authorities in the UK\, in Europe and beyond have been extremely reluctant to restrict the marketing of food high in fat\, sugar and salt\, preferring to rely instead on the self-regulatory commitments or ‘pledges’ of food industry operators. This reluctance to impose legally binding restrictions on food marketing\, particularly to children\, raises a range of questions which this talk proposes to focus on. \nAbout Professor Amandine Garde\nAmandine Garde is Professor of Law and founding director of the new Law & NCD Research Unit at the University of Liverpool. Her expertise lies in the role that legal instruments can play in preventing obesity and other non-communicable diseases. She regularly advises international organisations\, NGOs and governments worldwide\, and was a member of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Science and Evidence to the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity. \nBefore moving to Liverpool in 2013\, she lectured at King’s College London (where she obtained her PhD)\, at the Faculty of Law in Cambridge (where she was also a Fellow of Selwyn College)\, at the University of Exeter and at Durham University. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute in Florence in 2005-2006 and is also a qualified solicitor. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-220317-amandine-garde/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Effects of Macronutrient Distribution on Weight Change and Related Cardiometabolic Profiles in Healthy Non-Obese Chinese: A Randomized\, Clinical Trial
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nEffects of Macronutrient Distribution on Weight Change and Related Cardiometabolic Profiles in Healthy Non-Obese Chinese: A Randomized\, Clinical Trial \nProfessor Duo Li\, Professor of Nutrition\, Department of Food Science & Nutrition\, Zhejiang University\, China\n \nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus \nAbstract\nThis 6 month randomized controlled-feeding trial was conducted to determine whether the traditional low fat\, high carbohydrate diet is more effective than the higher fat\, lower carbohydrate diet at preventing obesity among a non-obese healthy population in China. The trial included 307 young adults aged 18-35 years with a body mass index of less than 28. It showed that the low fat\, high carbohydrate diet reduced body weight to a greater extent than a higher fat\, lower carbohydrate intake. \nAbout Professor Duo Li\nDr Duo Li is a Professor of nutrition in the Department of Food Science & Nutrition\, Zhejiang University\, China. He was a research fellow at Deakin University\, and a senior research fellow at RMIT University\, Melbourne. He is an Editor-in-Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition\, associate editor of the Journal of Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics\, associate editor of the Food & Function\, and has also served on numerous editorial boards. He is an expert consultant of FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Human Nutrition\, and WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Nutrition. He is a president of Asia Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society. One of his main research interests is to explore the role of dietary fat/fatty acids on human health. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”] \n  \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-200317-duo-li/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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CREATED:20170519T155856Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Risk scores\, risk communication and public health
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the Statistics Meets Public Health Seminar: \nRisk scores\, risk communication and public health\nProfessor Simon Griffin\, MRC Epidemiology Unit. \nHarrods Room\, Emmanuel College\, Cambridge.\n \nThis talk by Professor Simon Griffin will continue the new and unique seminar series on statistics and public health aimed for all audiences. Drinks\, nibbles and networking will follow the seminar. \nFree registration at: https://prof-simon-griffin.eventbrite.co.uk \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”] \n  \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-risk-scores-risk-communication-public-health/
LOCATION:Harrods Room\, Eammanuel College\, Cambridge\, University of Cambridge\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB2 3AP\, United Kingdom
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CREATED:20170523T125158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T131918Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Evidence and policy in public health: reflections from Public Health England
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nDr Felix Greaves\, Deputy Director\, Science and Strategic Information\, Public Health England.\nEvidence and policy in public health: reflections from Public Health England\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbout Dr Felix Greaves\n\nFelix is Deputy Director\, Science and Strategic Information at Public Health England and an honorary clinical senior lecturer in the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College. \nHe was previously clinical adviser to the Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health\, where he worked on developing national quality and safety policy. He also worked for the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Programme\, where he managed their project on improving patient safety education in medical schools and technology for patient safety. \nFelix trained at Oxford University (BA\, BM BCh)\, Harvard University (MPH) and Imperial College (MBA\, PhD). He was awarded a Knox Fellowship by Harvard University\, the Sir John Brotherston Prize by the Faculty of Public Health in the UK\, an Academic Clinical Fellowship by the NIHR\, and a Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice by the Commonwealth Fund. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-dr-felix-greaves-public-health-england/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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CREATED:20170621T132838Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Early Life Undernutrition Alters Cardiac Muscle Development Resulting in Reduced Physical Activity Engagement and Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by: \nDavid P. Ferguson PhD\, RCEP\, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology\, Michigan State University. \nEarly Life Undernutrition Alters Cardiac Muscle Development Resulting in Reduced Physical Activity Engagement and Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbtract\nAdults who were born with low birth weight are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease in adulthood. However\, little is known about the contribution of cardiac mechanisms to this increased disease risk.  Using a mouse model we evaluated cardiovascular function at the whole animal\, organ\, and cell level to determine the effect of a short episode of nutritionally-induced growth retardation on adult functional capacity following nutritional rehabilitation.  Interestingly\, mice that were undernourished development presented with reduced physical activity level engagement\, impaired exercise capacity\, and impairment in contraction mechanics of the heart. This phenotype is hypothesized to be due to alterations in the calcium kinetics of the contracting cardiomyocytes. \nAbout Dr David P. Ferguson \n\nDavid P. Ferguson has two distinct research interests. The first is how early life nutrition influences cardiovascular development as it relates to functional capacity in adulthood. It has been shown that children who are malnourished at birth have a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. The goal of his laboratory is to investigate the mechanistic changes that occur due to poor diet and propose therapeutic countermeasures to increase cardiovascular function and decrease mortality rates. The second area of research focuses on the physiological stress placed on automotive race car drivers and pit crews. He is working with NASCAR\, Indycar\, and Formula 1 teams to increase performance and safety of drivers and crew members. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-02-08-17-david-ferguson/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171018T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171018T133000
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CREATED:20171006T100718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171010T100855Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Global trade in food and agriculture and the risk of non-communicable diseases in low and middle income countries
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar:\n \nDr Anne Marie Thow\, Senior Lecturer in Health Policy\, University of Sydney.\n\nGlobal trade in food and agriculture and the risk of non-communicable diseases in low and middle income countries\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nTrade and investment liberalization has had far-reaching implications for food systems and nutrition. This seminar will examine the pathways through which trade impacts on nutrition\, with a particular focus on low and middle income countries\, and explore opportunities to improve policy coherence in an era in which public health policy space is increasingly constrained by international trade and investment agreements. \nAbout Dr Thow\n\nDr Anne Marie Thow is Senior Lecturer in Health Policy at the University of Sydney. Her research uses theories of public policy making to explore facilitators and barriers to best practice public health nutrition policy globally\, with a particular focus on the interface between economic policy and nutrition. Anne Marie currently collaborates on research in Asia\, Africa and the Pacific\, and regularly consults with international agencies regarding nutrition policy. Prior to her PhD\, Anne Marie worked for the Governments of Australia and Fiji on nutrition policy issues. She trained in nutrition and has a Masters in Public Policy. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-global-trade-ncds-181017/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171108T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171108T133000
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SUMMARY:Building your best day: combining compositional analysis and optimisation theory
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nProfessor Tim Olds\, School of Health Sciences\, University of South Australia\nBuilding your best day: combining compositional analysis and optimisation theory\nMRC Epidemiology Unit meeting rooms 1 and 2\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus \nAbstract\nThe foundational principle of behavioural epidemiology is that the way we use our time— physical activity\, sleep\, sitting\, social interactions — affects our health\, everything from asthma to eczema. Typically these studies have been done by regressing a health outcome (say depression) against a behavioural domain\, such as physical activity. However\, because time use data are co-dependent\, any change in time allocated to one domain must be matched by an equal and opposite allocation to the other domains collectively. This presentation will show some examples of the application of compositional data analysis (CoDA) as a new approach to time-use data. By combining CoDA with optimisation theory\, we can move towards specifying the best possible 24-hour day for any given health outcome or set of outcomes. \nAbout Prof Olds\nTim Olds is a professor of behavioural epidemiology at the University of South Australia. After completing a PhD in French Studies at the University of Sydney\, Tim went on to study exercise science\, receiving a second PhD in 1997. His research interests have been in mathematical modelling of cycling performance; population and sports anthropometry; secular trends in the sleep\, fitness\, fatness\, physical activity and food intake of children and adolescents; and the relationship between how people use their time and health. Tim has $27m in grants and 292 publications. http://people.unisa.edu.au/timothy.olds \n 
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-building-your-best-day-081117/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Seminar - The supermarket food environment and the promotion of healthier purchasing behaviour
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nDr Adrian Cameron\, Senior Research Fellow at the Deakin University Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE).\n\nThe supermarket food environment and the promotion of healthier purchasing behaviour\n\nMRC Epidemiology Unit meeting rooms 1 and 2\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nThe retail food environment is increasingly recognized as a key determinant of purchasing and eating behaviours. Large supermarkets are the major source of food for the majority of households and enjoy market domination in food/grocery retail expenditure in most high income countries. Here\, I will discuss several international audit studies of the supermarket food environment we have undertaken over the past five years as well as a number of controlled trials that we have conducted in Australia to use marketing techniques (involving product\, placement and promotion) to promote healthier purchasing behaviour in the supermarket setting. \nAbout Dr Cameron\n\nDr Adrian Cameron’s research is focused on improving the food environment to encourage healthy eating and obesity prevention. Together with colleagues at Deakin University’s Global Obesity Centre\, he is conducting supermarket-based trials to generate the evidence required to influence retailers\, advocates and policy makers. He has received several research awards for his work including the 2016 VicHealth Award for Healthy Eating and is a section editor for BMC Obesity. He is currently supported by grants and fellowships from VicHealth\, NHMRC and ARC. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-supermarket-environment-040118/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180118T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180118T133000
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Implications of Brexit on the effectiveness of the UK soft drinks industry levy upon coronary heart disease in England: a modelling study
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nEvi Seferidi\, Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit\, School of Public Health\, Imperial College London.\n\nImplications of Brexit on the effectiveness of the UK soft drinks industry levy upon coronary heart disease in England: a modelling study\n\nMRC Epidemiology Unit meeting rooms 1 and 2\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nApproximately a year after the implementation of the soft drinks industry levy\, the UK plans to leave the European Union. The trade arrangements that the UK will adopt after Brexit are likely to influence the price of food and food ingredients including sugar\, which currently follows European regulations under the Common Agricultural Policy. This could potentially interfere with the effectiveness of the planned soft drinks industry levy. We used the IMPACT Food Policy model to estimate the implications of Brexit on the price of sugar and the impact of the proposed soft drinks industry levy on cardiovascular mortality and inequalities in England. \nAbout Evi Seferidi\n\nEvi is a PhD student in the Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit\, School of Public Health\, Imperial College London. She has a background in nutrition with a particular focus on epidemiology and public health. Currently\, her research involves the evaluation of fiscal and trade policies to assess their impacts on diet and health outcomes using modelling techniques. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-brexit-soft-drinks/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180123T133000
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Pathways to healthy urban living
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nProfessor Mark Nieuwenhuijsen\, ISGlobal\, The Barcelona Institute for Global Health. \nPathways to healthy urban living\n\nMRC Epidemiology Unit meeting rooms 1 and 2\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nOver 50% of the world´s population is living in cities and this is expected to rise to 70% over the next few decades.  Cities are society’s predominant engine of innovation and wealth creation\, but also main sources of crime\, pollution\, and disease.   Partly due to poor urban and transport planning\, or the lack thereof\, we have cities that are too car dominated.  All the urban planning in the world seems for cars; People do not matter.  This has led to high air pollution and noise levels\, heat island effects and lack of green space and physical activity that are all detrimental to health.  For example\, a recent health impact assessment in Barcelona estimated that 20% of premature mortality was due to urban and transport related exposures.  Electric cars and/or autonomous vehicles have been mentioned as possible solutions\, but they are unlikely to be\, and solutions need to be sought elsewhere. \nA new long term visioning of healthy urban future is needed that bring health\, sustainability and livable at the forefront of urban and transport planning.  Systemic approaches to the current problems and e.g. a shift away from our grey car centric cities towards cities with more public and active transportation and green space are urgently needed. Collaboration between e.g. urban and transport planners\, environmentalists and public health professionals is essential to create healthy sustainable and livable cities. \nAbout Professor Nieuwenhuijsen\n\nMark J Nieuwenhuijsen PhD is a world leading expert in environmental exposure assessment\, epidemiology\, and health risk/impact assessment with a strong focus and interest on healthy urban living. He has experience and expertise in areas of all cause mortality\, respiratory and cardiovascular disease\, mental health and cognitive function\, cancer and reproductive health\, and exposure measurement and modelling of indoor and outdoor air pollution\, green space\, UV exposure\, noise\, temperature and physical activity\, using new technology such as GIS\, smartphones\, personal sensors and remote sensing. He is currently PI on the EC funded HELIX\, that examines the early life exposome and childhood diseases\, EC funded EXPOsOMICs that examines the air pollution and water exposome and health\, the EC funded PASTA study\, which promotes active transportation through sustainable transport\, and the EC funded BlueHealth project evaluating the relationship between blue space and Health. He worked at the University of California\, Davis\, USA and Imperial College London\, UK\, and is now professor at ISGlobal\, Barcelona\, Spain. He edited 3 textbooks on exposure assessment and environmental epidemiology and has coauthored more than 350 peer reviewed papers. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-pathways-healthy-urban-living/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180131T123000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180116T124210Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Dr Alison Tedstone
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nDr Alison Tedstone\, Chief Nutritionist Public Health England (PHE).\n\nTackling obesity in England: a policy journey\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\n\nAbstract\nIn the seminar I will reflect on the key steps in developing current policy on obesity\, with a focus on evidence to action including how evidence from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and Public Health England (PHE) was used. The importance of NGO’s\, academics\, media and other stakeholders as well as public opinion will be considered. The implementation policies that PHE is responsible for will be reviewed and what might be impactful in the future. \nAbout Dr Tedstone\n\nDr Alison Tedstone is Deputy Director with responsibility for diet\, nutrition and obesity in the Health Improvement Directorate of Public Health England (PHE). Her teams work areas include the National Diet and Nutrition Survey\, nutrient composition of foods\, scientific advice on nutrition (including the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition)\, and advice on nutrition and actions to improve diet\, including work underpinning the government’s Childhood Obesity Plan with the food industry to reduce the sugar\, salt and calorie content of everyday foods. The division also coordinates\, across PHE\, a programme of work aimed at tackling the nation’s obesity problem which supports national and local level delivery\, including actions aimed at improving systems leadership and addressing the environmental causes of obesity. \nAlison transferred with other nutrition colleagues from the Department of Health in 2013 and before that from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in 2010. Before joining the FSA\, in 2001\, Alison was an academic at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Alison completed post doctorate research in Oxford and is a registered public health nutritionist. \n  \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-dr-alison-tedstone/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Seminar - The Cambridge Sustainable Food Hub
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nDuncan Catchpole\, founding committee member of Cambridge Sustainable Food.\n\nThe Cambridge Sustainable Food Hub\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\n\nAbstract\nThis talk will be an overview of the project to create a sustainable food hub for the Cambridge area and the impacts it will bring about. As well as being a food distribution centre\, the Food Hub is being created with the intention of being a ‘working laboratory’ for testing new innovations and for studying the impacts of a Food Hub on the health of the local populace. The talk will include a report on the outcomes of the ‘Good Food for All’ workshop; a scheme designed to address food poverty and health inequality locally. The talk may help identify opportunities for research collaborations. \n  \nAbout Duncan Catchpole\n\nDuncan Catchpole is the founder and owner of the Cambridge Organic Food Co.\, and a founding committee member of Cambridge Sustainable Food; the organisation responsible for Cambridge’s inclusion in the Sustainable Food Cities network. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/cambridge-sustainable-food/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180221T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180221T133000
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CREATED:20171213T160450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180731T170300Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Why do policymakers seem to ignore your evidence?
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nProfessor Paul Cairney\,  Department of History and Politics\, University of Stirling.\n\nWhy do policymakers seem to ignore your evidence?\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\n\n\nWatch Professor Cairney’s presentation on our YouTube channel.\nAbstract\nThe Politics of Evidence-Based Policy Making challenges scientists to understand the policy process before they describe it as pathological and politicians as biased or ineffective. Policy studies are at the heart of such endeavours\, identifying the mechanisms of individual choice in a complex policymaking environment\, to explain the ‘evidence-policy gap’. Yet\, we cannot expect scientists trained in one discipline to retrain in policy studies. Instead\, we need to find a way to explain key insights in a way that captures their imagination\, identifies the payoffs to studying policymaking from a political science perspective\, and encourages them to learn more. I identify a three step plan. First\, show how policy theories explain the policy process and the role of evidence in it. Second\, identify the conditions under which evidence ‘wins the day’ in policymaking\, Third\, identify the profound dilemmas that arise when we seek to maximise the use of scientific evidence in policy. \nAbout Professor Cairney\n\nPaul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy\, University of Stirling. His research interests are in comparative public policy\, including: policy theories (Understanding Public Policy\, 2012)\, methods to study complexity (Handbook of Complexity and Public Policy\, 2015\, co-edited with Robert Geyer); the use of evidence (The Politics of Evidence Based Policymaking\, 2016); and public health policy outcomes in different countries (Global Tobacco Control\, 2012\, with Donley Studlar and Hadii Mamudu). He has been funded by the ESRC and Horizon2020 to research devolved policymaking processes\, focusing on areas such as preventive spending. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-policymakers-seem-ignore-evidence/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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CREATED:20180307T155659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180313T174151Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar – Gestational diabetes\, gestational hypertension\, mothers\, and fathers
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nAssociate Professor Kaberi Dasgupta\, McGill University and Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation\, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. \nGestational diabetes\, gestational hypertension\, mothers\, and fathers\n\nIMS level 4 meeting room 1 and 2\nAbstract\nGestational diabetes (GDM) is an established risk indicator for type 2 diabetes in mothers that provides a window of opportunity for diabetes prevention. We will discuss its associations with diabetes\, hypertension\, and cardiovascular disease\, both alone and in combination with gestational hypertension. We will review recent studies demonstrating its association with diabetes in fathers and diabetes in offspring. We will examine recent intervention studies in family-based diabetes prevention in the context of a maternal GDM history \nAbout Dr Dasgupta\n\nDr Kaberi Dasgupta is a physician scientist based in Montreal\, Canada. She holds operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research\, Diabetes Canada\, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada\, and the Lawson and Medavie Foundations. She and her team focus on self-management support in type 2 diabetes\, GDM\, and type 1 diabetes\, with an emphasis on health behaviour change and patient engagement. Her epidemiological studies in diabetes have informed the interventions that she has developed. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-gestational-diabetes-gestational-hypertension-mothers-fathers/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180412T123000
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Using fiscal policies to improve the food supply and demand
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nAssociate Professor Shu Wen Ng\, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \nUsing fiscal policies to improve the food supply and demand\n\nLecture Theatre 2\, School of Clinical Medicine\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nEfforts to improve overall nutrition and health outcomes as well as narrow the gap across subpopulations will require a spectrum of micro- and macro-level approaches. These range from regulatory policies to more “nudge-like” designs that changes incentives to encourage consumers to make healthier choices\, and the food/beverage industry to offer and promote healthier options. This talk will focus on fiscal policies as examples of how monitoring efforts\, model-based approaches and evaluation studies help us understand mechanisms to inform on public health nutrition policymaking and help set improvements on nutrition and health outcomes on an upward spiral for all. \nAbout Dr Ng\n\nDr Ng studies individual and household-level decisions about diet and activity behaviours made under monetary\, time and biological constraints\, within a broader environmental and policy context\, and their resultant health impacts (focusing on obesity and nutrition-related chronic diseases). Dr Ng is involved in several studies that use ‘big-data’ on household food and beverage purchases alongside dietary intake and nutrition databases. She has used these data to evaluate several voluntary industry initiatives\, as well as how regulatory policies such as taxation\, quotas or nutrition labelling may impact consumer purchases\, diet and nutritional outcomes\, and alleviate or worsen health disparities. \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-using-fiscal-policies-improve-food-supply-demand/
LOCATION:Lecture Theater 2 clinical school\, School of Clinical Medicine\, Addenbrooke's Hospital\, Hills Road\,\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SP
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Cardiovascular disease prevention in India
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nDr Shifalika Goenka\, Indian Institute of Public health\, Delhi\, and Head of Physical Activity and Obesity prevention at the Centre for Chronic Disease Control \nCardiovascular disease prevention in India.\n\nMRC Epidemiology Unit meeting rooms 1 and 2\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\n\nAbstract\nDr Goenka will start by discussing the public health challenges faced in India. This will be followed by an overview of some of the key initiatives/projects completed\, those being done by the Centre for Chronic Disease Control and how she is involved in it. She will conclude by highlighting potential opportunities for researchers at Cambridge and future collaborations. \nDownload Dr Goenka’s presentation. \nAbout Dr Goenka\n\nShifalika Goenka\, Associate  Professor\, Indian Institute of Public health\, Public Health Foundation of India\, Centre for Chronic Disease Control\, New Delhi. She brings with her a strong commitment to enhance population levels of physical activity\, decrease obesity and prevent non-communicable diseases especially cardiovascular diseases and diabetes through multi-sectoral\, multi-disciplinary and multi-level approaches.  She is working towards a Centre Of Excellence in Physical Activity. She wants health to be the litmus test in all local\, state and national policies. She believes that a supportive built environment can provides the triple boost towards health\, equity and the environment. \nOrchid ID : orcid.org/0000-0001-6993-2883 \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-india/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180620T123000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T201621
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Evidence for healthy and equitable population food policies
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nDr Kathryn Backholer\, Global Obesity Centre\, Deakin University\, Australia. \nEvidence for healthy and equitable population food policies\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\n\nAbstract\nPoor diet is a leading cause of disease burden in Australia and globally. Adults and children who experience greater socioeconomic disadvantage\, whether from a lower income\, education or from living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods\, are more likely to consume poorer diets. Population-wide\, or “Universal” policies are designed to affect all people regardless of risk or circumstances. These types of policies have the potential to influence overall population diets and health and also health inequalities.  However\, health equity effects depend on an impact for higher risk population subgroups in proportion to need. \nIn this presentation I will discuss our research examining the health equity impact of key population food policies. With a focus on price manipulation for healthy eating\, I will draw on a range of epidemiological studies to present evidence on how actions can be taken to rebalance the price of foods towards healthier options\, thereby improving population health and health inequities. \nAbout Dr Backholer\n\nDr Kathryn Backholer is a Senior Research Fellow within the Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE)\, a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Obesity at Deakin University\, Australia. She leads a research group that works to build the evidence to support the equitable prevention of diet-related ill-health through policy and practice\, with a recent focus on price manipulation for healthy eating. Dr Backholer is the Co-Convener of the Australian Public Health Association Food and Nutrition Special Interest Group and contributes to capacity building and food systems strengthening for the FAO and WHO in the Western Pacific region. \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-evidence-healthy-equitable-population-food-policies/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTAMP:20260403T201621
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SUMMARY:Seminar - Chris Holmes\, Shift Design
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar by:\n \nChris Holmes\, Shift Design\, UK.\nFood Behaviours – not a lot to do with food but pretty much a symptom of everything else\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus \nDownload Chris Holmes’ presentation\nAbout Chris Holmes\n\nChris heads up Shift’s Healthy Food programme\, developing products and services that catalyse changes in existing food categories that lead to better diets. The team are currently focused on fast food with programmes underway in Tower Hamlets\, Hackney and Birmingham. This work builds on the success of ‘Box Chicken’\, Shift’s development of a healthier fried chicken outlet. \nFollowing a 15-year commercial career in the food industry\, most latterly as Marketing Director for Kraft Foods (now Mondelez)\, Chris has spent the last 12-years applying behavioural science to a variety of social issues with a focus on public health. His particular interest is in childhood obesity and how to harness the competitive dynamics of consumer markets to deliver pro-social outcomes. \nWhen not being ‘Shifty’\, Chris can be found in the outdoors and\, with his partner\, is currently developing a love of sea kayaking with a view to one day touring the West Isles Whisky Distilleries by kayak. \nSign up for future seminars\nTo sign up for future seminars and/or other alerts please visit www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/subscribe/
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-chris-holmes-shift-design/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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