This year SMaSH is holding its annual event jointly with us at CRESH. This free event is on the 26 March 2015 at the CoSLA Conference Centre, Verity House, Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh. The programme is below for your information and if you would like to register to attend please follow the link below to the online registration page. Please disseminate the details to anyone you think may be interested.
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26 March 2015 (10.00 to 15.30)
CoSLA, Verity House (19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh. EH12 5BH)
| PROGRAMME | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker |
| 10.00 | Welcome | Ellie HothersallConsultant Public Health Medicine
NHS Tayside Chair of SMaSH |
| 10.05 | Introduction and update from SMaSH | Ellie Hothersall |
| 10.20 | Introduction and update from CRESH | Rich Mitchell, Professor (Public Health), University of Glasgow and CRESH |
| 10.35 | Does our physical environment affect levels of and inequalities in active travel? | Rich Mitchell and Niamh Shortt, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Edinburgh and CRESH |
| 11.05 | Inequalities in air pollution across Europe; trends and implications | Jamie Pearce, Professior of Health Geography and Catherine Tisch, Research Assistant, University of Edinburgh and CRESH |
| 11.35 | Public Health Review: implications for the public health challenges of sustainability | Phil MackieScotPHN Lead Consultant |
| 12.00 | Lunch and Networking | |
| 12.45 | Health Of Populations and Ecosystems (HOPE) – ‘Focusing on future generations’.(www.planethope.org.uk) | Hilary GrahamUniversity of York |
| 13.30 | Forestry Commission Scotland’s health related work(Draft Title) | Kevin Lafferty, National Health Advisor, Forestry Commission |
| 14.15 | Discussion session: translating environmental public health research into practice | All |
| 15.00 | How can we better communicate about sustainability and health? | Ellie Hothersall |
| 15.30 | Questions and close | Afternoon chair |
