Population Data BC is home to one of the world's largest collections of health care, health services and population health data. These data includes longitudinal, person-specific, de-identified health data on BC's four million residents, from 1985 forward.
Data currently available through Population Data BC includes data from: BC Ministry of Health Services, BC Vital Statistics Agency, WorkSafeBC, Human Early Learning Partnership, BC Cancer Agency, Perinatal Services BC and Edudata Canada (for linked data only).

Aimed at population health researchers this workshop will cover:
• Population Data BC and the role of the Researcher Liaison team
• The processes behind data access, a project’s life cycle
• Timelines, costs and budgeting
• Privacy and security requirements
• Resources to aid data access

A follow up workshop is planned which will focus, in detail, on how to complete a Data Access Request.

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Xiaohua Li
Visiting Professor
School of Political Science and Public Administration
Wuhan University, China

TITLE: New Health Care System Reform in China

THEME: Health Care Services & Systems

This presentation will analyze the background of the reform; policy and its characteristics; and challenges of the reform.

As part of UBC’s Celebrate Research Week, the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) will be hosting a presentation by Dr. Clyde Hertzman on March 4 from 10:00 to 11:30 at the HELP offices. His presentation, entitled "Early Child Development: from Cell to Society," will showcase HELP and highlight its contributions to ECD science, policy and mapping. Coffee will be served at 9:30.

Please register by sending the following information to help.events@ubc.ca:
• full name
• email
• organization/department
• professional capacity (ex. Student, researcher, etc.)

Celebrate Research Week is a week-long showcase of diverse events highlighting research excellence across UBC’s faculties, departments, schools and partner institutions.

Dissertation Title: Improving Public Health through Active Transportation: Understanding the Influence of the Built Environment on Decisions to Travel by Bicycle

Dr. Amanda Ward, SPPH Adjunct Professor and SocioBehavioural Researcher at the BC Cancer Agency, will be presenting on cancer survivorship at the BC Cancer Agency's weekly rounds on March 9. Dr. Ward will discuss the current state of survivorship research and practice and the implications
for care beyond the end of active treatment.

Community Oncology Network members can:
1. Attend in person by coming to a cancer centre
2. Connect by phone by dialing into the conference
Dial-in number: 604.707.4540; Passcode: 423515#
3. Connect by video link.

Registration cutoff is March 4 at 4 p.m.

An International Expert Symposium on Biomass Combustion and Outdoor Air Quality: Technology, Management, Exposure and Health Impacts
OBJECTIVES
1. To introduce new developments/advances in biomass combustion technology for heating and power generation, including discussion of emissions, regulations and technology certification
2. To provide a forum for discussing the lessons learned from programs to manage biomass smoke exposures and health impacts
3. To discuss state-of-the-art approaches to biomass smoke characterization and exposure assessment
4. To provide a critical assessment of our understanding of health effects related to biomass smoke
5. To assess the evidence of differential health impacts of biomass smoke exposure (and, where available, specific types of biomass combustion) vs. exposure to other sources of air pollution

Presenter Dr. Corinne Hohl
Research Scientist, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC
Emergency Physician, VGH

TITLE: Adverse Drug Events in the Emergency Department - A Hidden Epidemic

THEME: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Ron Barr
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, UBC
Canada Research Chair in Community Child Health Research at UBC
Director, Centre for Community Child Health Research, CFRI
Fellow, "Experience-based Brain and Biological Development" Programme, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

TITLE: Preventing Infant Abuse One Nurse-One Family-One Infant at a Time

BC is currently testing a province-wide implementation of the Period of PURPLE Crying, a primary, universal approach to preventing shaken baby syndrome and infant abuse. In this presentation, the rationale and scientific evidence supporting the feasibility of the program will be presented and initial results will be reported.

THEME: Maternal-Child Health

SPPH Faculty Meeting

Donna Barry, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Partners In Health, will speak at this free talk organized by the Terry Project, Help Hear Haiti (UBC coalition) and Haiti Solidarity BC.

Partners In Health and its partner organization, Zanmi Lasante, are leading health care providers in Haiti with a staff of 5,000. Their network of clinics serves some one million people in central Haiti. They also serve tens of thousands in the earthquake zone in Port au Prince. In partnership with the Ministry of Health of |Haiti, Partners In Health and Zanmi Lasante promote a model free, public health care.

SPPH's Global Health & Vulnerable Populations Theme, the Department of Pediatrics, and the Centre for International Health are jointly hosting a Grand Rounds presentation by Dr. Stanley Zlotkin, Professor, Paediatrics, Nutrition & Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto. The talk will be held at the GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre near Women's and Children's Hospitals. All are welcome to attend the live streaming of the talk at SPPH in Room B104 at 8:30 a.m.

LOCATION: Lecture Theatre Room 20, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, 4255 Laurel St., Vancouver
TIME: 8:30-9:30 a.m.
TITLE: "The use of science, innovation and partnerships to begin to control micronutrient deficiencies in
750 million children globally"
THEME: Global Health & Vulnerable Populations

Click here to view Dr. Zlotkin's talk (best viewed in Mozilla Firefox web-browser)