Presented by Dr. Clarence Tam, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Dr Tam will then have a 30 minute meet and greet with staff, students and faculty from 3:15pm - 3:45 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Title: : Surveillance and detection of potentially emerging health problems in the context of occupational multi-exposure

Speaker: Laurie Faisandier, PhD
Université Joseph Fourier, Genoble, France

Master of Public Health advisors, supervisors, faculty, students and alumni are invited to a meet and greet and practicum showcase. Meet the incoming MPH cohort and join the returning MPH students to hear about their exciting practicum summer projects.

RSVP to dawna.brown@ubc.ca.

Annual Fall dinner for SPPH students, faculty and staff. Details TBA.

Dr. Anneclaire De Roos, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington is a candidate for an MPH-funded faculty position. Her research presentation will be followed with a 30-minute meeting with staff, students, and faculty.

Title: BC firefighters' field study: measures of cardiovascular risk factors

Speaker: Tracy Kirkham, MSc, PhD candidate
UBC School of Population and Public Health

Who Should Attend?

Health and social service providers who want to increase their knowledge about viral hepatitis and improve prevention and care services

Workshop Objectives:

* To foster an appreciation of viral hepatitis as a significant health risk
* To increase knowledge about the care, management and treatment for those infected with and affected by viral hepatitis
* To provide opportunities for workshop participants to network with experts and peers about issues related to hepatitis prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
* To develop an understanding of the benefits and need for integrated hepatitis prevention and care at an individual and community level

Visit the BC Centre for Disease Control website for the program and registration.

This conference will showcase the breadth and depth of health data available to researchers, planners, academics and decision-makers, and provide excellent opportunities to share information and to expand the boundaries of our knowledge.

Deadline for Abstracts is May 2, 2011. For more details, visit the Statistics Canada website.

Wenqi will defend his dissertation, titled "Traffic-related air pollution, community noise, and coronary heart disease. His supervisor is Dr. Mike Brauer.

SPPH Faculty Meeting

Title: Methodologies for exploring life cycle environmental and human health impacts: a practical study of UBC's CIRS building and its office electronics

SpeakerS: Paul Teehan and Stefan Storey
Both are MASc, PhD candidates and Bridge Fellows, Resource Management and Environmental Studies, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC

This 1-day customized, interactive workshop will focus on developing effective professional writing skills.

Through a blend of lecture, discussion, hands-on practice and group work, participants will refine existing skills and add new ones to their repertoires to produce well-written documents and reports that convey information efficiently and effectively. By the end of the session, participants will have the tools they need to confidently edit and write business documents that are clear, concise and persuasive.

Title: Using wireless sensor networks for simultaneous monitoring of environmental and bio-medical data

Speaker: Marcin Marzencki, MEng, PhD
Post-doctoral fellow, CiBER Lab, Simon Fraser University