[DiGRA UK] Launch of the UCL IRDR Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies

[Wood, Caroline]

Hi,


Grateful if the following invite could be circulated to UK DIGRA members please.

Thanks in advance! Plain text file attached.


Best wishes,
Caroline
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Dr. Caroline Wood

Senior Researcher in Digital Health /
Coordinator for UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies

Please note my office hours are Mon-Thurs. I will reply to your email asap.

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Thursday 1st November 2018

UCL Engineering Building, Roberts LT G08

6.00 - 9.00pm

Register here<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-the-irdr-centre-for-digital-public-health-in-emergencies-tickets-50179367840>: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-the-irdr-centre-for-digital-public-health-in-emergencies-tickets-50179367840



Background: Recent health emergencies - including the SARS, Zika and Ebola outbreaks, and the Haiti and Nepal earthquakes - have unnecessarily taken thousands lives and cost the global economy billions. These events have shown the limits of current health systems; capacity and communities resilience to respond to emergencies at local, national and international levels. The Centre will bring together experts from UCL and external stakeholders, leading on interdisciplinary research, training and policy advice to improve global health through community engagement using mobile technology, and strengthen emergency preparedness and rapid response by real-time data modeling analytics and early warning systems.



Key Focus Areas:

Public health interventions and disaster risk reduction (DRR) using mobile technologies

Serious games and digital storytelling for health education and behaviour change

Citizens science, participatory surveillance and crowdsourcing for early warning systems IoT/sensors, big data modelling and machine learning, data science-driven preparedness and response to emergencies

Infectious diseases and public health education and community engagement

Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship decision support

Maternal and neonatal health and women empowerment before, during and after disasters



LAUNCH EVENT PROGRAMME:

  *   6pm- Opening by Prof. David Price (UCL VP Research)
  *   6.05pm- Prof. Peter Sammonds (UCL IRDR)
  *   6.10pm- Dr. Patty Kostkova (UCL IRDR Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies)
  *   6.15pm: Keynote speech by Prof. Virginia Murray (Global Disaster and Risk, Public Health England)
  *   6.30pm: Panel discussion with Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar (UCL Institute for Global Health), Prof. Virginia Murray (Public Health England), Prof. Julio Davila (UCL Development Planning Unit), Prof. Muki Haklay (UCL Extreme Citizen Science), Prof. Kate Jones (UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research)
  *   7.30pm: Closing remarks by Prof. David Lomas (UCL VP Health) followed by networking drinks reception in the Roberts Foyer


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