Archives by Tag 'health'
Census data workshop: migration & Longitudinal Study
TweetCensus data workshop: using migration data and the ONS Longitudinal Study Southend, 26 June Time: 10.30-16.00 (10.00 registration and refreshments) Date: Friday, 26 June 2009 Place: University of Essex, Southend Campus, Elmer Approach, Southend-on- Sea, SS1 1LW Booking and information: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/eventdetail.asp?id=2175 This workshop will include an introduction to the data services offered by Census.ac.uk and [...]
Family Resources Survey user meeting
TweetFamily Resources Survey user meeting Thursday 30 April 2009 Royal Statistical Society, London This meeting will provide a forum for data users and producers to meet and discuss new developments and exchange information about the Family Resources Survey. The meeting is free to attend and lunch is provided. For more details and to book a [...]
Poverty and Reproductive Health in Poor Countries: Issues, Measurement & Evidence
Tweet BSPS day meeting – Sponsored in collaboration with the ESRC Poverty and Reproductive Health in Poor Countries: Issues, Measurement & Evidence Venue: New Academic Building (NABL09), LSE Friday 29th May, 2009 Background The burden of out-of-pocket expenditure related to reproductive health service use remains largely unexplored in poor country contexts. [...]
BSPS meeting: Health & mortality using record linkage data in the UK
TweetBSPS day meeting: Health and mortality using record linkage data in the UK LG03, New Academic Building, London School of Economics 14th May 2009 Programme 10.30 Registration and Coffee 11.00 Introduction by the Chair 11.10 Marital history and mortality using ONS Longitudinal Study data, Emily Grundy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 3.50 Final [...]
‘The Multi-disciplinary Toolkit for Global Ageing’ – Univ. of Oxford
TweetOxford Institute of Ageing Spring School ‘The Multi-disciplinary Toolkit for Global Ageing’ University of Oxford 19-23 April 2009 Deadline for registrations: 2 April 2009 Download the updated brochure here: http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/system/files/SpringSchoolBrochure2009.pdf This four day school will address concepts and tools in demography, bio-demography, bio-medical research and practice, economics, sociology, health and policy. Special emphasis will be [...]
Reader/Soc. Sci. for Medical Humanities – Univ. Durham
TweetReader/Soc. Sci. for Medical Humanities – Geography – University of Durham The Centre for Medical Humanities and the Department of Geography seek to appoint a Reader in Social Science for Medical Humanities from 1st September 2009 or as soon as possible thereafter. S/he will be based for the first four years in the Centre [...]
Census workshop: health and ethnicity
TweetCensus workshop: health and ethnicity – using Samples of Anonymised Records and ONS Longitudinal Study Time: 10.00-15.45 Date: Thursday, 16 April 2009 Place: Level 3A/3B, Main Building, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB Booking: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/eventdetail.asp?id=2174 Rachel Stuchbury, Julian Buxton and Christopher Marshall from the Centre for Longitudinal Study Information and User Support (CelSIUS) will [...]
Conference and Workshop – Exploiting Existing Data for Health Research
TweetExploiting Existing Data for Health Research International Conference, 17-19 September 2009 Training Workshop, 12-16 September 2009 University of St Andrews – Organised by the Scottish Health Informatics Programme (SHIP) International Conference In 2007 SHIP hosted the first ‘Exploiting Existing Data for Health Research’ conference at the University of St Andrews. Designed for researchers and practitioners [...]
Well-being and Place – Int’l Conference, Durham
TweetWell-being and Place: an International Conference 7th -9th April 2009, Durham University, United Kingdom *Places are still available at this conference- registration deadline extended to 28th February 2009* Keynote speakers Andrew Simms, Policy Director, New Economics Foundation Professor Tim Blackman, Director, Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University Overview Over the last ten years the targets of [...]