UCC Master of Public Health Open for Applications
This 12-month online course will provide individuals from a
range of different professional backgrounds with academic and
experiential development in the theory and practice of public
health. It allows you to focus on key themes of public health:
Epidemiology ~ Biostatistics
~ Global Health
Health Promotion ~ Health
Protection
Closing date: 1st August
The Endgame Tobacco Control Workshop
Building capacity in tobacco control in Ireland and
Northern Ireland: the evidence, policy and
practice.
This workshop, hosted by the Institute of Public Health in
Ireland, focussed on strategies to bring an
end to the tobacco-related disease epidemic.
It was held on 5-6 June, Riddel Hall, Belfast and 9-10
June, The Gibson Hotel, Dublin, to encourage all-island
collaboration and shared learning.
Key speakers included:
Professor Allyn Taylor
O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law,
Georgetown University, Washington DC. Professor Taylor
was the senior legal adviser for the negotiation and adoption
of the Framework on Tobacco Control at the World Health
Organization
Florence Berteletti
Director, Smoke Free Partnership,
Brussels, Belgium. The Smoke Free Partnership is a strategic,
independent and flexible partnership between Cancer Research UK,
the European Heart Network and Action on Smoking and Health
UK
Professor Luke Clancy
Director General of the Tobacco Free Research
Institute Ireland and Consultant Physician, St James Hospital (Professor
Clancy's presentation)
For more information and the slides presented at the
event, click
here, and to see the programme, click
here.
E-cigarettes
The workshop involved an interactive poll where the delegates
voted before and after the presentation by Martin Dockrell, Public
Health England, on the topic of e-cigarettes.
Read Martin's presentation or
see the poll
results.
Professor Allyn Taylor, O'Neill Institute for National and Global
Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Professor
Taylor was the senior legal adviser for the negotiation and
adoption of the Framework on Tobacco Control at the World Health
Organization
Florence Berteletti, Director, Smoke Free Partnership,
Brussels, Belgium. The Smoke Free Partnership is a strategic,
independent and flexible partnership between Cancer Research UK,
the European Heart Network and Action on Smoking and Health
UK
Professor Luke Clancy, Director General of the Tobacco Free
Research Institute Ireland and Consultant Physician, St James
Hospital