We are delighted to have welcomed Dr Fiona Godlee a medical doctor, editor, writer and campaigner to give our keynote lecture.
The lecture was complemented by a showcase from the Centre for Population Health Sciences, and a display of work from across the Usher Institute.
| 12:30 | Doors open: Registration / Lunch |
| | Usher Institute Showcase Stalls and Academic Posters display |
| 13:15 | Take your seats in main auditorium for Centre for Population Health Sciences Showcase & Annual Lecture |
| 13:30 | ONLINE EVENT BEGINS Welcome | Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh: Director, Usher Institute Showcase and keynote lecture chair | Professor Linda Bauld: Co-Head Centre for Population Health Sciences |
| 1335 | Centre for Population Health Sciences Showcase | Brief history of the Centre for Population Health Sciences | Professor David Weller | | Diabetes and COVID-19 in Scotland | Professor Sarah Wild | | Cancer screening, in Scotland and internationally | Dr Christine Campbell | | The problems of clinical prediction in older people | Professor Bruce Guthrie | | Supporting people to live with their asthma | Professor Hilary Pinnock | | Acute Care Edinburgh: an interdisciplinary group improving treatment and outcomes from acute illness | Professor Tim Walsh | | Health in Communities – a critical approach to public health for Year 1 medical students | Dr Helen Eborall | | Learning and teaching beyond graduation: continued connections with our PGT alumni | Dr Neneh Rowa-Dewar | Q&A |
| | Planetary Health at Usher | Professor Liz Grant: Director Global Health Academy / Assistant Principal Global Health |
| 1420 | Intro to keynote speaker | Professor Liz Grant |
| 1425 | Keynote Lecture | Dr Fiona Godlee | Why the climate crisis is a health crisis…and what we can do about it The world is heating up, and scientists estimate that, unless we can rapidly reduce carbon emissions, we are only 10-15 years from tipping into catastrophic climate change. Our health is already being directly damaged by air pollution from burning fossil fuels, and global heating is threatening our health and lives due to damaging climatic, environmental, economic, social and geopolitical instability. It is up to each and all of us to respond to this current and present threat to our own health and our children’s future. It’s going to be a huge challenge but there is much that we can and must do. In this lecture, Dr Fiona Godlee will share the climate science and the threats to health, and explore the actions we can all take to respond to this climate and health crisis. | |
| | Q&A - chaired by Professor David Weller: Co-Head of Centre for Population Health Sciences |
| | Vote of thanks | Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley: Dean, Molecular Genetic and Population Health Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School CLOSE OF ONLINE EVENT |
| 1530 | Refreshments and Usher Institute Showcase Stalls and Academic Posters display |
| 1600 | Drinks reception |
| 1700 | CLOSE |
