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HRB Seminar Series in Population Health and Health Services Research

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Schedule

Tuesday 31 May 2011, Number 6, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

9.30-10.00 Coffee and Registration

10.00-10.15 Introduction - The Strategic Importance of Investing in PHR/HSR.
Enda Connolly, Chief Executive, Health Research Board

10.15-10.45 Key Areas for Investment by the HRB (2010-2014)
Dr Teresa Maguire, Head of Population Health and Health Services Research, HRB  

10.45-11.25 Increasing Research Capacity through Networks: an example from the Quebec Population Health Research Network
Professor Gilles Paradis, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (and CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Chronic Disease Prevention) 

11.25-12.05 Investing in Centres of Excellence
Professor Lawrence Moore, Professor of Public Health Improvement, Cardiff University and Director of DECIPHer UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence

12.05-12.45 Evaluating complex interventions using natural experiments and other methods: guidance for funders, producers and users of evidence
Dr Peter Craig Programme Manager, Population Health Sciences Research Network, Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, MRC, UK

12.45-13.45 Lunch and networking

13.45-14.25 Doctoral Training in Population Health and Health Services Research: the experience of the Irish HRB PhD Scholars Programme
Professor Hannah McGee, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland  

14.25-15.05 The Role of Research in driving Healthcare Improvement
Dr Peter Lachman, Consultant in Service Redesign and Transformation, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Associate Medical Director for Patient Safety at Great Ormond Street Hospital

15.05-16.00 Q&A/Discussion

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