NIHR and MRC global health visit and workshop
| Dates: | 4 June 2024 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Talk |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health |
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| Who is it for: | University staff |
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| Speaker: | Kara Hanson, Victoria Swann O’Flynn |
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We’re delighted that Professor Kara Hanson (NIHR) and Dr Victoria Swann O’Flynn (MRC) will be joining us on campus to discuss funder priorities and upcoming funding calls for global health.
Kara Hanson is the first NIHR Programme Director for Global Health, and Victoria is the MRC Programme Manager for Interdisciplinary Global Health.
We’ll hear about funder priorities in global health research, with time for Q&A, followed by lighting talks to showcase some of the exciting global health research taking place across the university. There will be time for networking, and we'll end with table discussions about opportunities for collaboration, possible grant ideas and capacity building.
The event will be hosted by Professor Keith Brennan, as Vice Dean for Internationalisation in FBMH.
An indicative agenda is as follows:
- 13.00 Coffee on arrival
- 13.00 Welcome and overview of global health research at the University of Manchester, Keith Brennan
- 13.15 -13.35 Kara Hanson, NIHR Programme Director for Global Heath
- 13.35 -13.55 Victoria Swann O'Flynn, MRC Programme Manager for Global Health
- 13.55-14.15 Q&A
- 14.15 -14.35 Coffee break
- 14.35 - 15.15 Lightning talks from researchers
- 15.05 - 15.50 Workshop/table discussions
- 16.00 Close, Keith Brennan
If you would like to attend, please sign up using this link with the access code 3706.
If you have any questions, please contact Daniel Jameson (daniel.jameson@manchester.ac.uk) or Lauren Tempelman (lauren.tempelman@manchester.ac.uk) in FBMH.
Speakers
Kara Hanson
Role: Programme Director for Global Health
Organisation: NIHR
Victoria Swann O’Flynn
Role: Programme Manager for Interdisciplinary Global Health
Organisation: MRC
Travel and Contact Information
Find event
Dalton Room
Core Technology Facility
Manchester
