The 11th International Conference on Urban Health
| Dates: | 4 March 2014 - 7 March 2014 |
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| Times: | All day |
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| What is it: | Conferences |
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| Organiser: | Manchester Academic Health Science Centre |
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| Who is it for: | Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, University staff |
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Host: Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
About the event:
The University of Manchester will host the 11th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) at the Manchester Central Convention Complex between the 4th and 7th of March 2014. It will be the first time the conference - considered to be the world’s premier non - governmental forum for information exchange among urban health stakeholders - will be held on British soil.
Registration:
Please visit ICUH Website for registration and further details.
All University staff are eligible for the concessionary rate.
Speakers:
- Professor Sir Michael Marmot (Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity (Marmot Institute))
- Professor David Walker (Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England)
- Professor Martin McKee (Chair, International Scientific Committee, European Public Health Association)
- Professor Ilona Kickbusch (Director of the Global Health Programme, Geneva)
- Professor Johan Mackenbach (Chair, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands)
- Professor Jo Boufford (President, New York Academy of Medicine)
- Professor David Vlahov (Dean, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco)
- Professor Trevor Hancock (Co-founder, Healthy Cities and Communities)
- Alex Ross (Director of the World Health Organisation, Kobe Centre)
- Dr Agis Tsouros (Director of the Division of Policy and Governance for Health and Well-being, World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe)
- Dr Claudia Stein (Director of the Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation at the World Health Organisation Europe Centre)
- Professor Waleska Caiaffa (President, International Society of Urban Health)
- Professor Chris Webster (Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong)
- Professor Larry Frank (Director of the Health and Community Design Lab, British Columbia University)
- Professor Tim Townshend (Director of Planning and Urban Design, Newcastle University)
- Professor Jason Corburn (Director of the Center for Global Health Policies, University of California, Berkeley)
- Professor John Ashton (President of the Faculty of Public Health)
- Professor Kevin Fenton (Director of Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England)
- Professor David Morris (Director of the Centre for Citizenship and Community, University of Central Lancashire)
- Professor Mike Kelly (Director, Centre of Public Health at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)
- Professor Mark Dooris (Director of Healthy Settings Unit, University of Central Lancashire)
- Professor Dame Tina Lavender (University of Manchester)
- Professor Mukesh Kapila (University of Manchester, Former United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan)
- Professor Tony Redmond (Director of the UK International Emergency Trauma Register)
Travel and Contact Information
Find event
Manchester Central Convention Complex
Windmill Street
Manchester
