> From: J.Peters [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2001 11:50
>
> LAST FEW DAYS FOR REGISTRATION
> Geographic Information Sciences in Public Health - 2001
> First European Conference
> 19-20 September 2001
> Sheffield, UK
>
> CONFERENCE PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION DETAILS
>
> The above conference is the first of its kind in Europe and is
> specifically
> aimed at a public health audience. The conference will have wide appeal,
> reflecting the diverse nature of public health and will be of interest to
> people at the policy, information analysis and implementation levels in
> health authorities and agencies, local and national government, social
> services, environmental health agencies and academic institutions.
>
> Seventy papers will be presented in four parallel sessions under key
> themes within public health, which include:
>
> Communicable Disease and Environmental Health
> Planning and Policy
> Methods and applications in spatial analysis
> Geography, politics and health
> Health needs and health impact assessment
> Data protection, confidentiality and ethical issues
>
> The conference will be one of the most exciting public health events of
> the year and speakers include leading GIS academics and health
> professionals from the UK and across Europe.
>
> For the full conference programme and details on how to register, please
> visit the conference website
> { HYPERLINK http://gis.sheffield.ac.uk }http://gis.sheffield.ac.uk
>
> Please register early as the maximum capacity for the conference venue is
> limited to 250 and the event is receiving a great deal of interest. For
> further information, please contact Jane Shields:
> Tel. +44 (0) 114 222 0727
> Fax. +44 (0) 114 222 0791
> Email: { HYPERLINK mailto:[log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]
>
> Please forward this email to interested colleagues.
>
> We look forward to seeing you in September.
>
> Dr. Ravi Maheswaran (Chair)
> Dr. Christina Reuterwall (Co-chair)
> On behalf of the Conference Scientific Committee
>
> **************************************************
> Dr Jean Peters, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Postgraduate
> Admissions Tutor
> (Honorary Secretary for the Society for the Study of Human Biology (SSHB))
> Section of Public Health
> School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
> University of Sheffield
> Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK
> **************************************************
> Tel: 44 (0)114 2220680; Fax: 44 (0)114 2220791
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> **************************************************
> Visit the Public Health Section web site:
> http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/publich
> and the Society for the Study of Human Biology web site:
> http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~hungn/sshb.htm
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