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Subject: Academics in healthcare consulting
Call for Papers / Conference announcement
ACCESSING GOVERNMENT
HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORAY PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF ACADEMICS IN HEALTH AND
SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY FORMATION
21 May 2005
University of Liverpool, UK
A multi-disciplinary conference, supported by the Phoenix EU Thematic Research
Network. Papers are invited on a variety of themes, including:
· The experience of academics in working with governments
· The role of 'special advisers' to governments
· How experts move between academic and governmental institutions
· The changing significance of academic 'independence'
· The language of expertise * how academics communicate
· How non-governmental organisations have influenced policy direction
· The political science of health and social welfare
Keynote speaker: Professor Dan Fox, President of the Milbank Memorial Fund
(former academic and adviser to American Federal Government agencies)
Please send a one page abstract, with contact details and a paragraph CV by
Friday 11 March to:
Dr Sally Sheard
Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine
Department of Public Health and School of History
University of Liverpool
Whelan Building
Quadrangle
Liverpool L69 3GB
UK
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This conference follows a 'witness seminar' on Friday 20 May. Participants to
include:
Professor Gunnar Agren, Swedish National Institute of Public Health
Professor John Ashton, North West Regional Director of Public Health
Raoul Briet, former French Director of Social Security
Frank Dobson, former British Secretary of State for Health
Professor Dan Fox, President of the Milbank Memorial Fund
Lord David Owen, former British Minister of Health, Chancellor of the University
of Liverpool
Constantino Sakellarides, former Portuguese Secretary of State for Health and
former Director of WHO-EURO
Professor Margaret Whitehead, University of Liverpool
There are a very limited number of 'audience' spaces available for the witness
seminar. Please contact Sally Sheard if you would like to attend.
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Dr Sally Sheard
Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine
Department of Public Health and School of History
University of Liverpool
Whelan Building
Quadrangle
Liverpool L69 3GB
tel:+44 151 794 5593
fax:+44 151 794 5588
email: [log in to unmask]
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Dr. Simon Carter
Dept. of Public Health & Policy
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
Tel: 020-7927-2089
Fax: 020-7580-8183
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