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2007/08 IISH PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIES You are invited to attend a workshop on: Tuesday 27th November 3.00- 5.00pm The Russian Mortality Crisis and the Role of Alcohol Dr Susannah Tomkins (LSHTM), Dr Martin Bobak (UCL) and Dr S Goya Wannamethee (UCL) Russia's transition from a socialist to market-led economy was accompanied by a severe decline in the health status of the population. Between 1991 and 1994, life expectancy for men fell by over six years and for women by over three years. This dramatic decline was unprecedented both in Russia and in other industrialised countries. Alcohol consumption plays a far greater role in the mortality crisis than had previously been thought. Other factors such as increased psychosocial stress during the period could also have contributed to this mortality crisis. Britain has seen a doubling in the rates of alcohol-related deaths since 1991, although life expectancy has increased by over three years since then. This workshop is organised by the UCL International Institute for Society and Health, with three invited speakers. Dr Susannah Tomkins works on the `Izhevsk Family Study´, a case-control study investigating the risk factors for premature mortality in Russian men of working age, and a longitudinal study on alcohol and mortality in Russia. Dr Martin Bobak leads the HAPIEE Study (Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe), a multi-centre study assessing the effects of dietary factors, alcohol consumption and psychosocial factors on health in men and women in Russia, Poland, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic. Dr S Goya Wannamethee works on the British Regional Heart Study, a prospective study in middle-aged men drawn from general practices in 24 British towns, recruited in 1978-1980 and is one of the leading academics on the health effects of alcohol in Britain. Each speaker will talk for twenty minutes, followed by ten minutes of question and answers. There will be an open discussion at the end led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. This seminar will be held at UCL. RSVP seminar attendance by 23/11/07 (indicating any special needs and for directions to the seminar room) Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 020 7679 8249 Drinks & snacks at 5pm after the seminar. You may access an audio recording of past seminars at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iish/seminars.htm Jane Johnson Administrative Assistant Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL 1-19 Torrington Place London, WC1E 6BT T: +44(0)20 7679 8249 www.ucl.ac.uk/capabilityandresilience www.ucl.ac.uk/iish www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology