Programme
The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary conference on public health
The Annual Public Health Forum has been one of the main platforms on which the UKPHA has developed and expanded its work on health and sustainable development.
Interactive Abstract System
The UKPHA interactive abstract system is now available online. The system allows you to search and find papers from the 2010 conference by looking up a certain author, title or organisation, or view all abstracts in a particular session.
Keynote Speakers
Chris Gates
Executive Director PACE - Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, Colorado, USA.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot (by video link)
Chair of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health and Director of the International Institute for Society and Health. MRC Research Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London.
Sir Marmot joined the UKPHA Annual Forum opening plenary via a specially produced video for the conference delegates.
John McKnight
Co-Director ABCD - Asset-Based Community Development Institute, School of Education and Social Policy ‘Mobilising neighbourhood assets - The future of community health’ Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.
Norman Lamb MP
Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary
Call for Papers
Abstract submission for the UKPHA 19th Annual Forum will open in September 2010.
Arts and Health
As ever the Forum offered all that is best in networking, learning and leading edge thinking plus the creativity and inspiration which comes with our renowned arts and health programme.
The UKPHA Michael Varnam Health, Humanity and Environment Award
This award is presented annually by the UKPHA in recognition of the outstanding contribution to Health, Humanity and Environment made by Dr Michael Varnam, former UKPHA trustee, who died in 2006. The award recognises an approach to health and the environment, which is rooted in humanitarian principles, acknowledging projects and services that improve the environment for the well-being of future generations.