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2008 Public Health Agency of Canada Research Forum Agenda

NOTICE TO THE MEDIA - Friday, March 7, 2008

Monday, March 17, 2008

8:00 - 9:00

Opening Remarks
Dr. Robert Clarke, Assistant Deputy Minister PHAC
Dr. Frank Plummer, Senior Scientific Advisor PHAC
Dr. Gary Glavin, Deputy Director National Microbiology Laboratory PHAC

Plenary Session 1  - Social Determinants of Health/Health Inequalities

9:00 - 9:45

Mr. Jim Ball – Public Health Agency of Canada
Director General, Strategic Initiatives and Innovations Directorate, PHAC - Global Research - Canadian Context: Making a Difference on Inequalities in Health

9:45 - 10:15

Health Break

10:15 - 11:00

Dr. Ron Labonte - University of Ottawa
Inherent asymmetries: How the current direction of globalization increases health disparities and what can be done about it

11:00 - 11:45 

Dr. Daniel Keating - University of Michigan
Social, Developmental and Biological Determinants of Lifelong Health

11:45 - 12:30

Dr. Greg Taylor - Public Health Agency of Canada
Research into Action - Knowledge Translation

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch / Poster Viewing

Plenary Session 2 - Health Effects of Climate Change

1:30 - 2:30

Dr. Jan Semenza, European CDC
Public Health Response to Environmental Health Challenges

2:30 - 2:45

Health Break

5:00 - 6:00

Poster open house
(Cartier Salon, Albert Salon)