Public health in the firing line
This is a public seminar on public health organised by the ACT chapter of the Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA).
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Abstract
Public health measures have been responsible for outstanding improvements in health, nationally and globally.
This presentation will outline what public health is, why it matters, how epidemiology plays a central role and why being in the firing line is a marker of success.
It will discuss the experience of being in the firing line and how to manage pushback from vested interests, such as the tobacco industry, on professional and personal levels, along with key future challenges.
Schedule
5:00-5:30 PM
Reception refreshments
Refreshments will be served from 5:00 pm for in-person attendees.
5:30-7:00 PM
Public seminar
The public seminar starts at 5:30 pm, with the live stream of it on Zoom to go live at 5:20 pm.
About the speaker:
Professor Emily Banks AM is a public health physician and epidemiologist with interest and expertise in chronic disease, tobacco control, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and healthy ageing. The main emphasis of her work has been on using large-scale evidence to identify actions to improve health and health care, at an individual and population level.
She is Head of the Centre of Epidemiology for Policy and Practice at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, an NHMRC Investigator Fellow, Chair of the NHMRC Health Research Impact Committee, Member of NHMRC Council, Deputy Chair of the Heart Foundation Research Committee and a Visiting Professor at Oxford University.
Location
Innovations Theatre, Anthony Low Building(Building #124), ANU
Or join via Zoom (please register here for details of the Zoom webinar)
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