Public Health Research & Policy Development

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

14:00-15:30


48
Facing the Brain Drain and Migration of Health Professionals
Alexandra Monteiro, State University of Rio de Janeiro, and Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal, Aga Khan University, Pakistan

16:00-17:30


53
Communicable Diseases Research
Mohamad Haniki, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia

54
Evidence-Based Public Health Research
Volney M. Camara, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

55
Family Health
Michele Forzley, Widener School of Law, USA, and Sibel Mentese Jr., Hacettepe University, Turkey

56
Health Effects of Global Environmental Changes
Tao-Hsin Tung Sr., Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taiwan, and V.P. Fynn, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada, Canada

57
Health Systems Research
Jihad Makhoul, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and Alvaro H. Matida, Brazilian Association on Collective Health - ABRASCO, Brazil

58
Institutional Care Applied Research
Cara de la Cruz, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, USA

59
Long Term Care and Elderly Care
Joseph R. Fitchett, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

60
Strengthening Global Health Systems
Farshad Ghazalian, Azad University Tehran, Iran

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

12:30-14:00

14:00-15:30


104
Financing Global Public Health
Zigmond A. Kozicki, Ferris State University, USA

16:00-17:30


109
Applied Research in Chronic Diseases
Yiliang Zhu, University of South Florida, USA

110
Health Information Systems
William P. Brandon, Oman Medical College, Oman

111
Health Policy Research
Jean A. Shoveller, University of British Columbia, Canada

112
Human Rights, Health Rights and Ethics
Claire R. Brown, Griffith University, Australia, and Bettina Borisch, CMU/IMSP, Switzerland

113
Research on Human Resources in Health
Leslie Nickels, University of Illinois-Chicago, USA, and Alena Petrakova, World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland

114
School Health
Bosiljka Djikanovic, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, and Claudia Garcia Serpa Osorio-de-Castro, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil

115
Social Aspects and Health Behavior
Heidol Lysol, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

116
Supporting Local Health Communities
Ahmad Sharif-Yakan, Lebanese Medical Student International Committee, USA

Thursday, April 30, 2009

14:00-15:30


161
Building Capacity for Applied Research
Maria Lúcia Teixeira Garcia, Professor, Brazil

162
Global Governance for Health Development
Dooso Radido, Moi University School of Medicine, Kenya, and Imran Arain, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, The UK, United Kingdom

16:00-17:30


167
Child and Adolescent Health Research
Russell Morgan, SPRY Foundation, USA, and Mohammad Al-Motlaq, Monash University, Australia

168
Demographic Change and Public Health
Amy Hagopian, University of Washington, USA

169
Health Promotion and Behavioral Aspects
Paul L. Ranelli, University of Minnesota, USA

170
International Health Cooperation and Regulation
Arja R. Aro, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, and Jiming Cai, Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, China

171
Issues in School and Occupational Health
Apryl Brown, Detroit Medical Reserve Corps, USA, and Jirair Ratevosian, Physicians for Human Rights, USA

172
MCH & Reproductive Health Research
Vijaya K. Hogan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

173
Nutritional Research
Habeeb Ibrahim Abdul Razack, Sikkim Manipal University, India

174
Social Determinants of Health
Corina-Aurelia Zugravu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

Friday, May 1, 2009

14:00-15:30


198
Disaster Preparedness and Management
Anuj Kapilashrami, Institute for International Health and Development, Scotland

199
Health and Geopolitics
Andre Pereira Neto, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil, and Claire R. Brown, Griffith University, Australia