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Human and Life Sciences Events
Brain Awareness Week
March 16-22, 2009
The School of Human and Life Sciences is making another contribution to the annual Brain Awareness Week (BAW). BAW is a high-profile international activity coordinated worldwide by the charity ‘Dana Alliance for the Brain', in order to disseminate and popularise the outcomes of research on the brain. Two HALS research centres: the Health Sciences Research Centre (HSRC) and the Centre for Research in Cognition, Emotion and Interaction (CRICEI), with the help of the Roehampton Widening Participation Group, will be hosting a group of GCSE students from Chessington Community College, Christ’s School and Norbury Manor College for an afternoon of demonstrations in the neurobiology and cognitive psychology laboratories on March 18th. The guests will learn about research on Alzheimer’s disease, brain microscopy, electroencephalography (EEG) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
Through our annual contribution to BAW, we reach out to the community and disseminate our research carried out at Roehampton.
More about this year’s BAW and HALS contribution:
http://www.dana.org/brainweek/calendar/results.aspx?Country=UK
HALS contacts for BAW:
j.opacka_juffry@roehampton.ac.uk, (HSRC)
j.levy@roehampton.ac.uk (CRICEI)
"Health Futures: Incentives for Success"
Health Sciences Research Centre, 10th June 2008, 4.30 p.m.,William Morris Lecture Theatre, Whitelands College, Roehampton University
Speaker: Professor Nick Bosanquet, Imperial College London
Professor Bosanquet is a prominent figure in health policy in the UK. His current roles include:
• Professor of Health Policy, Imperial College
• Special Advisor on public expenditure to the Commons Health Committee
• Associate Consultant KPMG
Lecture Outline: The lecture will set out differing scenarios for health service development including options for consumer choice and deregulation. It will present evidence on the success of more pluralistic approaches involving competition and public/private partnership and it will illustrate how and why the axis of the health debate has shifted. A new range of options is emerging for dealing with the main 21st century challenge of improving service for people with long term conditions.
Refreshments will be provided.
For further information please contact Jolanta Opacka-Juffry
Email: J.Opacka_Juffry@roehampton.ac.uk
Tel: 020 8392 3563
3rd International conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Monday 14th July 2008 to Tuesday 15th July 2008, Whitelands College
Interdisciplinary conference to present and discuss the state-of-the-art information on various aspects of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
For more information about key speakers, registration and fees visit 3rd International conference on child and adolescent psychopathology.
Wednesday 12th December 2007, Room G070, Whitelands College, 1.00 - 2.00pm
“Self-regulation, frontal inhibition and autonomous nervous system - an integrative approach"
Stefan Suetterlin, Clinical and Health Psychology Research Centre, HALS, Roehampton University
Staff and Students welcome
Monday 3rd December 2007, Room G070, Whitelands College, 4.00ial medicine for HIV infection and other chronic-terminal illnesses”
Dr. Rupert Whitaker, Clinical and Health Psychology Research Centre, HALS Roehampton University, and
Biobehavioral Research Institute, San Francisco State University, California
Staff and Students welcome
Friday 30th November, 4.30 - 7.45pm
Lecture/Workshop: "Knowing and beyond transformation and healing through Dance therapy - The challenge and importance of holding the vision"
Dr. Marcia Leventhal, International Dance Therapy Institute of Australia
Staff and Students welcome
Wednesday 28th November 2007, Room G070, Whitelands College, 1.00 - 2.00pm
“Categorical Perception of Colour: A Neurophysiological Approach"
Ally Clifford, Psychology Department, University of Surrey
Staff and Students welcome