Upcoming Highlights at our September Conference
SSM Annual Conference Liverpool 15-17 Sept 2021
Last year’s Annual Conference was great. This year’s Liverpool-based virtual conference promises to be even bigger, better and more interactive.
Here is just a taster.
Working in a powerful partnership, our Liverpool team and Kate Hunt’s national SSM committee agreed on two simple objectives:
1. Showcase great population health research, and
2. Support the networking and development of every participant, – especially Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and Mid-Career Researchers (MCRs).
Over 200 researchers, young and old, will present their most recent work as talks and posters in themed sessions showcasing the best population science. (Scientific quality remains high, thanks to our world-leading SSM peer-review process). Each paper will be discussed in moderated Q&A sessions designed to maximise participant interaction and networking.
Conference participants will have many different opportunities to connect, interact and network with old and new friends, prestigious speakers, senior researchers and peers. Some interactive sessions will follow on from each plenary, poster and oral session; others will be interspersed throughout the conference. All will be tailored to the wide range of national and international participants now registering for the conference (Registration is open at this weblink)
On Tuesday 14th Sept, the entire day will be led and hosted by ECRs for ECRs, with sessions planned on Networking, Mutual Support, Mentoring & Improving the Research Culture for ECRs.
The COVID Pandemic has challenged us all, both personally and organisationally. It has also stimulated much scientific analysis and learning, as exemplified by our two stellar keynote speakers. The virtual conference will open with Professor Clare Bambra delivering the prestigious Pemberton Lecture entitled “Unequal Pandemic: Covid-19 and Health Inequalities”.
On the Friday, Prof Susan Michie’s equally prestigious Cochrane Lecture “Applying behavioural science to managing Covid-19” will consider the interactions between evidence-based scientific advice, politics and policy. Each talk will be delivered in “snackable portions”, interspersed with audience questions and facilitated discussion.
Additional high-quality learning opportunities will include a choice of three Expert-led Workshops on Developing and evaluating complex interventions; Lessons from Smoke-free homes research and Using Agent-Based Models for Health Improvement.
This is just a brief taster of some of the social and scientific snacks available in September.
Over the next few weeks, Dorina Cadar and her team will profile different speakers and sessions and provide further tasty morsels.
My advice? Register NOW while your manager/funder is in a good mood! (Registration weblink)
Chair of the local organising committee
