6 March 2009
King’s Health Partners hosted an international conference on 6 March 2009, discussing ‘Academic Health Science Centres: a revolution in healthcare?’
Presentations followed by question and answer sessions were given from a variety of healthcare and research experts from across the globe, within both public and private sector organisations.
The conference saw over 300 attendees from the UK and further afield, and was opened by Sir Alan Langlands, Principal and Chancellor for the University of Dundee. Other speakers throughout the day included representatives from US healthcare organisations and pharmaceutical companies as well as our own internal specialists in both research and clinical delivery.
The day ended on a positive, with a closing note from Ruth Carnall, Chief Executive for NHS London, whereby she gave her support to all the AHSC applicants, in what will be a positive change for the benefit of patients.
For all of you who were not able to attend the event we have made the presentations available for download, in order of conference session along with a promotional King’s Health Partners Video.
We hope to have the audio visual of the day up within the next week, so watch this space.
Conference downloads
Conference opening
View King’s Health Partners video (19MB)
Presentations by session
Bringing benefits of translational research to the local community
Dr Michael J Klag, MD, MPH
Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore - Powerpoint Presentation (9.96 MB)
Professor Graham Thornicroft
Head of Department of Community Mental Health, King’s College London - Powerpoint Presentation (16.9MB)
Professor Brian Salter
Co-director of Centre for Biomedicine and Society and Professor of Politics of Biomedicine, King’s College London - Powerpoint Presentation (0.3MB)
Fostering translational research
Professor Sir Alex Markham
Professor of Medicine, University of Leeds - Powerpoint Presentation (2.36MB)
Professor Gideon Lack
Professor of Paediatric Allergy, King’s College London - Powerpoint Presentation (4.6MB)
Professor Simon Lovestone
Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London - Powerpoint Presentation (1.79MB)
Professor Reza Razavi
Professor of Paediatric Cardiovascular Science and Head of the Division of Imaging Sciences, King’s College London - Powerpoint Presentation (19.3MB)
Professor Lucilla Poston
Head of Division of Reproduction and Endocrinology and Director of Maternal and Fetal Research Unit, King’s College London - Powerpoint Presentation (2.54MB)
AHSCs on the international stage
Sir Mark Walport
Director, The Wellcome Trust - Powerpoint Presentation (2.97MB)
Mr Andy Leather
Consultant Surgeon and Director of the International Development Unit, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Powerpoint Presentation (27.3MB)
Dr Richard Harding
Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London - Powerpoint Presentation (4.92MB)
Dr Melanie Abas
Clinical Senior Lecturer in International Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London - Powerpoint Presentation (6.57MB)
AHSCs and the Global Medical Excellence Cluster (GMEC)
Pauline Williams
Head of Academic Discovery Performance Unit, GlaxoSmithKline - Powerpoint Presentation (11.3MB)
Professor Frank Walsh
Interim Director of Research, King’s Health Partners - Powerpoint Presentation (3.26MB)
The challenges and opportunities of AHSCs
Dr Victor Dzau, James B Duke Professor of Medicine, Chancellor for Health Affairs and President and CEO of the Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina - Powerpoint Presentation (2.65MB)
