WHO programme, Mon. Feb 22nd

All, The Health Society blog calendar has now been updated to reflect the programme of events taking place at the WHO, on Monday (Central European Time, of course!). Please click here to go straight to the calendar. Note – these events might be subject to change. Thanks, Faisal (on behalf of the trips teeam).

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Clinical lectures for those with an interest

For those interested in non-LSE lectures, I organise a series of clinical lectures aimed at pharmacists for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB, although I would be happy to extend an open invitation to any of those who wished to come. They are clinically focused, but it’s all public health, and I do not think that you [...]

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Lecture reminder – Julian Le Grand, Thurs 21st Jan, 4.30pm @ A550 (Graham Wallance Room)

A reminder that Julian Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the LSE, former senior health policy adviser to Tony Blair, and author of several pre-eminent books in the field of health policy will be giving a talk on Thursday afternoon this week entitled,”Patient Choice: Illusion or Solution”. Professor Le Grand no doubt [...]

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Lecture – Andrew Chidgey, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the Alzheimer’s Society, Tuesday, Jan 12th, 6pm @ room G108

Happy new year to you all! I hope you have had an enjoyable Christmas break and are feeling revitalised for the Lent Term! To kick-off proceedings, we are proud to announce that Andrew Chidgey, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the Alzheimer’s Society will be giving a talk entitled, “The Human and Financial Cost [...]

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Several lecturers confirmed for next term, including Julian Le Grand and Nick Barr

We are pleased to confirm there are now several lectures confirmed to take place in Lent Term, forming part of our lecture series, and case-study series, which will take a slightly different format. In particular, we are proud to confirm that Julian Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the LSE, former senior [...]

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Sir Michael Rawlins’ presentation now uploaded

For those of you that missed the rather excellent talk by the charismatic Sir Michael Rawlins of NICE, you can now download it in the ‘lecture series’ section of this blog. Faisal.

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The Pfizer Persective: Pharma Careers Club Event – Thurs, Dec 2nd, 6pm at Imperial College

Andrew Bayode, Commercial Director of Wyeth (now Pfizer), share his knowledge of the challenges faced by the Industry, perspectives on future direction, and career opportunities emerging. An Imperial MBA alumnus (2002), Andrew has been working with Wyeth since 1998; first as Senior Product Manager (Oncology, Gynaecology), then as Group Product Manager (Neuroscience), and now as [...]

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Social after the Symposium

The symposium is at 6pm (see post below) and then we are all heading over to the Knight’s Templar at around 8pm, join us for either one or both of Thursday’s events! A = Knight’s Templar

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Reminder – Symposium on ‘Financing Low and Middle Income Health Systems’, Thurs 26th Nov, 6pm at NAB 115

A reminder of the peer-run lecture on Thursday November, 26th, 6pm at NAB 115. Pizza will also be on offer as an incentive to lure those of you who are as yet, undecided. Following what we hope will be a rather informative and interesting lecture, we hope you will join us and get “Fettled” at [...]

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Public lecture – Sir Michael Rawlins, Chairman of NICE, Mon Nov 30th, 6pm, at NAB 107

Sir Michael Rawlins, chairman of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), will be giving a talk at the LSE on Monday, November 30th, at 6pm, NAB 107 (precise topic TBC). Sir Michael has been chairman of NICE since its formation in1999. He is also an Honorary Professor at the London School of [...]

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