We are thrilled to now be able to take Get Britain Breastfeeding on tour, and would like the exhibition to engage as many children and young adults as possible. If you think your Strategic Health Authority or PCT will fund the exhibition to come to your area, please contact Alison Baum and we can take things forward together. With funding in place, we’d also be delighted to take the exhibition overseas.

Get Britain Breastfeeding heading to the University of Hertfordshire's Health Showcase...

Health and Human Sciences Research Institute Showcase
de Havilland Campus, 21-24 October 2008
www.healthshowcase.co.uk

Exhibition

The exhibition will be open from 6pm on Tuesday and Thursday to give you the chance to take part in interactive demonstrations, as well as to enjoy visual displays and films. The researchers will be on hand to answer your questions and you can take away material giving details of specific projects. Stands include:

Ultrasound scanning
The Hand Stand
Hertfordshire Intensive Care and Emergency Simulation Centre
Helping People Live with Illness
>From birth to adolescence
Understanding your eating
Health, Sport and Exercise
Towards Healthier Hearts and Blood Vessels
Psychology Research
FIT Science

As well as…

Get Britain Breastfeeding: We’re proud to welcome this acclaimed art exhibition to the showcase. Students of Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and the D&AD took part in a competition to design posters and postcards, which work towards challenging existing perceptions of breastfeeding in the UK.

Smiley Faces:  Do you know when someone is really happy?

Visitors to the Health Showcase will have the opportunity to participate with interactive demonstrations and a programme of short talks:

Tuesday 21 October

18.15 – 18.35
The causes of obesity: should we make them illegal?
Professor Robyn Martin, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care

18.15 – 18.35
Can taking Ecstasy once damage your memory?
Professor Keith Laws, School of Psychology

18.40 – 19.00
Drugs and the Web
Professor Fabrizio Schifano, School of Pharmacy

18.40 – 19.00
The psychology of Bond themes
Dr Mike Page, School of Psychology
20.15 – 21.00
The great weight debate: alternative views on overeating and obesity
Professor Julia Buckroyd: Director, Obesity and Eating Disorders Research Unit, School of Social, Community and Health Studies and Professor Ben (C) Fletcher: Head of the School of Psychology
20.30 – 21.00
Research in Hertfordshire that has made a difference
Professor Mike Kirby: Visiting Professor, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care

Thursday 23 October

18.15 – 18.45
Ballet Dancers Vs Swimmers:
Who’s fitter?
Professor Tim Watson presents the results of some intriguing research featuring elite ballet dancers from the Royal ballet and the English National ballet, and some of Britain’s most talented swimmers.

20.15 – 20.35
Schizophrenia and the Two Cultures of research
Dr John Done, Head of the Health and Human Sciences Research Institute
20.15 – 20.35
T-shirts on for an Arctic heatwave: field research on the global warming frontline
Dr Phil Porter, School of Life Sciences
20.40 – 21.00
Shaking hands with a serial killer
Professor David A Winter, School of Psychology
20.40 – 21.00
Living Longer, Living Better?
The Psychology of Later Life in Modern Britain
Dr Steve Davies, School of Psychology

The Short talks bookable at the event please let us know which night you are planning to attend

Tuesday 21 October Launch Event
Main event: Keynote lecture The Luck Factor by Professor Richard Wiseman at 7pm

Thursday 23 October Night Two
Main event: Hoodies into Goodies – a debate on tackling youth crime at 7pm



For further information or to book a place contact
Julie Huckle, 01707 284004
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or book online from the website www.healthshowcase.co.uk