Research Summit on Health-related Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (H-EDRM)

This upcoming two-day research summit is organized by the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) in collaboration with WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency & Disaster Risk Management Research Network. It aims to bring together researchers and experts to share knowledge and experience in collaborative efforts to promote research activities and practice in health-related emergency and disaster risk management.

The overall theme of the research summit is "Partnership in Action". We are pleased to have prestigious speakers from international health agencies, policy making organisations, research institutes and medical journals to share their insights and experiences with us.  The details of the research summit can be found below.

Date

9-10 July 2018

Venue

Lecture Hall, Y.C. Liang Hall, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 

Target audience

• Post-graduates (health and non-health sector)
• PhD candidates
• Early career researchers
• Experienced practitioners and policy makers with research responsibilit

Speakers

• Dr. Jonathan Abrahams | Disaster Risk Management Focal Point, World Health Organisation
• Prof. Emily YY Chan | Centre Director, Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC)
• Prof. Andrew Collins | Professor of Disaster and Development, Northumbria University
• Dr. Alistair Humphrey | Medical Officer of Health (Canterbury)
• Dr. Ryoma Kayano | Technical Officer, WHO Kobe Centre
• Dr. Selina Lo  | Consulting Editor, The Lancet
• Prof. Virginia Murray | Consultant in Global Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Health England
• Dr. Elizabeth Newnham | Research Fellow, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Selected topics

• Multi-stakeholder Approach for Health-EDRM
• Role of Academia in Health-EDRM: Form Information Synthesis to Evidence-Based Policy Implementation 
• Planetary Health for Health-EDRM
• Mental Health Research in Disaster Setting
• Opportunities and Challenges of Research for Health-EDRM 

Calling for Interactive Research Showcase 

It is an exciting opportunity for young researchers to present ongoing or completed research to a wide audience. It seeks to enhance research community, generate research interests and collaboration opportunities. Presenters will be given a maximum of 10mins to share their research in an open format (ppt, poster, video, etc.). 

Registration

Register online here by 8 June 2018. 

The event is supported by The Mok Hing Yiu Charitable Foundation and CUHK Research Summit Series.