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In brief, this site provides a location for information on the public health research at the University of Canterbury and beyond.
Upcoming Event
We invite you to attend the next public health lecture, presented by Assoc. Prof. Barry Borman, from the Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University. Barry Borman has over 20 years of experience in applied epidemiology and environmental and occupational health, and has been directly responsible for or involved in the development, operation and evaluation of numerous health surveillance systems. From 2000 to 2008 he managed Public Health Intelligence (PHI), the epidemiology group of the Ministry of Health, New Zealand, which was disestablished in 2008.
Since 1987 he has been the director of the NZ Birth Defects Monitoring Programme (NZBDMP) and a member of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (ICBDSR).
Speaker: Barry Borman
Title: " The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good - Perceptions v epidemiology NZ case studies on the causes of birth defects"
Date: 29 May 2012
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Geography Building: Room 406
Just Concluded EVENT:
Lecture Title: "Geographical variations and trends in infant mortality in New-Zealand (1980-2008)"
Speaker: Professor Philippe Apparicio
Philippe is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherché scientifique (INRS) in Montreal, Canada. He works in the Urbanization, Culture and Society Centre. His main interests are Spatial analysis, GIS, remote sensing, spatial data fusion, dynamic and interactive mapping, quality of life within the city, environmental injustice and inequity, urban poverty, residential segregation.
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