December 14th: Health Research Symposium

December 14^th, UCD Geary Institute

10.45 – 11.00: Opening Remarks

Colm Harmon, “Health Research”.

11.00 – 1pm: Health Economics and Health Policy

Sylvana Cote: "Short and Long Term Risk for Infections by Group Child Care Attendance: An 8-year Population-based Study"
Mark McGovern: “Angela’s Ashes to the Celtic Tiger: Early Conditions and Health in Ireland”

Alan Fernihough: “The Health of the Irish in the UK: Assimilation and Selection”

Peter Carney: "Moral Hazard, Health Insurance and Health"

1pm to 2pm Lunch

2pm -3.30pm: Well-Being, Health and Public Policy

Sarah Gibney and Michael Egan: "Overview of Irish SHARE Study"

Eibhlin Hudson: "Child Well-Being and Obesity"

Michael Daly: "Self-Regulation, Health and Well-Being"

3.30pm – 5pm: Suicide in Ireland: Learning from Loss Through Science, Art and Humanities

(Professor Kevin Malone, Lorna Sweeney, Leah Quinlivan, Seamus McGuinness)