Thursday 21 January

Mill Lane Lecture Room 1

17.00-18.30

Balancing the Evidence: The Role of Judgement in Health Policy Decisions
Sir Michael Rawlins (National Institute of Health & Clinical Excellence)

Discussant:  Professor Sheila Bird (MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge)

Chair: David Spiegelhalter  (University of Cambridge)

Friday 22 January  

CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane

9..00-9.30

Registration

9.30-9.45

Welcome and introduction by Dr Tim Lewens

9.45-11.00

Drug Regulation

Key Challenges of Pharmaceutical Development, Regulation and Public Health
Professor John Abraham (Department of Sociology, University of Sussex)

Discussant:
Professor Deborah Ashby (Imperial College, London)

Chair: Dr Tim Lewens (University of Cambridge)

11.00-11.30

Tea/coffee break

11.30-13.00

Epidemics

Collaborative research on the spread of 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza – the experience of the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling
Professor Christl Donnelly (Imperial College, London)

How uncertain should I be?  – experiences from epidemiologic modelling
Dr Kari Auranen (Institute for Health and Welfare, University of Helsinki)

Discussant:
Professor John Edmunds (London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Chair: Dr Erika Mansnerus 

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.30

Policy

When is Cost-Benefit Analysis Morally Acceptable in Health Decision Making (And What Should We Do When It Isn't)?
Professor Jonathan Wolff (University College London)

Chemical and Physical Hazards in the Environment
Professor David Coggon (Chair, Committee on Toxicity, University of Southampton). 

Discussant: Dr Stephen John (University of Cambridge) 

Chair: Dr Tim Lewens 

15.30-16.00

Tea/coffee break

16.00-17.00 

Panel Discussion chaired by Professor David Spiegelhalter

17.00 

Reception