EUSPR Office The Fifth EUSPR Annual Conference and Members’ Meeting will be held at the Centre de Cultura “SA NOSTRA”, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca on 16th – 18th October 2014, with pre-conference workshops on the 15th October. Entitled: Is an ounce of prevention still worth a pound of cure? The economics and value of prevention. This year’s …
Coffee breaks Served throughout the pre-conference workshops and the main conference: Coffee and decaffeinated coffee, variety of teas, mineral water and assorted fruit juices. Assorted biscuits, pastries, and mini croissants Drinks Reception Day 1, 16th October: Assorted domestic cheese selection and guacamole with nachos. Cava (sparkling wine), beer, water and assorted refreshments Buffet lunches Coffee, tea, …
Name Statement Gregor Burkhart – EMCDDA, EU Dr. Burkhart has focused on inspiring and integrating the prevention research community in Europe. He was a founding member of EUSPR, and in addition to these efforts, in his role as Scientific Analyst for Prevention for the EMCDDA, Dr. Burkhart has documented prevention programming across Europe and …
Name Statement Nick Axford – Social Research Unit, UK I am a Senior Researcher at the Social Research Unit (SRU), Dartington, an independent centre in the UK specialising in applied research on child well-being and children’s services.I would really welcome the opportunity to serve on the EUSPR board and hope I can contribute …
Name Statement Andrew Brown – DrugScope, UK I have been a member of EUSPR since its creation and for the last two years it has been a privilege to be an elected member of the Supervisory Board of the EUSPR, to contribute to our debates and help establish the society. I am …
Name Statement Sanela Talić – UTRIP, SL Sanela Talić is a General-Secretary at the Institute for Research and Development “Utrip” since 2009 (full-time since January 2010) and a Head of Prevention since January 2010. Her main focus at the institute is drug addiction prevention in schools, families and community, prevention of other youth risk …
Workshop 2 – Economic analysis and the cost effectiveness of prevention – Introduction to Economic Evaluation of Health Care Interventions Dr Claire McKenna, Centre for Health Economics, University of York (UK) Dr Claire McKenna is a Senior Research Fellow in the Team for Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment at the Centre for Health Economics, University …
Pre-Conference Workshops, 15th October 2014 See the following link for further details of the workshops, including convener biographies and information on the SPAN bursaries for Early Career Researchers: Workshop 1 and 2 Details 1. Optimising behavioural interventions – the MOST model and understanding effective prevention programme components. We are very pleased to announce that workshop 1 will …
The Science for Prevention Academic Network (SPAN) has been awarded a grant by the European Commission Lifelong Learning programme (LLP) to support the establishment of a network of prevention scientists and educators across Europe. The project aims to improve the integration of prevention science in the higher education sector and to improve staff and student …
Deadline extended to 8th August 2014. We are very pleased to announce that we have just published the Call for Abstracts for our Fifth EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting. ‘Is an ounce of prevention still worth a pound of cure? The economics and value of prevention’ to be held in Palma, Majorca, 16 – 18 …