Public Health Wales Research and Evaluation Digital Conference 2021

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome and Introduction to Research and Evaluation across Public Health Wales – an overview
Iain Bell, Director of Public Health Knowledge and Research, Public Health Wales

09:15 – 09:45 Vaccine hesitancy in the Welsh population
Speaker TBC

09:45 – 10:15 Leading COVID-19 Vaccine Trials in Wales
Dr Orod Osanlou, Consultant in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and General Internal Medicine. Site Innovation Lead, Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Dr Andrew Freedman, Reader in Infectious Diseases, Cardiff University School of Medicine. Honorary Consultant Physician

10.15 – 10.45 Controlling COVID-19 through enhanced population surveillance and intervention (Con-COV): a platform approach
Ronan Lyons, Professor of Public Health, Swansea University and Health Data Research UK

10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:15 breakout sessions and networking

• Health Inequalities and Vulnerable Populations
• Health Protection, Screening and Genomics
• Public Health Messaging, Behavioural Change and Insights

12:15 – 13:00 Lunch /Virtual Market place

A chance to view posters, videos and infographics. Showcasing the latest public health research from across Wales.

13:00 – 13:20 Research for Patient and Public Benefit (RfPPB) and other funding
Rachel Evans, Bangor University, North and Mid Wales Lead, Research Design and Conduct Service (RDCS)

13:20 – 13:50 Patient Public Involvement and Engagement in Research: What is best practice?
Peter Gee, Senior Public Involvement Manager, Health and Care Research Wales

13:50 – 14:20 The future is now: Pathogen genomics to support the COVID-19 pandemic response and beyond
Tom Connor, Professor, Cardiff University & Public Health Wales

14:20 – 15:00 Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre: Introduction and examples of outputs
Ruth Lewis, Senior Lecturer, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, Bangor University
Chukwudi Okolie, Advanced Evidence and Knowledge Analyst, Observatory Evidence Centre, Public Health Wales

15:00 – 15:30 Harnessing real-time behavioural insights to inform COVID-19 response: the ACTS and CABINS studies
Richard Kyle, Deputy Head of Research and Evaluation, Public Health Wales

15:30 – 16:00 Assessing the impact of deprivation and ethnicity on COVID-19 cases in England
Dr Tullia Padellini, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London

16:00 Conference close