ESRC Strategic Network: tackling obesity with Big Data, Seminar 2 – methods and models

• Where: Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, Old Press Site. University of Cambridge. CB2 1RX
• When: 16 March 2016, 09:00 – 14:00

This is the second of four seminars held by the ESRC Obesity Strategic Network, to explore how Big Data can best be used to understand and tackle obesity.

One Day Seminar Agenda

09:00 – 09:30 Registration and Refreshments

09:30 – 09:35 Welcome, Dr Pablo Monsivais

09:35 – 11:30 Seminar

• Dr James Woodcock, CEDAR & MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge & Dr. Robin Lovelace, School of Geography, University of Leeds presenting on ‘Modelling and visualising large and complex datasets to guide active travel policies: a case study from the Propensity to Cycle Tool’
• Dr Darren Greenwood, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine presenting on ‘Interpreting results from analysis with big data: examples from epidemiology’
• Prof Adam Drewnowski, School of Public Health, University of Washington presenting on ‘Big Data and the Obesity Epidemic’

11:30 – 11:40 Break

11:40 – 12:30 Panel Discussion

Facilitated by Dr Seraphim Alvanides, Reader, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Northumbria University Newcastle.

Including panel of seminar speakers accompanied by:

• Dr Sandy Tubeuf, Associate Professor, Academic Unit of Health Economics, University of Leeds
• Dr Daniel Lewis, Research Fellow, Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

12:30 – 14:00 Networking walk and Lunch

14:00 Close

Full agenda and booking at www.cdrc.ac.uk/research/march-2016/

For further information contact Michelle Morris m.morris@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 0883