Department of Primary Care and Public Health
Week Commencing: 25th October 2010
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PLENARY MEETING:
HENRY WELLCOME SEMINAR ROOM, 2.00 PM
GUEST LECTURE: Mindfulness, Meditation and Health, Professor S Wong.
This lecture is based on Professor Wong presenting the result of his research to date on this topic.
MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
Science in Health Public Lecture:
This lecture will be given by Professor Sian Griffiths from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor
Griffiths will explore how health in China is changing, from her experience of living and working in the
Westernised island of Hong Kong. The Lecture is being held on 28th October, 19:30 at Large Chemistry
Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Park Place. Please see attached for more information.
GriffithsPoster
Society for Genomics Policy and Population Health Conference: This one-day meeting will be
based on the theme of "Cutting Edge Genomic Advances", presented by scientists and social researchers.
The aim being to update participants with an excellent overview regarding present and future
developments in these cutting edge technologies, generating lively debate and exploring what they can
bring to The Society but acknowledging that there may be wider cultural implications. The conference will
explore new developments in genomic technologies. This includes presentations on synthetic biology or
‘artificial life’ and its uses for medicine and healthcare.
A talk will examine how the genome is used against pathogens to fight the old diseases that have often
plagued so many across the globe, whilst another will describe stem cell transplant and how this new but
rapidly advancing technology is bringing new treatments for previously untreatable disease. Through
dissection of the technologies, scientists will describe what is achievable and realistic, with social scientists
talking about the ethical, philosophical and legal implications of these innovatory technologies particularly in
relation to synthetic biology. As part of the audience you will be drawn into discussions and lively debates
with these leading scientists.
This conference is being held on 30th November 10:00 – 16:00 at National Council for Voluntary
Organisations, London, WC1H 9SN. Please see below further details and a programme. For further
information please contact Julie at julie.davies17@wales.nhs.uk
SGPPH
SGPPH Programme
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GENERAL ADMIN
Mobile Network Sharing Between T-Mobile and Orange: A network-sharing system that allows
customers of Orange to send text messages and make phone calls from the T-Mobile network, and vice
versa went ‘live’ on the 5th October 2010. All devices paid for by the University have been registered to
access this improved coverage. The handsets should have received a sim update, please ensure that the
sim updates are read and then deleted. Then switch the phone off and remove the battery for a moment
then switch back on again. This will ensure that the connection has gone through correctly and all the
menus are updated on the handset.
The system works by allowing users to 'roam' on the other network. Calls will be charged at exactly the
same rate as they would be on your own network, so there's no need to worry about an expensive phone
bill at the end of the month. The current network sharing agreement doesn't include 2.5G or 3G data.
Further information on the network sharing agreement between T-Mobile and Orange can be found at:
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/share/
https://kareena.orange.co.uk/share/
CMC Sports & Social Club: Purchasing has confirmed that it is suitable for MEDIC staff to use the CMC
Sports & Social Club catering facilities for the provision of tea, coffee and morning buffets. A menu for this
supplier can be found in the attachment.
CMC Sports & Social
IT
InsrvEducation IT training programme: INSRV would like to remind staff of the IT training courses
that are available. Bookings for the courses in the next few weeks have been very low and so several of
these courses have been cancelled.
There are Office 2007 courses available but we are continuing to offer training, particularly Microsoft
Access, for the 2003 version for those who aren't able to upgrade yet. Please refer to our current schedule
of courses for details of the courses currently available. There are also online training materials available
including ECDL which is a recognised qualification. We are also finalising details for Microsoft equivalent
certification tests that will allow us to offer a cost-effective package of testing in Word, Excel, PowerPoint
and Access along with electronic teaching materials to help you with the move to Office 2007.
To keep up-to-date with what we are offering check our web pages at http://www.cf.ac.uk/insrveducation or
have a look at our blog at http://blogs.cf.ac.uk/insrveducation where we post updates of interest for both
training and certification.
Please make sure that you complete a pre-course questionnaire when booking any training courses.
RMBF National Survey Request: The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund distributes nearly £1m annually
to doctors in difficulty and to their dependants. The survey below is seeking to discover:
- How many doctors know about the help RMBF can provide to colleagues and their families in times
of need,
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How accurate and up to date this knowledge is,
What RMBF needs to do to ensure the help we can provide is better known and understood.
For further information please contact Katie at katiepetty-saphon@medschools.ac.uk. Link to survey
www.mailcontroller.altohiway.com
National Research Ethics Committee: The committee have published the Ethical Review of Student
Research which provides guidance for students, supervisors and research ethics committees is attached for
information.
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General Announcements: Please note the following general announcements and releases,
CardiffMail-Web - Prompts for scripts from "International Business Machines Corporation"
(IBM)
As you are aware, during the next two weeks you will be receiving an upgrade to the CardiffMail system.
This upgrade will provide a new, improved look and feel, along with a number of other benefits which have
been advertised previously. When using CardiffMail-Web, we have been made aware of instances where
users get prompted to run/accept a script from "International Business Machines Corporation", or IBM. If
you receive these messages, then please refer to our help pages, in particular
http://mwehelp.cf.ac.uk/cardiffmail/cmfaqA.html#faqA8a which will guide you through the necessary steps.
Adobe 9.4 - force run release
A force fun release of Adobe 9.4 will be carried out on Thursday 4th November between 17:00 – 17:30.
Users will see Adobe Security patches being applied during NAL refresh (installation can take up to 15
minutes depending on network load). The update cannot be cancelled once it has been initiated.This work
is being carried out in order to address security issues with Adobe Reader. Departmental IT staff are
advised to check that the force run update has been applied beforehand to IT classrooms before any
scheduled IT classes commence.
OTHER INFORMATION
Christmas Lunch: We have had a good response for the department Christmas Lunch on the 17th
December in the New House Hotel. If you would like to be included in the numbers please confirm your
attendance to pcphadmin@cardiff.ac.uk.
Cardiff Half Marathon: Professor Morgan completed the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday after
returning from China on Saturday night. He is still accepting sponsorship towards the Dr Jack Matthews
Scholarship Fund and has pledged to match all sponsorship donations. Please bring any donations
in cash or cheque (payable to Cardiff University) to the Deanery offices, 2nd Floor Main Building.
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Neuroscience-themed Pub Quiz: The Cardiff Postgraduate Neuroscience Society would like to invite
you their next event which is being held on Thursday 28th October from 6:30pm at Graduate Centre,
Student Union. ALL WELCOME - students and staff, no matter what your academic background. Maximum
team size of five. All proceeds to charity. Winners will get two free bottles of wine and to choose the charity
to which the proceeds go to (from a list of neuroscience charities provided by the society).
Tickets can be purchased in advance from:
Ellen Murphy (Biosciences):murphyem1@cardiff.ac.uk
Julie Dumont (Psychology):dumontjr@cardiff.ac.uk
Sian Griffiths (CUBRIC): griffithsse3@cardiff.ac.uk
Debbie Knight (Heath): Knightdj2@cardiff.ac.uk
USS Consultation: You may now have received your copy of the information to members notice entitled
“Consultation on proposals for changes to USS”. In case there have been any delays in delivery.
These documents are also available now from the members section of the USS consultation website at
www.ussconsultation.co.uk . In addition, this website also contains other useful information including: a
question and answer database; an interactive modeller which you can use to assess the impact of the
changes; a video/animation explaining the changes and the opportunity to provide your response.
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Items for the Newsletter: If you would like to include a contribution to the newsletter, please email
pcphadmin@cardiff.ac.uk by Friday at 3.00 pm
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
Date
27th
October
19th November
Event
Wellcome Trust Visit: Professor Mark Walport
Postgraduate Research Day: Keynote speakers
Contact / Venue
Large Seminar Room, G/F Henry
Wellcome.
LewislMG@cardiff.ac.uk
Lewiskj2@cardiff.ac.uk
are Sir Michael Berridge FRS FMedSci who will give the
talk ‘My Life in Science’, and Prof Anthony Campbell,
the founder of the postgraduate research day, who will
give the talk ‘Life That Sparkles’.
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