Events & dates: guidelines & tech, alcohol & pregnancy, King's MSc Policy & Practice, European conference & SSA

Selected alcohol events and opportunities forthcoming in 2016/17:

Last Chance! Reducing alcohol consumption: guidelines, local government & digital tech

On Wednesday 12 October 16:30 – 19:30 in London, a UCL led event 'Reducing alcohol consumption: guidelines, local government and digital technologies' takes place. The free event will bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss the latest research evidence and research evidence gaps. See here for registration.

Alcohol and Pregnancy: A Free Seminar

A University of Stirling and Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) ‘Alcohol and Pregnancy’ seminar takes place at University of Stirling on 1 November 2016 from 09:30-13:00. Alcohol consumption in pregnancy is the leading preventable cause of childhood developmental delay. Bringing together research teams from across the UK, and with a keynote address from WHO-Europe, it will focus on the latest evidence on how to appropriately identify and prevent alcohol consumption in pregnancy, and future innovation in this field. Attendees must register via Eventbrite here.

MSc Module in Alcohol Problems, Policy & Practice at Kings College London

Kings College London are running a module on Alcohol Problems, Policy and Practice as part of the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies. The course is delivered via blended learning, with online materials from January 2017 followed by face-to-face teaching from 6-10^th February 2017 in London. The training programme allows expertise held by senior academics and colleagues to be imparted to early career researchers and the wider research, policy and professional community. With topics ranging from alcohol and pregnancy, alcohol marketing and brief interventions, aims of the module include:

• Enhance students’ understanding of research methods by focusing on current research in alcohol policy, practice and interventions
• Enable critical appraisal of evidence in alcohol interventions
• Explore the role and perspectives of key stakeholders including the alcohol industry and the role of media and marketing in alcohol use.

Further details here or if you're interested in attending this course, please download and complete this expression of interest form.

7th European Alcohol Policy Conference

A European alcohol conference, Alcohol and inequalities, and innovative approaches to implement alcohol policy. Hosted by the Slovenian Ministry of Health, co-organised by Eurocare. Day one explores the theme of alcohol and inequalities, whilst day two looks at 'innovative approaches to implement alcohol policy'. See the EuroCare page here or register at 7eapc.eu.

 

SSA 2016 Symposium

 

The Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) 2016 annual conference takes place from 10-11 September in York. Whilst mainly covering broader addiction and substance issues, speakers include Dr Jamie Brown on ‘The Alcohol Toolkit Study’: a national study of alcohol use in England, and Professor Susan Michie on 'Characterising intervention content in terms of behaviour change techniques'. See here for further details and registration.