Over 30 PIs and ECRs from South Africa, Jamaica, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and Brazil will be in Cambridge attending the Global Diet and Activity Research network annual meeting. This evening round table event at Wolfson College will comprise panel discussions with two of the Principal Investigators from Nigeria and Cameroon, Taibat Lawanson & Felix K. Assah, to take advantage of having such a global group of researchers together under one roof, and to expose and connect them and their work to a wider Cambridge audience.

This will be followed by an interactive discussion on multisectoral approaches to increasing access to health-enabling urban environments. Following the structured discussions, Wolfson will host a networking dinner, to stimulate interactions between visiting ECRs and a broader group of Cambridge ECRs, postgraduate students and the wider community.

Register for free to attend this event.

Speakers

Taibat Lawanson is Professor of Urban Management and Governance at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Her research focuses on the interface of social complexities, urban realities and the pursuit of spatial justice in Africa. She is well known for her inter-sectoral work which engages students, policy makers, local communities and civil society actors.

Speaking from an urban justice context, she will share her research on inclusive public space and physical activity, and participatory approaches to developing community resilience action plans in Lagos

Felix K. Assah is a Physician and Senior Lecturer of Epidemiology and Public Health at The University of Yaoundé I, and Deputy Director of the Health of Population in Transition Research Group, Yaoundé, Cameroon. His research interests are in the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, focussing on understanding the upstream determinants and changing patterns of lifestyle risk factors (diet and physical activity) in populations undergoing transition (urbanisation and westernisation).

He will share his experience working with adolescents in schools on their food and physical activity environments and exposures with a view of co-creating and promoting healthy behaviours in this vulnerable group

Details

Event programme:

17.30 – Networking drinks

18.00 – Talks and Q&A

19.30 – Networking Buffet with researchers from the Global Diet and Activity Research Network

Please note that reservations for the Networking Buffet close at 12.00 on Monday 17 October. Reservations are available on a first-come first-served basis.