Public Lecture Series 2008-09

    Marjorie Coote Memorial Lecture

    Thursday 16 October 2008 at 5.30 pm
    Lecture Theatre 3, School of Medicine, Beech Hill Road

    Professor Dawn Brooker, Bradford Dementia Group, School of Health Studies, University of Bradford

    "Whose home is it anyway? The quality of care homes for people with dementia"

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    Tuesday 11 November 2008 at 4.30 pm
    Lecture Theatre 6, Hicks Building

    Professor Malcolm Reed, Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield

    "Breast cancer in older women - bridging the evidence gap"
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    Tuesday 9 December 2008 at 4.30 pm
    Lecture Theatre 3, Hicks Building

    Dr Andrew Clark, Leeds Social Sciences Institute,, University of Leeds

    "Intergenerational social interactions in public places."
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    Thursday 15 January 2009 at 4.30 pm
    Lecture Theatre 6, Hicks Building

    Dr David Jolley, Honorary Reader in Old Age Psychiatry, Personal social Services Research Unit, University of Manchester

    "Sharing letters with patients and other things I have learned"
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    Tuesday 3 March 2009 at 4.30 pm
    Lecture Theatre 6, Hicks Building

    Dr Carol Holland, Department of Psychology, Aston University

    "Ageing well? A passport to healthier ageing"

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    Tuesday 21 April 2009 at 4.30 pm
    Lecture Theatre 6, Hicks Building

    Sue McLaney, Manager, Shelter, Sheffield Older Persons' Housing Support Service

    "Housing support for older people - successes and challenges (or floating support cut adrift?)"
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    Thursday 14 May 2009 at 4.30 pm
    Lecture Theatre 7, Hicks Building

    Dr Tom Downes, Medical Advisor to the Intermediate Care Joint Commissioning Programme Board, NHS Sheffield
    and
    Consultant Physician and Geriatrician, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    "Developing intermediate care: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"
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    The Marjorie Coote Lecture on 16 October 2008 will be held at 5.30pm in Lecture Theatre 3 of the School of Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hosptial, Sheffield.

    All other lectures will be held at 4.30pm in the Hicks Building on Hounsfield Road, Sheffield (see individual lectures for specific lecture theatre.

    If you would like to attend any of the above lectures, please let Helen Mason know. Email h.c.mason@sheffield.ac.uk. Tel: (0114) 2266849. Admission is free but places may be limited.