Programme

ABSTRACT

Early Child Development Findings and perspectives from birth cohorts in Brazil Panel Discussion Professor Linnea Karlsson, Centre for Population Health Research, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Dr Ghattu V Krishnaveni, Senior Scientist & DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Senior Fellow, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, India Dr Alicia Matijasevich, Associate Professor, University of São Paulo, Brazil Dr H Brotherton, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK & Dr M Crespo-Llado, University of Liverpool, UK 1100 – 1130 Coffee & comfort break 1130 – 1200 Keynote Lecture 2 A Historical Perspective on Child Development The Shadow of Race Science & Eugenics Dr Angela Saini, Science journalist and author, UK Dr D Devakumar Institute for Global Health, University College London, UK 1200 – 1230 Keynote Lecture 3 Early child growth and development similarities across populations;differences across phenotypes and exposotypes Professor Jose Villar, Professor of Perinatal Medicine & Co-director of the Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, University of Oxford, UK Dr S Bhopal, Newcastle University & LSHTM, UK 1230 – 1315 Lunch 1315 - 1415 Group workshops Each attendee will be invited to select 2 sessions. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Global Links Workshop 11 RCPCH International Child Health Advocacy Working Group Dr Randall Waechter, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, St George’s University and WINDREF, Grenada, West Indies Dr Neelam Gupta, Consultant Neonatologist, Guys and St. Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Dr Adejumoke Idowu Ayede, Consultant Neonatologist and Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria Ruth Nalugya, National Coordinator, Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association, Uganda & Dr Cally Tann, Associate Professor, Global Newborn Health & ECD, LSHTM, London, UK Dr Amy Stevens, Public Health Registrar, Yorkshire and Humber School of Public Health, UK Dr Maria Crespo-Llado, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Professor Nihad Almasri, Professor of Paediatric Physiotherapy, University of Jordan, Jordan Dr Helen Brotherton, Consultant Paediatrician & Assistant Professor, LSHTM, London, UK Pavel Hrica, Director and co-founder, Cesta Von, Slovakia Dr Seb Taylor and Dr Marcus Wootton, RCPCH Global Links, UK ICHG Advocacy Group, RCPCH International Child Health Group Dr Maryke Nielsen, University of Liverpool, UK & Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust, Malawi 1415 - 1515 Plenary Session 2 Rescuing Child Development From Science to Interventions Lecture 1 Relational early intervention - Saving Brains Grenada Dr Christine Parsons, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark Mrs Olga Shaw, Program Manager, CESTA VON, Slovakia Professor Barbara Landon, Co-PI, Savings Brain Director and Director, Psychological Services, Centre, WINDREF, Grenada, West Indies Dr M Fernandes, Universities of Southampton & Oxford, UK & Dr Charlotte Lau, NHS Lothian Trust, UK 1515 – 1530 Coffee & comfort break 1530 – 1600 Keynote Lecture 4 Children of the Pandemic The Effects of COVID-19 on Family Life, Caregiving and Child Development Dr Tarun Dua, Unit Head, Brain Health, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland.