Cabot Annual Lecture and Research Showcase on Planetary Health
Great Hall and Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol
We are delighted to invite you to come along to our Annual Lecture and Research Showcase. Both events are free to attend and open to all. The Annual Lecture is ticketed and the Showcase is not ticketed.
Cabot Institute Annual Lecture 2024
Planetary health – striving for a healthy future for us and all life on earth
6 pm to 7:30 pm in The Great Hall. Tickets are available now!
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Our prestigious Annual Lecture will be on the theme of Planetary Health.
How can we safeguard the health of people and natural systems during times of unprecedented change? How can we achieve a healthy future which considers the wellbeing and equity of all life on earth?
The event will start with an introductory keynote talk from Sir Professor Andy Haines, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.
The panellists will be:
- Keynote: Professor Sir Andy Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Chantelle Lindsay, London Wildlife Trust and BBC presenter;
- Professor Federico Costa, Yale School of Public Health
- Dr Modi Mwatsama, Head of Capacity & Field Development, Climate & Health at Wellcome Trust
- Dr Gail Marzetti, SRE Director, Department of Health & Social Care
- Chair: Professor Rachael Gooberman-Hill, University of Bristol
Cabot Institute Research Showcase
The Research Showcase is open between 3:30 pm and 5:45 pm in the Reception Room. Please note last entry is 5:30 pm. No need to book, just drop in.
Join us for our second environmental research showcase event to learn more about the Cabot Institute for the Environment and how our research is contributing to identifying better ways to live within our changing planet.
Expect Planetary Health research highlights from academics from across our faculties and disciplines, who are striving for a healthy future for us and all life on earth. There will also be an opportunity to learn more about the research from our brilliant Master’s by Research in Global Environmental Challenges students.
Exhibitors include:
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Mrittika Bhattacharya - In the Land of Bonbibi: Resilience and Everyday Adaptations of the Women of Sundarban
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Drs Jumana Akhtar, Bryony Gardner and Emily Carr - Root traits that can help to prevent soil erosion
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Dan Milner - Predicting smallholder food security in a changing climate
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Dr Amy Penfield - Energy Resilience: Exploring the Cultures, Politics and Practices of Energy Access in Amazonia
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Ana Maria Nascimento Silva - Improved sanitation interventions to prevent urban leptospirosis transmission
- SCARE research team - Sanitation & Climate: Assessing Resilience and Emissions
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Leticia Mara Marca - Can we predict the impact of a local project?
Contact information
Please contact cabot-comms@bristol.ac.uk if you have any enquiries about these events.
These events are kindly sponsored by Bristol Collegiate Research Society.
About the Bristol Collegiate Research Society
The Bristol Collegiate Research Society is a charity committed to supporting an annual academic research symposium in the University of Bristol. The Society was founded in 1899 by a group of Bristol citizens who wished to assist University College Bristol gain a Royal Charter and become the University of Bristol.
Cabot Institute Annual Lecture
Cabot Institute Research Showcase