The David Barker Commemorative Meeting Event

Time:: 09:30 - 17:00
Date:: 18 September 2014
Venue:: Lecture Theatre 1, South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital

For more information regarding this event, please email Sue Curtis at sc@mrc.soton.ac.uk .

Event details

David Barker, the Director of the Medical Research Council Unit in Southampton for 20 years, passed away suddenly in August last year. A Memorial Service was held in Romsey Abbey in November last year, at which we celebrated David’s life and achievements. This is a forward-looking, one-day scientific meeting to commemorate David’s work, at which we will explore the future of the science that he inspired. The David Barker Commemorative Meeting, which is being hosted by the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (University of Southampton) will take place in Lecture Theatre 1, South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital on Thursday 18th September 2014.

You can now watch a film of this event by following the link:

http://www.mrc.soton.ac.uk/the-david-barker-commemorative-meeting/

Please register for this meeting by the end of August 2014 (registration form available on www.mrc.soton.ac.uk )
Enter the Young Investigator Poster Competition and win the opportunity to give an oral presentation – Deadline for submission 8 July 2014.

Programme
The David Barker Commemorative Meeting
The Future of the Science David Barker Inspired

09:30 – 10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:00 – 10:05: Welcome from Professor Iain Cameron
10:05 - 12:15 Session One
10.05 - 10.10: Words from the Chair, Professor Alan Jackson
10:10 - 10:35: Mark Hanson: The birth and future health of DOHaD
10:35 – 10:50: Tom Fleming: The Embryo
10:50 – 11:15: Graham Burton: The Placenta
11:15 – 11:40: Michelle Lampl: Human Growth
11:40 - 12:05: Kent Thornburg: The Heart
12:05 – 12:15: Clive Osmond: Working with David
12.15 – 13.30 Lunch with Poster Display
13.30 – 15.15 Session Two
13:30 – 13:35: Words from the Chair, Professor Michael Arthur
13:35 – 14:00: Zulfiqar Bhutta: International Perspectives
14:00 – 14:15: Caroline Fall: Studies in India
14:15 – 14:40: Tessa Roseboom: The Dutch Winter Hunger Study
14:40 – 15:05: Johan Eriksson: The Helsinki Birth Cohort Study
15:05 – 15:15: David Phillips: Studies in Africa
15:15 – 15:35 Tea Break
15:35 – 17:00 Session Three
15:35 – 15:40: Words from the Chair, Professor Sir Eric Thomas
15:40 – 15:50: Young Investigator No 1
15:50 – 16:00: Young Investigator No 2
16:00 – 16:15: Keith Godfrey: Epigenetics
16:15 – 16:30: Cyrus Cooper: Bone Health
16:30 – 16:45: Sian Robinson: Infant Nutrition
16:45 – 17:00: Mary Barker: Mothers and their Diets
17:00 Concluding Words: Professor Cyrus Cooper