To launch the new academic year we are pleased to announce a special lunchtime lecture from Dr Rosalind Stanwell-Smith. All staff and students are welcome. A Modern History of Public Health in the UK Dr Rosalind Stanwell-Smith MB BCh, FRCOG, FFPH, M.Sc, DHMSA, HonFRSPH Tuesday 1 October 12.30 -13.30 Cockburn Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, St Mary's Hospital Campus. London W2 Dr Stanwell-Smith trained in medicine, epidemiology and public health, serving in consultant posts at district and national level and has conducted epidemiological studies in reproductive health and infectious disease. Her water and sanitation research has gained awards, most recently for a historical dissertation on public toilets, which she finds always produces smiles – but feels the lack of these facilities is no laughing matter. She now works independently, including advisory appointments to water companies, deputy editor of a public health journal and an honorary senior lectureship at the London