Presentation of 2012-13 MPH Research Projects

The presentation of projects from students from the 2012-2013 MPH class will take place on Thursday 19 September 2013 The project titles are:

1. Patterns of uptake of HIV testing in Sub-Saharan Africa in the treatment era
2. Impact of partial efficacious vaccines for influenza A
3. Mathematical modelling of HIV
4. Influenza vaccination and major adverse cardiovascular events in people with and without diabetes: a large retrospective cohort study
5. Cost effectiveness analysis of using a new rapid immune system test to streamline pathways for treatment  for patients with HIV
6. Tracking the transmission of MRSA in hospitals via antibiotic resistance profiles and analysis of patient movement in space and time
7. Investigating disease-associated mutations in pathogen genomes: a statistical approach
8. Primary health care oriented health systems  and health outcomes
9. Culturally appropriate health educational interventions among ethnic minority groups with type 2 diabetes in the UK: a systematic review.
10. The role of health diplomacy in UK- Brazil bilateral relations
11. Socioeconomic impact on non-communicable disease management in India
12. What effects have recent health system reforms in Turkey had on patient satisfaction?
13. Evolution of trauma pathway: analysis in health service improvement strategies
14. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the United Arab Emirates: a systematic review.
15. Exploring the role of leadership for health systems strengthening in the Gambia
16. Climate change: impact on health
17. Explaining antenatal health seeking behaviour: mapping cultural and logistic barriers and facilitators
18. Has children's access to NHS GPs decreased, and if so, why?
19. The use of Health Technology Assessment in Japan
20. Delivering improvements to COPD services across Northwest London: A Quality Improvement strategy. 
21. Does the increase in co-payments reduce total health expenditures or does cost sharing save money?
22. The assessment of a new screening tool and care bundle for diabetic foot
23. Investigating factors that may influence child birth weight or still births using HES maternity data
24. Sociodemographic variation in patient reported experience and implications for national hospital trust rankings: analysis of the 2011-2012 National Cancer Patient Experience Survey in England.
25. The use of consensus methods in understanding treatment patterns in oncology
26. Are smoking, drinking and drug use clustered in certain groups of English School children?
27. Evaluation of the NHS Health Check Programme in England
28. Educational interventions for improving the skills of medical practitioners to detect diagnose and manage patients with cognitive impairment and dementia.
29. Reviews of systems approaches to urban health
30. How treatment affects the dose dependent comorbidity between obesity and depression
31. A comparison of disability in people with restrictive and obstructive ventilatory defects in the GA2LEN follow-up study.
32. Impact of mortality alerts over 5 years
33. Socio-economic inequalities in access to GP extended opening hours
34. Patient and public attitudes to towards electronic health records (EHRs)
35. The primary prevention of food allergy: a systematic review of the evidence

All presentations will take place at Imperial College's St. Mary's Hospital Campus.