Program

Time Speaker and presentation title
9:00am Gary Needle - Chief of Planning and Performance, Hamad Medical Corporation - Welcome address
9:15am Professor Edward Hillhouse, Academic Health System, HMC - The value of health services research in an academic health system*
9:30am Professor Richard Gray, Health Services Research Center, Academic Health System – Chair’s opening remarks on ‘why is health services research important’
10:00am Coffee Break
10:30am Professor Ibrahim Janahi - Executive Director, Medical Research, Medical Research Council, Hamad Medical Corporation - What are the key health services research challenges in Qatar?*
10:45am Mr Brendon Morris, HMC - ‘Action research at the Ambulance Service - engaging staff’
11:15am Panel Discussion - Priorities for health services research in Qatar
Dr Stephen Thomas, HMC, Ms Flora Asuncion, PHCC, Ms Sadaf Lynes, AHS, Dr William Greer, Sidra, Professor Salma Khaled, SESRI, Qatar University
12:30 Lunch/prayer
1:30pm Professor David Thompson, Australian Catholic University - Cardiac rehabilitation: adding years to life and life to years
2:00pm Professor Rayaz Malik, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar - Novel ways of diagnosing and assessing treatment benefits in diabetic patients
2:30pm Dr. Rachel Churchill, Bristol University - Evidence-informed practice and policy: the importance of systematic reviews and evidence synthesis
3:00pm Professor Salma Khaled, SESRI, Qatar University - Population Surveys in Health System Research: From Data to Policy and Practice
3:30pm Dr Sohaila Cheema, Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar – Population Health in Qatar
4:00pm Professor Richard Gray, Health Services Research Center, Academic Health System – Chair’s closing remarks