Name: Data for Health
Start: 2017-05-17T00:00:00
End: 2017-05-17T00:00:00
Location: Australian High Commission

How do we use data for human health? Can we predict dementia? Can we determine what has the greatest impact on life expectancy in the third world? Join us at the Australian High Commission for a night with scientists with an Aussie connection from Imperial College London. By purchasing tickets to this event you agree that you are happy for your contact name and email address to be shared with the Australian High Commission for security purposes. They may also wish to contact you with more exciting science events at the Australian High Commission from time to time.

Longevity in the Developing World

Dr Katharina Hauck (Senior Lecturer in Health Economics)

What has the biggest impact on how long you will live? Is it diet? Exercise? What about education?

Dr Katharina Hauck gives us an insight into biggest influencers on life expectancy in developing nations.

Katharina’s work uses big data collected over two decades and has been presented at the World Economic Forum.

Join us to find out what are the biggest factors on life expectancy – is it healthcare, sanitation, schooling, or something else?

The mathematics of dementia risk

Dr Ruth Peters (Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Public Health)

Will you get dementia? What are the factors that might put you at higher risk? If you have two predictors, are you twice as likely to get dementia?

Dr Ruth Peters works with Australian scientists at ANU to investigate the potential reasons for dementia and cognitive decline.

Join us to find out if some combinations are worse than others, or is simple addition - the greater the number of factors, the greater the risk?

Your Hostess

Katie Silver (Science Journalist)

Katie Silver is an Australian health and science journalist, working with BBC World in London.

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