VIPSIG Annual Conference 2024 Programme
Healing minds: psychiatry volunteers in conflict zones and building academic capacity in low-resource settings
Venue: Online
Date: Friday 11 October 2024
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9.15am - 9.30am
Welcome address
Dr Stella-Maria Paddick, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Gateshead and MRC Fellow, Newcastle University
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9.30am - 10.00am
Keynote address
Dr Lade Smith CBE, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists
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10.00am - 11.00am
Volunteering in conflict zones
Chair: Dr Peter Hughes
10.00am Insights from occupied Palestine
Dr Samah Jabr, Head of the Mental Health Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health*
*This talk will not be recorded
10.15am The war in Ukraine
Professor Dennis Ougrin, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Global Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London
Dr Anis Ahmed, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chair of VIPSIG
10.45am Q&A
- 11.00am - 11.30am Morning break
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11.30am - 12.30pm
Building academic capacity in low-resource settings
Chair: Dr Anis Ahmed, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chair of VIPSIG
Professor Melanie Abas, Professor of Global Mental Health at King’s College London and Dr Walter Mangezi, Head of Department of Psychiatry at University of Zimbabwe
12.00pm Capacity building in mental health research: reflections from a Tanzania -UK link
Dr Stella-Maria Paddick, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Gateshead and MRC Fellow, Newcastle University and Jane Rogathe, Dean of Nursing, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
12.15pm Q&A
- 12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch
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1.30pm - 2.30pm
Global psychiatry: transcultural insights and international volunteering
Chair: Dr Anis Ahmed Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chair of VIPSIG
1.30pm Understanding transcultural psychiatry in a global context
Professor Santosh Chaturvedi MD, FRCPsych, Former Dean and Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore and currently, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Jagadguru Kripalu Chikitsalaya, Vrindavan, India
1.45pm Opportunities to volunteer with the UN
Ursula Makowski, Operations Specialist in Volunteer Talent Acquisition and Recruitment at United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
2.00pm International volunteering: strategies and impacts
Professor Mohammed Al-Uzri, RCPsych Presidential Lead for International Affairs
2.15pm Q&A
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2.30pm - 3.00pm
International mental health priorities part 1
Chair: Dr Anis Ahmed, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chair of VIPSIG
RCPsych International Division Chairs
Dr Yasser Khan, Vice Chair, Middle Eastern Division
Dr Manoj Kumar, Chair, South Asian Division
- 3.00pm - 3.30pm Afternoon break
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3.30pm - 4.00pm
International mental health priorities part 2
Chair: Dr Anis Ahmed, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chair of VIPSIG
RCPsych diaspora groups
Dr Margaret Gani, Association of Black Psychiatrists
Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar, British Arab Psychiatric Association
Dr Suman Ahmed, British Bangladeshi Psychiatrists Association
Dr Sridevi Sira Mahalingappa and Dr Anu Priya, British Indian Psychiatric Association
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4.00pm - 4.15pm
VIPSIG essay and video pitch award announcements
Dr Ruairi Page, Judge of the VIPSIG awards for the essay and video pitch competition
- 4.15pm - 4.30pm Vote of thanks
- 4.30pm Close of conference
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