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
Contact us
e: events@rcpsych.ac.uk
t: 0208 618 4075
Please note that the programme is still subject to change and all times are listed in BST.
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9.15am - 9.30am
Welcome address
Dr Stella-Maria Paddick, Clinical Senior Lecturer at 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:
10.00am Dr Samah Jabr, Head of the Mental Health Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health
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
10.30am Dr Anis Ahmed, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chair of VIPSIG10.45am Q&A - 11.00am - 11.30am Morning break
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11.30am - 12.30pm
Building academic capacity in low-resource settings
Chair:
11.30am Supporting African-led research capacity building programs
Professor Melanie Abas, Professor of Global Mental Health at King’s College London
11.45am Dr Walter Mangezi, Head of Department of Psychiatry at University of Zimbabwe12.00pm Dr Stella-Maria Paddick, Clinical Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University12.15pm Q&A - 12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch
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1.30pm - 2.30pm
Global psychiatry: transcultural insights and international volunteering
Chair:
1.30pm Understanding transcultural psychiatry in a global contextDr Fabida Aria, Chair of RCPsych Transcultural Special Interest Group1.45pm Opportunities to volunteer with the UN2.00pm International volunteering: strategies and impactsProfessor Mohammed Al-Uzri, RCPsych Presidential Lead for International Affairs2.15pm Q&A -
2.30pm - 3.00pm
International mental health priorities part 1
International division chairs
- 3.00pm - 3.30pm Afternoon break
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3.30pm - 4.00pm
International mental health priorities part 2
RCPsych diaspora groups
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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
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4.15pm - 4.30pm
Vote of thanks
4.15pm Dr Lindsey McKewon, Secretary of VIPSIG at RCPsych
- 4.30pm Close of conference
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