The conference has been exceedingly popular and we are afraid that there are currently no places available. If you are interested in being added to the waiting list then please contact mbaror@ncb.org.uk and we will let you know if a place becomes free.

An exciting opportunity to attend a free young people-led conference that will bring together young people, researchers and policy-makers to discuss research and public health priorities.

The conference will show how young people can be involved in public health research, why this is important and what difference it can make.

What is PEAR?

PEAR stands for Public health, Education, Awareness and Research, and is an exciting project supporting young people’s involvement in public health research.

The project is run by NCB, with support from the Wellcome Trust. We are a group of young people aged 13–17, from London and Leeds, who are contributing to the UK public health agenda by:

• working with public health researchers and policy-makers to make research more relevant to young people
• learning research skills and commissioning our ownresearch project
• telling other young people about public health issuesand research
• getting our voices heard.

If you want to know more about PEAR, or about what public health is and how it affects young people, visit www.ncb.org.uk/PEAR

This innovative conference is being organised by and for young people, as well as researchers and other adults.  We want it to be friendly and fun, and to provide opportunities for young people and adults to get together and come up with some exciting new ideas. For that to happen we need you to be there.

Keynote Speakers

• PEAR young researchers
• Professor Catherine Law
  Director, Centre for Policy Research, UCL Institute of Child
  Health and Programme Director, NIHR Public Health Research Programme
• Professor Sandy Oliver
  Deputy Director of Social Science Research Unit and EPPI-Centre

Workshops will include:

• How to involve young people in public health research
  PEAR young researchers
• Involving young people in systematic reviews
  EPPI-Centre (The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre, University of London)
• Young people’s voices in clinical research
  Medicines for Children Research Network
• Young people’s priorities for public health
  NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence)
• Young people’s reference group
  DECIPHer (Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement)

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