EE Lectures over the past 5 years
2007
1 Feb
Spiritual healing: more than meets the eye” Torquay and District Medical
Society, Torquay, Devon, UK
12 Feb NICE Technical Forum
26th Mar A rational guide to complementary medicine, RCPCH 11th Spring Meeting,
University of York.
17th Apr
Menopausal Health: Complementary medicine – what is the evidence? RCOG
Special Skills Meeting, London.
1st-7th May Herbal medicine – an evidence-based approach, CHRC, Jamaica.
17th May Komplementär – und Alternativmedizin bei Erkrankungen des
Bewegungsorgans, Munich, Germany
5 Jul
Complementary Medicine – Efficacy and Safety Westminster Health Forum,
London, UK (E Ernst)
4 Sep
Nutzen: Begriffe und Implikationen in der Wissenschaft Institut für Qaulität
und Wirtschaftlichkiet im Gesundheitswesen, Berlin, Germany
19 Sep
Herbal and other “alternative” medicines for cancer? Rarer cancer forum
conference, Birbeck College, London, UK
1 Oct
CAM for Cancer: The good, the bad and the ugly. NCRI cancer conference,
Birmingham, UK
6 Oct
Understanding and using research to improve your practice. camexpo, ExCel,
London, UK
22 Oct
How should we research CAM? King’s Fund, London, UK
27 Oct
Debate: CAM – Junk science or genuine alternative?
31 Oct
Safe and effective herbal medicines: the evidence & Panel discussion.
Sponsors’ Obligations Conference, Sydney, Australia
1 Nov
Herbal Medicine – balancing benefits and risks & Panel discussion.
Sponsors’ Obligations Conference, Sydney, Australia
30 Nov
Dissecting the therapeutic response – implications for research Buckfastleigh
2006
12th Jan
CAM: Medicolegal issues, Medico-legal Society, London.
18th Jan
Arguments for and against using clinical trials for complementary care,
RJM Palliative Care Section
1st Feb
CM and immunisation, Westbank Healthy Living Centre, Exminster
9th-10th Feb
Herb-drug interactions: an introduction, Health Canada, Canada
23rd Feb
Risks of noxious interactions between CAM and mainstream treatments,
European School of Oncology, Brussels, Belgium
23rd Feb
Problems with the clinical research in the CAM field, European School of
Oncology, Brussels, Belgium
23rd Feb
Assessing and summarising the available evidence, European School of
Oncology, Brussels, Belgium
24th Feb
Information on CAM in cancer on the internet, European School of
Oncology, Brussels, Belgium
27th Feb
CAM cancer – decision making, Plenary Lecture, PMS
6th March
Complementary medicine: does it work?, Café Scientifique, Phoenix Arts
Centre, Exeter
7th March
Complementary medicine: does it work?, Exeter sessional GP group
10th March
Compliments to modern medicine, Torquay Med Soc
10th May
Herbal medicines: balancing benefits and risks, Novartis Foundation,
London
12th May
Herbal medicines: balancing benefits and risks, Novartis Foundation,
London
23rd May
Clinical studies and meta-analyses of homeopathy, 44th Annual
International Conference of Pharmacy, Meran, Italy.
26th June
Complementary/alternative medicine – more than meets the eye, Institute
of Health and Social Care, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter
31 Aug
Clinical trials and systematic reviews of herbal medicine, 24th Ann Conf
Soc Med Plant Res, Uni Helsinki, Finland
2nd Sept
Komplementärmedizin auf dem Prüfstand, 9th iGEL Conference, Cologne,
Germany.
11th Oct
Complementary medicine – the evidence, GP Refresher Course, Wycombe
Hospital.
12th Oct
CAM for Cancer, Institute of Cancer Research, London.
12th Oct
Efficacy of complementary therapy, Rheumatology update, St. George’s
Hospital, London.
21st Oct
Complementary medicine – just a placebo?, Institute for Cultural
Research, London.
6th Nov
Osteoarthritis, GDG7 Meeting, London.
8th Nov
Does Complementary Medicine Work?, Earnest Fletcher lecture, RSM,
London.
16th Nov
Distinguished guest lecture, Imperial College, London.
17th Nov
CAM for cancer, The Institute of Cancer Research, London.
17th Nov
CAM in obstetrics, Royal College of Physicians, London.
2005
12th Jan
Systematic reviews of herbal medicines, NIH conference on ‘Herb-drug
interactions’, Bethesda, US
13th Jan
Best practice for clinical trials, NIH conference on ‘Herb-drug
interactions’, Bethesda, US
14th Jan
Research priorities, NIH conference on ‘Herb-drug interactions’,
Bethesda, US
2nd Feb
Herbal medicines - interactions with synthetic medicines, Food Standards
Agency COT/CSM meeting, Copthorne Hotel, Gatwick
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23rd Feb
CAM: testing times, Dana Centre, London
1st Mar
Alternative Medicine: any evidence, Royal Society of Medicine Easter
Lecture for young children, London
4th Mar
Complementary medicine – weighing the risks and benefits, WoReN
annual conference, Hull
23rd Mar
The clinical effectiveness of complementary medicine, NICE, London
29th/31st Mar Joint Health through CAM, McNeil neutraceuticals conference, US.
11th Apr
Alternative and complementary therapies in cancer care, Oncology
Update, University of Bristol, Bristol
18th Apr
Pain & complementary therapies, Peninsula pain group meeting,
Yelverton
24th May
Complementary therapies, PANG, Chronic Pain Symposium, London
25th May
Complementary and alternative medicine in obstetrics & gynaecology, GP
refresher course in obstetrics & gynaecology, Hammersmith Hospital,
London
1st/3rd Jun
Systematic review guidelines panel meeting, Quorum conference, Ottawa,
Canada
7th Jun
Alternatives to immunisation, Immunisation symposium, Institute of Child
Health, London
15th Jun
Evidence-based manual therapy, Ludwigs-Maximilians Universität,
Munich, Germany
5th Jul
NCRN meeting, London
4th Aug
Chiropractic/spinal manipulation: the evidence, General Chiropractic
Council, London
6th Sept
Ginkgo Biloba
Brain Health Event, London
25th Sept
Evidence-based massage therapy
Therapeutic massage and bodywork conference, Albuquerque, USA
27th Sept
Study day, St Christopher’s Hospice, London
7th Oct
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Anglican Pain Society, Berlin, Germany.
12th Oct
Efficacy of Complementary Therapies for Dermatological Conditions
14th Congress of the European Academy for Dermatological Venereology,
London.
20th Oct
Complementary Medicine: the good, the bad and the ugly
HealthWatch Annual Award, London.
28th Nov
CAM Research Issues
UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine
28th Nov
The Evidence for CAM: An Alternative but Complementary View from
England
Public lecture, UCLA
29th Nov
The future of CAM
UCLA library
29th Nov
Complementary/Alternative Medicine – Weighing the Risks and the
Evidence
Kaiser Permanente, Grand Rounds
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29th Nov
CAM for Rheumatological Conditions
Rheumatology Society of California
30th Nov
CAM Therapies for Pain: Evaluating the Evidence
UCLA, Department of Medicine, Grand Rounds
30th Nov
CAM for Cancer: the Evidence
Keynote speech: UCLA Annual Cancer Conference
2004
31st Jan
Phytotherapy Symposium, Verona, Italy
21st/23rd Feb The efficacy and safety of herbal medicines, First Natural Health Product
Conference, Montreal, Canada
6th Mar
Complementary and alternative medicine – more good than harm?
Lecture for Scientific advisory board of the German Medical Association,
Cologne, Germany
10th Mar
Herbal medicines as antioxidants? Peninsula Oxidative Stress Research
Forum, Ashburton, Devon
11th Mar
Complementary Medicine: a medico-legal perspective, combined meeting
of Devon & Exeter Medical Society and Devon & Exeter Incorporated
Law Society, Exeter
12th Mar
CAM and cancer An overview of CAM in the prevention, treatment and
palliation of cancer, Bristol Oncology Centre, Bristol
18th/19th Mar The use of complementary medicine (CAM) in breast cancer, 4th European
Breast Cancer Conference, Hamburg
22nd Mar
CAM: efficacy, safety, cost, Integrative Medicine Seminar, Karolinska
Institute, Stockholm
26th /28th Mar To what extent is complementary medicine sectarian? FECRIS
conference, Marseille University
2nd April
Systematic reviews of herbal treatments, Systematic Review Group
Meeting, Exeter
6th April
The evidence about complementary/alternative medicine (CAM), British
Dental Association, Redwood Lodge, Bristol
17th April
Meta-analyses of CAM, German Society of Internal Medicine, Wiesbaden
Germany
22nd/24th April The Matrai Award Lecture, University of Pécs, Budapest, Hungary
11th May
An evidence-based approach to CAM, The Postgraduate Biomedical
Society lecture, UCL, London
12th May
Acupuncture; evidence and problems, Charité Acupuncture symposium,
Berlin
15th May
Complementary therapies in cancer treatment, RAD Society of Great
Britain Annual Meeting, Exeter
18th May
Complementary therapies - their roles, Chronic Pain Symposium, Charing
Cross Hospital, London
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21st May
CM for the menopause?, Margaret Pyke Memorial Trust meeting,
Regent’s College, London
8th/10th June EULAR conference, Berlin
24th/25th June Complementary Therapies & Cancer Care symposium, London
30th June
Complementary medicine and mental health, Southgate, North London,
The Priory Hospital
4th July
CM in the EU, Europäische Gesundheitsgespräche, Mondsee
10th Sept
Do alternative medicines need clinical trials? British Association of
Clinical Trials Meeting, University of Exeter
29th Sept
Complementary Medicine, NCRI Complementary Therapies Clinical
Studies Development Group meeting, London
1st – 3rd Oct
Evidence in Complementary Medicine, 7th International Congress
Verbandes der Osteopathen (VOD) (Symposium on Advances in
Osteopathic Research), Schlangenbad, Germany
8th – 10th Oct Complementary medicine: more good than harm?! 5th World Skeptics
Congress, Abano, Italy
11th Oct
The case of kava, The evaluation of safety in phytotherapy course, SIFIT
(Italian Society for Phytotherapy), Policlinico Borgo Roma, Verona
20th Oct
CAM – the evidence, Public lecture, Town Hall, Budleigh Salterton
9th Nov
CM in Diabetes, North East Diabetes Forum, Colchester
10th Nov
Systematic reviews of clinical trials,
Systematic reviews of Ginkgo biloba, St John’s wort, Valerian and
Ginseng, Systematic reviews of Horse chestnut, Black cohosh, Echinacea
and Saw palmetto, Swedish Medical Products Agency, Stockholm
4th/5th Dec
CAM treatments for breast cancer
Mistletoe for cancer
EUSOMA meeting, Florence, Italy
15th Dec
CAM – an introduction, Healthcare Commission, London
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