In 2013 an estimated 346,000 women in France had breast implants. Some 30,000 of these are thought to have received an implant produced by the company PIP (some of which have since been removed). Beyond determining that these breast implants are defective, it appears that the only way to document their potential adverse effects is to conduct a large-scale epidemiological study. At the request of the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM) [French National Agency of Medicine and Health Products Safety], a group of researchers managed by Florent de Vathaire in Inserm Unit 1018 “Centre for epidemiology and population health research” is launching a study entitled LUCIE. The aim of this 10-year study is to monitor some 100,000 women who have or have had breast implants of any brand. The results will enable conclusions to be drawn with regard to the potential medium and long-term adverse events in women with PIP implants.

IReSP (Institute for Research in Public Health) launches its 2014 general call for project. Thematic supported under this call are: functioning of the health system; interventions and health policies; determinants of health.

The AAP offers 4 categories of support:

1) support research projects exploiting existing databases;

2) definition of contract;

3) assist in the implementation of European projects;

4) support for research networks.

The documents are online here.

Deadline for submission of draft: Monday, December 15, 2014

Contact: Cyril Brossaud

The IReSP hosts on January 29, 2015 an international conference on research in Therapeutic Patient Education. It will be organized around three conference sessions taking up topics related to research in FTEs. Registration is free but mandatory, the website for registration will be open soon.

To promote exchanges around these themes, a call for poster presentations was launched on this occasion. Interested teams have until the end of October to submit their papers to IReSP.

Expected format: structured abstract of 400 words, including the title, the names and affiliations of the authors, the address of the corresponding author. A summary file by the word or rtf. Posters will be printed A1 portrait format (841 mm x 594 mm).

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: Friday, October 31, 2014

Contact: info@iresp.net

The SRSP Languedoc Roussillon (Regional Public Health Society) is organizing a seminar on "Ethics and Public Health" on the theme: "The digital: an asset for health?"

To be held October 16, 2014 in Montpellier. This day will address the subject of the advent of digital technology in the field of health, the way we understand the body, the management of users, patients and the relationship between professionals and patients.

Terms and registration form online here.

Registration Deadline: Monday, October 13, 2014

Contact: srsp.lr@gmail.com