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>Dear Sir/Madam,
>I would be grateful if you could circulate this as widely as possible.
>We would like to invite you to attend a one-day national event entitled,
>'The UK Biobank: Integrating the electronic monitoring of health'. This
>event, hosted by the Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, and taking
>place at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, will serve as a
>forum for the presentation and discussion of the integration of electronic
>monitoring of health within the proposed UK Biobank and other large-scale
>community studies. This event will encourage the exchange of scientific and
>technical information in telemedicine and remote biomonitoring and promote
>synergy between academia and commerce in this exciting initiative to study
>gene-environment interaction in the development of common diseases.
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>The workshop will appeal to those with an interested in:
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>The UK Biobank and large-scale community studies of health
>Physiological measurement
>Remote telemetry or remote logging
>Remote biomonitoring
>Data storage and transfer
>Internet/GRID opportunities
>General practice data systems
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>Please see our website for further information :
>http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/eph/biobank/biomonitoring/
>More information will be provided on this site as we receive confirmation
>from speakers and workshop facilitators.
>The registration forms for this event are attached for completion by email
>to Holly.Blake@... or post.
>Alternatively they can be completed electronically via our website. This
>event is free to those employed by higher or further education
>institutions or the NHS. Fee is £75 for commercial companies.
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>Please find attached the flyer, registration form and draft programme for
>the day.
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>Regards
>Holly Blake
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>Dr Holly Blake
>Research Fellow in Genetic Epidemiology
>Division of Epidemiology and Public Health
>School of Community Health Sciences
>University of Nottingham Medical School
>Nottingham, UK
>NG7 2UH
>Tel: 44 (0)115 970 9312 (or internal ext. QMC 41312)
>Email: holly.blake@...
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