Cumberland Lodge Annual Retreat
13 July 2017
Our annual weekend retreat atÂ
The theme of the weekend was "Moderation not deprivation: Components of a healthy life".Ìý
There were some fascinating talks and discussions throughout the weekend, including:
- Dr Benjamin Gardiner, King's College London: Behaviour matters: Understanding and changing habitual health behaviour
- Professor Josie Tetley, Manchester Metropolitan University: Sexuality, intimacy and later life: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
- Dr Ford Hickson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: Chemsex as edgework
- Dr Helen Crawley, City University London/First Steps Nutrition Trust: Eating well: clean, dirty, superfoods and health claims. Are nutrition fads about promoting health or making money?
- Professor Annie Britton, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê: Consumption controversies: Alcohol policies in the UK
- Dr Owen Gower of Cumberland Lodge led a lively discussion on higher education and social responsibility, while a session on building personal resilience was provided by Karen Smith, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's Wellbeing Consultant.
Less-academic activities of the weekend included yoga, croquet and an EPIc games night, which included the epi-themed board game Pandemic and a challenging but very popular adaptation of Pictionary using epidemiology-related terms (lots more fun than it sounds!).Ìý