ICUH 2014 Speaker Profiles: Professor Martin McKee

www.icuh2014.com is pleased to announce the president-elect of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Professor Martin McKee as a special guest speaker at the conference next March (4^th – 7^th).

Professor McKee qualified in medicine in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with subsequent training in internal medicine and public health. He is Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where he is co-director of the European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (ECOHOST), a WHO Collaborating Centre, as well as being research director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and president-elect of the European Public Health Association.

He has published over 720 academic papers and 42 books and his contributions to European health policy have been recognised by, among others, election to the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, and the US Institute of Medicine, by the award of honorary doctorates from Hungary, The Netherlands, and Sweden and visiting professorships at universities in Europe and Asia, the 2003 Andrija Stampar medal for contributions to European public health and in 2005 was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) ) by HM Queen Elizabeth II.

To hear Professor Martin McKee talk about European Public Health at ICUH 2014 (4^th – 7^th March) you can register at http://www.icuh2014.com/Home/RegCard or via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/icuh2014 and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ICUH2014