Tom Kindlon's post to CO-CURE Dec 31 09
Bay area people (and all of us) - maybe you want to keep an eye on this?? Know anyone at UCSF?
Kings Health Partners recently announced: Strategic Partnership with UCSF
November 12th, 2009 Kings Health Partners has agreed to a pursue a strategic partnership with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to explore opportunities for scholarly interaction, cooperative research, faculty and student exchange and other forms of academic collaboration (more at: http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/khp/2009/11/12/strategic-partnership-with-ucsf/#more-681)
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Innovation Expo 2009 18 - 19 June 2009
Kings Health Partners presented a seminar at the Innovation Expo on 18 -19
June 2009 at the Excel Centre, London Docklands, which saw over 5,000 visitors over the two day event.
Our seminar was led with presentations examining three aspects of Academic Health Science Centres from;
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Professor Matthew Hotopf, Head of General Hospital Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
The whole person: mental and physical health
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Appendix 1
http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/
Kings Health Partners is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the worlds leading research-led universities and three of Londons most successful NHS Foundation Trusts.
Our driving purpose is to continually seek and bring about swifter and more effective improvements in health and well-being for our patients in London and people everywhere. Combining the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver groundbreaking advances in physical and mental healthcare.
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http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/khp/about-us/
A world-leading Academic Health Sciences collaboration for London
Combining the research, clinical and teaching elements of one of the worlds leading research-led universities and three of Londons most successful NHS Foundation Trusts; Kings Health Partners is a pioneering global collaboration whose driving purpose is to continually seek and bring about swifter and more effective improvements in health and well-being for
our patients in London and people everywhere.
Our comprehensive clinical, academic and research portfolio, mental health services, health schools and related disciplines gives Kings Health Partners a unique focus on advances in health and well-being for the mind and body.
From our multiple locations at the heart of London, we serve a local population of two million people and a wider catchment area for specialist services of up to five million. We are uniquely well placed to translate ground breaking research into direct patient benefits for the population of one the worlds largest and most diverse cities.
We are one of the largest employers in our community and with a combined turnover of over 2 billion we have the scale to compete on the world stage, attracting the best academics, clinicians, staff and students to pioneer world-leading advances in health and well-being.
Key facts
■One of top 25 Universities in the world
■Three of the UKs leading NHS Foundation Trusts
■Seven hospitals
■Over 150 community based services
■2 million patients each year
■25,000 employees
■19,500 students
■2 billion annual turnover
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Bay area people (and all of us) - maybe you want to keep an eye on this?? Know anyone at UCSF?
(Tom
It looks like Kings Health Partners want to influence medicine outside their catchment area (see appendix 1).
People may recall that Kings College is where Simon Wessely and Trudie Chalder amongst others have been based and Prof. Matthew Hotopf has followed in their views.
It looks like Kings Health Partners want to influence medicine outside their catchment area (see appendix 1).People may recall that Kings College is where Simon Wessely and Trudie Chalder amongst others have been based and Prof. Matthew Hotopf has followed in their views.
November 12th, 2009 Kings Health Partners has agreed to a pursue a strategic partnership with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to explore opportunities for scholarly interaction, cooperative research, faculty and student exchange and other forms of academic collaboration (more at: http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/khp/2009/11/12/strategic-partnership-with-ucsf/#more-681)
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(Tom So some people might be interested in:
So some people might be interested in:
Kings Health Partners presented a seminar at the Innovation Expo on 18 -19
June 2009 at the Excel Centre, London Docklands, which saw over 5,000 visitors over the two day event.
Our seminar was led with presentations examining three aspects of Academic Health Science Centres from;
[..]
Professor Matthew Hotopf, Head of General Hospital Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
The whole person: mental and physical health
(Tom Slides are at:
http://tinyurl.com/ykzu3c6
i.e.
http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/khp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/innovatio
n-expo-presentation-for-kings-health-partners-final.pdf
CFS is first mentioned on page 28.
Then the CBT School/Wessely school model is presented in slides pages 33-36.
Slides are at:http://tinyurl.com/ykzu3c6
i.e.
http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/khp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/innovatio
n-expo-presentation-for-kings-health-partners-final.pdf
CFS is first mentioned on page 28.
Then the CBT School/Wessely school model is presented in slides pages 33-36.
Appendix 1
http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/
Kings Health Partners is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the worlds leading research-led universities and three of Londons most successful NHS Foundation Trusts.
Our driving purpose is to continually seek and bring about swifter and more effective improvements in health and well-being for our patients in London and people everywhere. Combining the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver groundbreaking advances in physical and mental healthcare.
----
http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/khp/about-us/
A world-leading Academic Health Sciences collaboration for London
Combining the research, clinical and teaching elements of one of the worlds leading research-led universities and three of Londons most successful NHS Foundation Trusts; Kings Health Partners is a pioneering global collaboration whose driving purpose is to continually seek and bring about swifter and more effective improvements in health and well-being for
our patients in London and people everywhere.
Our comprehensive clinical, academic and research portfolio, mental health services, health schools and related disciplines gives Kings Health Partners a unique focus on advances in health and well-being for the mind and body.
From our multiple locations at the heart of London, we serve a local population of two million people and a wider catchment area for specialist services of up to five million. We are uniquely well placed to translate ground breaking research into direct patient benefits for the population of one the worlds largest and most diverse cities.
We are one of the largest employers in our community and with a combined turnover of over 2 billion we have the scale to compete on the world stage, attracting the best academics, clinicians, staff and students to pioneer world-leading advances in health and well-being.
Key facts
■One of top 25 Universities in the world
■Three of the UKs leading NHS Foundation Trusts
■Seven hospitals
■Over 150 community based services
■2 million patients each year
■25,000 employees
■19,500 students
■2 billion annual turnover
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