The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has celebrated its 10th Anniversary at the Forvie Site at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Speakers at the event included Dr Pat Troop, Chief Executive of the Health Protection Agency and Professor Sir Keith Peters, Regius Professor of Physic at the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge. The discussion included a range of health topics including achieving healthy ageing and population health improvement through teaching and training at the IPH. The event was being chaired by Ron Zimmern, Director of the IPH.

The Institute was opened as a joint venture between the University, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the National Health Service (NHS). The aim was for the IPH to become a centre for research and teaching in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics and primary care medicine.

The IPH has established a dynamic partnership between the University, the MRC and the regional NHS. Research has spanned many aspects of public health and science, from the prevention and diagnosis of disease, studying natural selection and tracking health data across the region. The staff at the IPH also contribute to the education and training of medical students, and of postgraduates who work in the field of Public Health.

The IPH collaborates widely within the Clinical School and with health services in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire and is involved in large-scale studies of disease in the general population. In recent years, many of the studies have involved the use of genetic and biochemical markers.

Professor John Danesh, Head of the Department of Public Health & Primary Care, said:

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