Complex interventions

A conference on researching complex interventions in health will take place on 14-15 October 2015 in Exeter, bringing together leading international contributors from the field of complex interventions for two days of presentations, workshops and discussion on the latest thinking in applied clinical health services research.

Keynote speaker:

• Peter Craig, University of Glasgow, UK, lead author of the MRC guidance on complex interventions

The conference is jointly convened by:

• David Richards, University of Exeter Medical School and
• Ingalill Rahm-Hallberg, Lund University, Sweden

Speakers for the conference include:

• Complex interventions and knowledge development:
  • David Richards, University of Exeter, UK
  • Ingalill Rahm-Hallberg, Lund University, Sweden
• Mixed methods:
  • Gunilla Borglin, Malmö University, Sweden
• Patient and public involvement:
  • Nicky Britten, University of Exeter, UK
• Intervention development:
  • Gabriele Meyer, MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
  • Walter Sermeus, KU Leuven, Belgium
  • Sascha Köpke, University of Lübeck, Germany
  • Jo Rycroft-Malone, Bangor University, UK
  • Charles Abraham, University of Exeter,UK
  • Colin Greaves, University of Exeter, UK
  • Jane Noyes, Bangor University, UK
• Pilots and feasibility studies:
  • Lehana Thabane, McMaster University, Canada
  • Nancy Feeley, McGill University, Canada
  • Sylvie Cossette, University of Montreal, Canada
  • Rod Taylor, University of Exeter, UK
• Outcome and process evaluation:
  • Salla Atkins, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
  • Willem Odendaal, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
  • Graham Moore, Cardiff University, UK
  • Katherine Payne, The University of Manchester, UK
  • Louise von Essen, University of Uppsala, Sweden
  • Janis Baird, University of Southampton, UK
• Implementation science:
  • Anne Sales, University of Michigan, USA
  • Theo van Achterberg, KU Leuven , Belgium
  • Martin Pitt, University of Exeter, UK
  • Thomas Monks, University of Southampton, UK

There will be a pre-conference workshop by Charles Abraham and colleagues on ‘The Design and Evaluation of Behaviour Change Intervention’ during the afternoon of Tuesday 13 October. This workshop is an additional £30 to attend for full conference delegates only. There are a limited number of spaces for the workshop. Please indicate on the booking pages of the Exeter Online Store if you would like to register for the workshop.

The conference is supported by the European Science Foundation.