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The Leverhulme Trust has awarded ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº almost £250,000 to run a symposium on 'Population Footprints: Challenging debates on population, gender and development', scheduled for April 2011.

The symposium will be organised by the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Institute for Global Health (IGH), which coordinates the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Grand Challenge of Global Health and is co-directed by Professor Anthony Costello (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Centre for International Health & Development) and Professor Anne Johnson (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Population Health). The ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº IGH already manages six symposia each year on a wide range of global-health topics; the series included 'Straight Talking: Population growth and family planning' in March 2009.

'Population Footprints' will address a wide range of concerns about life on earth in the second decade of the 21st century, both challenging and progressing debates on population, gender and development, all of which have an interlinked impact on global health.

Professor Costello said: "We will bring together scholars, policymakers and advocates who may not usually have the opportunity to interact, from fields such as global health, gender studies, population research and, importantly, the environment. This symposium will enable us to examine problems from new angles, finding different perspectives and novel understandings of the challenges faced in global health."

The event will be only the third Leverhulme Trust Symposium; ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº won the funding in competition against a field of 64 applicants. ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Provost and President Professor Malcolm Grant commented: "I am most grateful for the Leverhulme Trust's decision. As London's global university, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº will bring great breadth and critical mass of expertise to bear on these immensely important issues, and will engage policymakers and practitioners around the world. This symposium will provide the opportunity to have a significant influence on the living conditions of people around the globe."

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A key element in ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Research Strategy is the Grand Challenges; those areas in which we are facilitating cross-disciplinary interaction - within and beyond ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº - and applying our collective strengths, using insights and creativity to overcome problems of global significance. The is coordinated by the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº IGH. ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's intellectual resources provide both our opportunity and our obligation to contribute to the achievement of equity in global health.