Thomas Brothers

Thomas Brothers replied to "Cause of death in the 20th century infographic" in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.

I notice that much of the data for deaths caused by NCDs comes from the 2001 GBD study. Does anyone know how NCDs that seem non-fatal on their own would be decided upon as a cause of death in GBD 2001 or 2010? I know for example that dementia can ...

Thomas Brothers started a discussion "Live streaming: Harvard/WHO Governance of Tobacco Conference". in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.

Hello all, Just wanted to bring to your attention that the Harvard/WHO conference on the international governance of tobacco is being live-streamed online today and tomorrow at this website: http://globalhealth.harvard.edu/conference-governance-tobacco Best, Tommy

Thomas Brothers replied to "TEDxSF talk by Pat Lee" in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.

That link wouldn't work for me, but here's another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZJaV_WN1mk Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Tommy Brothers Research Assistant Department of Medicine (Geriatrics / Community Health & Epidemiology) Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia

Thomas Brothers started a discussion "Canadian Conference on Global Health in Ottawa". in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.

Hello, I'm new to the group. Is anyone else attending the Canadian Conference on Global Health in Ottawa this week? I'd love to connect and meet some other YPers