Joint Scottish (Managed) Sustainable Health Network (SMaSH) and the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (CRESH) – Annual Event (2015)

This year’s SMaSH annual event will take place in conjunction with the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (http://cresh.org.uk/), giving an overview of each organisation’s current work and presentations from CRESH on active travel and air pollution. There will also be a presentation from the University of York (Hilary Graham) on the Health Of Populations and Ecosystems (HOPE) project.

SMaSH is 'An active public health network which works collaboratively with wider partners to lead and motivate change at a pace and scale that improves sustainability, and in a way which maximises health and equity'.

CRESH is ' a virtual centre joining scientists from the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Their research is focused on exploring how physical and social environments can influence population health, for better and for worse. They are particularly interested in how aspects of the natural and built environment can work to improve health.