CAMSTRAND 2011

The University of Southampton are hosting CAMSTRAND 2011 on 31st March 2011 at the Hotel Ibis, Southampton. Please click here for flyer.

The conference is aimed at individuals and research groups who are interested in the development of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research and is designed primarily for UK doctoral and post-doctoral fellows.

The keynote speaker is Torkel Falkenberg, Associate Professor in Health Care Research at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

In addition to the conference Professor Kate Thomas and Dr Hugh MacPherson will be leading a half day workshop/forum ‘CAM research in a cold(er) climate’ on the Wednesday before: 1-4pm at Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton. Please click here for details of the workshop.

Please click here for a booking form, and here for an abstract form.

Abstract deadline is 12th February 2011.

For administrative queries and to book please contact Jane Cousins jc2@soton.ac.uk or Telephone 02380 241073.

Organised and administrated by the department of Primary Medical Care which is part of the School for Primary Care Research.


In 2010 the CAMSTRAND conference (formerly known as Developing Research Strategies) was hosted by the University of Bristol on 22nd April.

CAMSTRAND proceedings 2010 (PDF)


In 2009 the Developing Research Strategies Conference was held at Middlesex University on 30th April.

Abstracts from the Developing Research Strategies Conference, April 2009, Middlesex, UK (PDF)


In 2008 the conference took place in York on Thursday 24th April at the National Science Learning Centre, University of York.:

Abstracts from Developing Research Strategies Conference, April 2008, York, UK

In 2007 the conference was held at Northampton University and the abstracts were published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine:

Abstracts from the Developing Research Strategies Conference, March 2007, Northampton, UK

The abstracts for 2004 and 2005 were published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine
Please click here to view them

2005 Strategies Conference Abstracts

2004 Strategies Conference Abstracts