cc: s.kovats@lshtm.ac.uk, t.mcmichael@lshtm.ac.uk, s.hajat@ucl.ac.uk,  james.thompson@ucl.ac.uk
date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:45:23 +0000
from: "Prf. Andy Haines" <a.haines@ucl.ac.uk>
subject: MRC/NERC bid
to: m.hulme@uea.ac.uk

Dear Mike ,I have spoken to a colleague who has extensive experience of
researching the mental health impacts of disasters-James Thompson from the
Dept of Psychiatry at UCL .He is happy to advise on the extreme events
component of our bid and I will add his name as a collaborator.He mentioned
that the Flood Hazardds Centre at the University of Middlesex has a long
record of studying the impactds of floods and suggests that they might be
invited to collaborate on this project .What is your view on this -do your
colleagues at UEA also have a track record in studying the impacts of floods
?If we do approach Middlesex Univ  we would need to check that this doesnt
make the Cooperative unwieldy .One possibility would be to include them as
project collaborators but not as full members of the Cooperative.Tony will
discuss the matter in principle with Joe McNamara at MRC. Meanwhile I look
forward to hearing from you .Regards Andy