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Public Health Disrupted: Live for UCL200

30 June 2026, 3:45 pm–6:00 pm

Rochelle Burgess and Xand van Tulleken smiling in tile for event

To mark UCL’s bicentenary, Public Health Disrupted is going live for the very first time on Tuesday 30 June

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

£5.00

Organiser

Fran Goldman

Location

Bloomsbury Studio
15 Gordon Street
London
WC1H 0AH
United Kingdom

In this special UCL200‑themed podcast episode, hosts Professor Rochelle Burgess and Dr Xand van Tulleken will explore the history of public health at UCL and consider what it can teach us about the health challenges of today and tomorrow. Drawing on stories from UCL’s archives, the conversation will reveal how progress in public health has rarely been smooth or uncontested, but instead driven by disruption, challenge and resistance. 

Recorded in front of a live audience, this event offers a rare chance to be part of the podcast recording itself and hear directly from leading thinkers.

About Public Health Disrupted

Now in its sixth season, Public Health Disrupted is a podcast all about the systems that need disrupting to make public health better.

Hosts Xand and Rochelle work with exceptional guests to break down disciplinary, sectoral and geographic boundaries to really understand the diverse and complex issues impacting our health.

Throughout six seasons, we’ve been joined by activists, scholars, artists, comedians, industry professionals (and more!) to offer perspectives from the UCL community and beyond. Join us as we challenge the status quo of the public health field, asking what needs to change, why and how to get there.

Listen to Public Health Disrupted

About the Speakers

Dr Xand van Tulleken

Doctor, writer and TV Presenter

Dr Xand van Tulleken is one of the UK’s leading science presenters, known for fronting flagship health and factual programmes across major broadcasters. He is a trusted and familiar voice, with expertise in public and consumer health and humanitarian aid. Alongside his twin brother Chris, Xand co-hosts the double BAFTA and Broadcast Award-winning CBBC series Operation Ouch!, a global hit with children and families. 

He has shared powerful personal stories on screen, including BBC One’s Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me, and is a popular face on Morning Live. His BBC One series Con or Cure proved a ratings success, while his podcasts A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand and BBC Radio 4’s What’s Up, Docs? have both been widely acclaimed. Xand’s new book Make Me Well: A Quest to Understand the Confusing World of Wellness will be published in September 2026.

Professor Rochelle Burgess

Professor of Global Mental Health and Social Justice

Rochelle is a leading community health psychologist who specialises in community-based approaches to health. Her work studies the social and psychological dynamics of community engagement, using qualitative, participatory and transformative methodologies.

Rochelle is a Professor of Global Mental Health and Social Justice, and Deputy Director of the UCL Centre for Global Non-Communicable Diseases, at the UCL Institute for Global Health. She is the founder and Director of UCL's Global Network on Mental Health and Child Marriage. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, member of the ESRC peer review college, among other affiliations.