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UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium: Improving health for all, beyond disciplinary borders

2 May 2023

Watch the recordings of our 2023 annual symposium to hear from leading experts in health inequalities and climate change and health, as they discuss what needs to be done to improve health for all.

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Session 1: Build back fairer: how can we secure a healthy future for all?

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Welcome

  • Prof Geraint Rees, UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement)
  • Prof Graham Hart, Co-Director, UCL Health of the Public

Build back fairer: how can we secure a healthy future for all?

Chair: Prof Sir Michael Marmot, Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity

Presenters:

  • Prof Mariana Mazzucato, Director, UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
  • Prof Kevin Fenton, Public Health Director for London, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
  • Prof Claire Cameron, Professor of Social Pedagogy, UCL Social Research Institute
  • Prof Alissa Goodman, Director, UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Session 2: Small grants showcase

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Chair:​​​ Prof Rosalind Smyth, Professor of Child Health, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health


Presenters:

  • Dr Jessica Sheringham, UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
  • Dr Luiza Campos, UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering
  • Dr Maria Kett, UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care 
  • Dr Phil Symonds, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

  • Prof Lynn Ang, Pro-Director and Vice-Dean Research at UCL Institute of Education

Session 3: Tackling climate change and human health impacts

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Chair: Prof Delanjathan Devakumar, Professor of Global Child Health, UCL Institute for Global Health

Presenters

  • Prof Kate Jones, Chair of Ecology and Biodiversity, UCL Division of Biosciences
  • Maria Walawender, Climate Change and Health Research Fellow, The Lancet Countdown
  • Dr Clare Heaviside, NERC Independent Research Fellow, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
  • Isabel Oliver, Chief Scientific Officer, UK Health Security Agency

Session 4: Early Career Researcher Showcase and
Session 5: Shifting the dial on public health research - how can universities, policy makers and practitioners strengthen their partnerships?

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Early Career Researcher Showcase

Chairs: Dr Smita Salunke and Dr Victoria Garfield, UCL Health of the Public Early Career Network Co-Chairs

Presenters:  

  • Dr Joseph Ward, UCL Excellence in Health of the Public Research Prize Winner
  • Rachel Burns, Winner of the UCL Health of the Public Abstract Competition 

Shifting the dial on public health research - how can universities, policy makers and practitioners strengthen their partnerships?

Chair: Prof Dame Anne Johnson, Co-Director, UCL Health of the Public 

Panellists:

  • Dr Jennifer Yip, Consultant in Public Health, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
  • Dr Jenny Woodman, Associate Professor in Child and Family Policy, UCL Institute of Social Research
  • Prof Brian Ferguson, Director, NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme