Health of the Public Annual Symposium
Our annual UCL Health of the Public Symposium brings together UCL’s cross-disciplinary expertise with practitioners and policy makers to explore innovative solutions to major public health challenges.
Watch past recordings
UCL Health of the Public Symposium 2026
At the 2026 symposium, we focused on strengthening prevention across public health, exploring the theme 'Transforming Health: From Sickness to Prevention'. Watch the recordings for each session below.
UCL Health of the Public Symposium 2025
At the 2025 symposium, we explored the theme 'Shaping health from early years to older age'.
UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium 2024
Watch the recordings of our 2024 annual symposium to hear from leading experts in mental health and wellbeing, infection, and cross-disciplinary working, as they discuss what needs to be done to improve health for all.
15 May 2024
UCL Health of the Public Symposium 2023
Watch the recordings of our 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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Lectures and events
UCL has a range of high-profile global health events and lectures held annually, as well as a variety of health-related events throughout the year.
Past events
Watch recordings from previous Health of the Public events
Chaired by Dr Karen Mak (Creative Health Community ECR lead), this event brought together early career researchers from across UCL working on the intersections between arts, creativity and community-based approaches to health to network and discuss opportunities for collaboration
On Thursday 7 July, UCL Health of the Public and The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources hosted a launch event for Helen Pineo's new book 'Healthy Urbanism'.
On Friday 10 June 2022, UCL Health of the Public invited students from across UCL to attend a scenario event focusing on the evolving humanitarian situation in Yemen.
On Thursday 28 April, UCL Health of the Public hosted the second of their new 'Public Health Voices’ webinars.
Following the successful launch of the Creative Health Community at the end of 2021, UCL Health of the Public hosted an event at the end of March 2022 to bring the community together in person.
Chaired by Professor Dame Hazel Genn, the aim of the webinar was to encourage access to justice and free legal services to be included in national, regional and local approaches to reduce health inequalities. The team also launched their new Law for Health Report and webpages.
Speakers included:
- Professor Graham Hart, UCL Health of the Public Co-Director
- Professor Dame Hazel Genn, Director, National Strategy for Health Justice Partnership, University College London
- Jo Bibby, Director of Health, The Health Foundation
- Fiona Rutherford, Director, Access to Justice Policy, Policy and Strategy Group, Ministry of Justice
- Dave Sweeney, Executive Director of Partnerships, Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership
On Weds 28 April, we held a launch event to bring public health practitioners, policy makers, representatives from the NHS, third sector and industry, and researchers from across the UK together.
Speakers included: Professor Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England), Professor Kevin Fenton (Regional Director PHE London and Regional Director Public Health NHS London), Dr Kumanan Rasanathan (Unit Head, Equity and Health, WHO), Baroness Julia Neuberger (Chair of UCLH), Dr Xand Van Tulleken (TV Presenter), Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy (Director of Public Health, Tameside and President, Association of Directors of Public Health), Albert McEyeson (Action Youth Boxing Intervention, Somers Town) and leading UCL academics.
Click here to view the full programme.
On 8 September 2020, we hosted a virtual event to celebrate the launch of UCL Health of the Public, a major new strategic initiative supported by the Provost.