Training in Public Health: Recent Episodes
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Episode 3 of our special series in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health where we explore one key question - What is Public Health?
It may seem like a simple question, but Public Health is no single thing. The aim of the series is to shine a light on the breadth of Public Health and the challenges ahead by talking to key figures in the field.
This episode we sat down with Professor Dame Jenny Harries. Professor Harries is the Chief Executive of the U.K. Health Security Agency. Professor Harries has over 30 years' experience in public health and has played significant roles in the U.K. Government's response to a range of public health crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, H1N1 and Novichock. She has served as the Regional Director of Public Health for the South of England at Public Health England and later became the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England. In May 2021, she became the first chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency. Professor Harries has been recognized for her services to health, receiving a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2022.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) Teaser and introduction
(01:54) What is Public Health?
(03:10) What attracted Jenny to a career in Public Health?
(07:30) Public Health challenges we are not talking enough about
(10:58) Communication in Public Health
(13:37) Being in the public eye
(16:34) Novichok and thinking on your feet
(21:09) Career tips for those working in Public Health
Episode 2 of our special series in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health where we explore one key question - What is Public Health?
It may seem like a simple question, but Public Health is no single thing. The aim of the series is to shine a light on the breadth of Public Health and the challenges ahead by talking to key figures in the field.
This episode we sat down with Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam. Sir Jonathan Van-Tam is a Professor of Health Protection at the University of Nottingham and the former Deputy Chief Medical Officer.
Jonathan completed his medical training at the University of Nottingham, where he became a senior lecturer. He joined SmithKline Beecham in 2000 as an associate director. He has over two decades experience in health protection and infectious diseases through his previous roles as the head of pandemic influenza at the health protection agency, chairing the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control expert advisory group on h5n1 vaccines and chair of the UK government’s new and emerging respiratory virus threats advisory group.
Professor Van Tam received an MBE in 1998 and was knighted in the 2022 New Years honours list. He was awarded the David Attenborough award by the Royal Society for outstanding public engagement with science. And was also awarded the Freedom of Boston award in 2022 by his local community.
CHAPTERS(00:00) Teaser and Introduction(02:40) Inspiration to go into a public health(06:52) Jonathan's mentor in public health(08:53) What is Public Health?(10:50) Collecting public health lenses across sectors (18:28) Translating public health across sectors(20:25) Dealing with public attention(25:00) Communication and analogies in public health (33:42) Politics and public health(35:50) Public health challenges ahead
(37:55) Jonathan's career regret
(39:50) One career tips for those training in public health
We launch a special series in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health where we explore one key question - What is Public Health?It may seem like a simple question, but Public Health is no single thing. The aim of the series is to shine a light on the breadth of Public Health and the challenges ahead by talking to key figures in the field.This episode we sat down with Dame Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of The Health Foundation, an independent charity in the UK that works to improve health in the UK. Jennifer is a former paediatrician and a leading expert in health policy and research. She has been awarded a CBE and a DBE for her services to the NHS and public health.Before joining the Health Foundation in 2013, Dame Jennifer was director of policy at the Nuffield Trust, an independent health think tank. She also held senior policy positions at the Department of Health, the King’s Fund and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has published widely on health system performance, quality improvement, regulation and governance. She has held visiting professorships at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the London School of Economics, and Imperial College Business School.CHAPTERS(00:00) Teaser and Introduction(02:20) Day in the life of Jennifer Dixon(04:16) The Art of Public Health Policy(06:33) What is Public Health?(07:57) What attracted Jennifer to Public Health?(11:32) Reflecting on Public Health Training(15:54) Health Foundation Harkness Fellowships(20:19) What Public Health challenges are we not talking about enough(24:00) Major conditions work at the Health Foundation(29:28) Experience that changed Jennifer's career(32:00) Career tip for those training in Public Health
A very special live episode we recorded at the Faculty of Public Health conference in London in September 2023.
We welcomed a guest host - Fatai Ogunlayi, a consultant in public health and former chair of the FPH Specialty Registrar Committee.
In this episode we explored:
- How to navigate public health careers
- The transition from registrar to consultant
- Developing into a public health leader
- Dealing with imposter syndrome
- Networking skills
Dr. Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Amina’s first career was in Academic Public Health and she was a Consultant in International Public Health at the then Public Health Engand. Since 2016, Amina has worked independently as an Executive and Career Coach to doctors and global leaders. She holds a MRCP, MSc in Public Health from LSHTM, and a PhD that was supervised by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. Amina is also an Honorary Lecturer at UCL teaching on the Social Determinants of Global Health and wrote an award winning book called The Success Trap: Why Good People Stay in Jobs They Don't Like and How to Break Free.
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The Success Trap: Why Good People Stay in Jobs They Don’t Like and How to Break Free eBook : Aitsi-Selmi, Amina: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Dr. Ahmed Razavi
Ahmed is a consultant in global health and the regional lead for South East Asia for the UK Health Security Agency on the International Health Regulations Strengthening project. Ahmed is a medical doctor by background and has previously worked across Africa, Europe, South East Asia and the Caribbean - working on global health issues ranging from mental health to infectious disease, with organisations such as the WHO, Chatham House, University of Cambridge, Public Health England, UK Faculty of Public Health, and Imperial College London
Dr. Naveed Syed
Naveed is a consultant in communicable disease control at the UKHSA with over 25 years experience in public health, medical education and health protection. He has worked as a training programme director in the West Midlands and is CPD director for the Faculty of Public Health.
Naveed has worked as the first secretary for health at the British High commission in Islamabad, supporting the development of integrated disease surveillance and response systems. He is also an accredited healthcare mentor and honorary senior lecturer at Birmingham University.
This episode we sat down with Patrick Keating, an epidemiologist at MSF with over ten years experience in global health. He honed his skills across a number of experiences and roles including with the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, research roles at LSHTM and a range of NGOs.
We talked about the life of a field epidemiologist at MSF, his thoughts on the skills needed in emergency outbreak settings and his thoughts on global health careers.
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This episode we take a deep dive into a lesser known area of public health. Field Epidemiology. We are joined by Dr. Obaghe Edeghere, deputy director at the UK Health Security Agency and head of the UK Field service. He explains what field epidemiology is and why it's so important in the bigger picture of improving public health.
We are also joined by Dr. Louise Coole, the head of the UK Field Epidemiology Training Programme. She explains what the key skills of a field epidemiologist are and the core components of the FETP and it's role in the public health workforce.
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CHAPTERS
(00:00) Introduction
(01:50) Obaghe Edeghere - What is Field Epidemiology
(04:10) Leadership attributes for Field Epidemiology
(06:52) What is the UKHSA Field Service
(11:31) The global field epidemiology workforce in pandemic preparedness
(14:40) Reflection on Field Epidemiology
(15:13) Louise Coole - Director of UK FETP
(15:40) What is the UK Field Epidemiology Training Programme
(17:57) FETP networks and outbreak response
(20:35) FETP deployments overseas
(22:13) The role of FETP programmes in pandemic preparedness
(25:57) The attributes of an FETP fellow
(27:28) Where FETP fellows go after graduating
(29:01) One career tip for aspiring Field Epidemiologists
This episode we are joined by Professor Martin McKee CBE, current President of the British Medical Association and Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Martin is an active advocate for the health of the public and we cover wide ranging topics including Europe, upcoming industrial action of junior doctors in England, and personal and professional resilience.
Biography of Martin McKee with the BMJ https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h421n
Martin’s recent publications on the BMJ https://www.bmj.com/search/advanced/author1%3Amartin%2Bmckee%20limit_from%3A1840-01-01%20limit_to%3A2023-03-04%20numresults%3A10%20sort%3Arelevance-rank%20format_result%3Astandard
The textbook ‘Mastering Public Health’ for which Martin wrote the foreword https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Mastering_Public_Health_A_postgraduate_g.html?id=e7AYPJTJhC8C&redir_esc=y
This episode we are joined by Professor Kevin Fenton, current President of the UK Faculty of Public Health and Regional Director of Public Health for London. We cover his thoughts on the lessons learnt from the pandemic, why community engagement is so important in public health and his tips for developing social media and communications skills.
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This episode we welcome Angela Baker, a Consultant in Public Health in Coventry City Council specialising in health inequalities and children's health and former Deputy Director of Health Improvement and Workforce at the UK Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). We delve into how to address health inequalities, her experience in health improvement, commissioning services and developing effective strategies in public health.
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This week we are joined by Professor Jim McManus, current president of the association of Directors of public health, Director of public health at Hertfordshire county council and honorary Professor at the University of Hertfordshire. We talk about his reflections on the COVID-10 pandemic, the future of public health and what good leadership looks like.
We interview Professor Maggie Rae, outgoing president of the Faculty of Public Health. She looks back on her time as president, her future plans and reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is a new season of the podcast with two new hosts - Josh Howkins and Kazim Beebeejaun. This episode we interview Dino Motti on his time hosting the podcast. Having now transitioned to a consultant in Public Health at Gloucestershire County Council he reflects on what he learnt from hosting and how he developed his leadership skills during his time as a registrar.
We interviewed Dr Caleo at the MSF Offices in London to ask her about her career and what it means to train in Public Health to practice in international, global health in such turbulent times.
For our series on politics, advocacy and activism we interview our guest Dr. Suzanne Bartington, an academic registrar in the West Mids talks about her experience at the interface between public health, academia and political office as elected councillor.
For the first episode of a series on politics and advocacy Dino Motti interviews Kitty Mohan, a former registrar in London who has distinguished herself as an elected representative within the British Medical Association (BMA) and beyond and has recently started her new role as CCDC in London.
We interview Andrew Dalton, Public Health Registrar in the West Midlands who just completed a national treasure placement at the Department of Health working on the Chief Medical Officer Annual report for 2018.
Ryan Swiers, Public Health Registrar in the East Midlands, on the experience of public health training within the third sector in Uganda and how cricket played a pivotal role.
A chat with Tom Fowler, Deputy Chief Scientist at Genomics England, and Anneke Seller, Scientific Director of the National Genomics Education Program. A special episode in occasion of the HEE Masterclass dedicated to Genomics. (more info here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hee-west-mids-masterclass-genomics-its-implications-for-public-health-tickets-36748062444)
In this episode we flip the microphone and interview the creative force that has been behind the TiPH podcast for the last two years, Shamil Haroon.
We discuss about the experience of producing the podcast while reflecting on the future of this project and the directions of the medium... and perform a handover to a new generation of curators.
In this episode, Glenda Augustine, Patrick Saunders, and Adeola Agbebiyi discuss the development and role of a consultant network in the West Midlands, UK.
In this episode, Claire Cheminade, Janet Flint, and Ged Byrne discuss Making Every Contact Count (MECC), and other approaches to behaviour change.
Ged Byrne - Dean and Director of Education and Quality for Health Education England
Janet Flint - Programme Lead, Population Health and Prevention – National Programmes Health Education England
Claire Cheminade - Senior Project Manager, Population Health and Prevention - National Programmes Health Education England
Links Making Every Contact Count website: http://www.makingeverycontactcount.co.uk/
In this episode the president of the Faculty of Public Health Professor John Middleton gives advice to public health specialty trainees on making good use of their training and preparing for the jobs of the future.
In this episode Dr Rob Cooper and Sally James from Health Education West Midlands discuss the Public Health Community Fellowship Scheme.
In this episode Daniel Flecknoe discusses armed conflict and the role of public health.
In this episode Paul Fisher discusses preparing for the Membership of the Faculty of Public Health (MFPH) Part B exam.
In this episode Darryl Quantz and Dawn Jenkin discuss sustainable development and health.
In this podcast Duncan Vernon discusses the role of public health in transport and urban planning.
In this episode Ruth Goldstein discusses her training placement at Health Education England to help develop the public health workforce.
In this episode Emily van de Venter discusses the role of community development in public health.
In this episode Paul Fisher discusses his work on climate change and health. For more information, please contact Paul at p.a.fisher@bham.ac.uk