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Training in Public Health (TiPH)Feb 22, 2023
E34 - Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam
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
E33 - Dame Jennifer Dixon
E32 - TiPH Live: Public Health Careers Compass
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.
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.
E31 - MSF Epidemiologist Patrick Keating on emergency outbreak response, data science and careers in global health
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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E30 - Field Epidemiology: It's role in public health, FETP programmes and global health pandemic preparedness.
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
E29 - BMA President Martin McKee on post-Brexit public health, politics and junior doctor strikes
E28 - FPH President Kevin Fenton on social media, community engagement and leadership
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E27 - Angela Baker, Consultant in Public Health on Health Inequalities
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E26 - ADPH President Jim McManus on adaptive leadership in public health
E25 - FPH President Maggie Rae on the stark lessons learnt from COVID-19
E24 - Dino Motti on hosting the podcast and the transition to a consultant in public health
E23 - MSF Epidemiologist Grazia Caleo on a career in International Public Health.
E22 - Suzanne Bartington on politics, research, elected office and Public Health.
E21 - Politics and advocacy in Public Health with Kitty Mohan
E20 - CMO placement experiences with Andrew Dalton
E19 - NGO Public Health in Uganda with Ryan Swiers
E18 - National Genomics programmes with Tom Fowler and Anneke Seller
E17 - A conversation with Shamil Haroon, founder of the podcast
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.
E16 - Consultants in Public Health Networks
E15 - Making Every Contact Count
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: www.makingeverycontactcount.co.uk/