E43 - TiPH Live: Lessons in Leadership and shaping the Future of Public Health
A very special live recorded episode of the podcast at the 2025 UKHSA Conference, live and in partnership with the UK Faculty of Public Health.We were joined by Professor Kevin Fenton, Professor Yvonne Doyle and Dr. Meera Chand to discuss the evolving landscape of public health leadership and the skills required for the challenges ahead. We delved into the challenges systems leaders face, their reflections on how to navigate chaotic environments and the practical advice for current and future leaders.BIOS:Dr. Meera Chand leads UKHSA's national specialist clinical and public health functions for emerging, respiratory and high threat infections. She has over two decades of experience in incident response and has been the incident lead for a range of high threat outbreaks including mpox, COVID-19, lassa fever and H5N1. Meera is also the clinical lead for the UKHSA-wide pathogen genomics programme. Professor Yvonne Doyle brings over 40 years’ experience as a public health doctor who has worked in several senior roles including as the first Medical Director for Public Health at NHS England and had a leadership role in England for health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yvonne is currently a senior adviser to the WHO-Europe on ageing in good health and has a number of non-executive roles and chairs the Health Services Committee at the UK Faculty of Public Health.Professor Kevin Fenton is the President of the Faculty of Public Health and the Regional Director for London in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) within DHSC. As regional director, Kevin is the statutory public health advisor to the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority. And as President of the Faculty, Kevin works closely with a wide range of partners who have interests in Public Health. CHAPTERS(00:00) Introduction and setting the scene(03:06) Panellist introductions(05:55) Systems leadership and influencing change(08:43) Delivering results in public health - long term vs. shortterm(10:40) Systems leadership skills during acute response(13:29) Leadership during chaos and uncertainty(18:03) Preparing for chaos(19:00) Knowing yourself and burnout(21:29) Motivating staff(25:08) Saying thank you(29:19) Loyalty(32:04) Leadership across borders(35:22) Traits of incident response leaders(37:50) Authenticity in leadership(41:38) Healthy ageing(43:24) Supporting leadership transitions(45:38) Leadership development(47:36) Q&A(52:09) One career tip
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E42 - Dr. Ebere Okereke - Global Health, equity in leadership and supporting African Public Health systems
In August 2024 we sat down with Dr. Ebere Okereke. Ebere is a public health doctor specialising in global health security and health system strengthening. Ebere has built her expertise over a number of roles including as a senior health advisor at the Tony Blair institute for Global change, co-lead for the Africa CDC partnership for African vaccine manufacturing, a senior public health advisor to Africa CDC and was the lead for the former Public Health England’s IHR strengthening project. Ebere is also an associate fellow of the Global Health Programme at Chatham House. She also recently received awards for her work promoting women and under-represented groups in public health leadership.CHAPTERS(00:00) Introduction(01:41) Ebere's career journey(07:31) Transition to global health(13:01) Supporting African Public Health systems(14:45) What is Public Health?(18:42) What is Global Health?(24:52) Equity and Global Health(30:12) Adressing inequity in Global Health Leadership(38:47) Career mentorship(45:07) Ebere's leadership journey(50:26) One career tip
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E41 - Professor Zafar Iqbal - FPH Vice Presidential Candidate
We are excited to welcome you all to a special series of episodes in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health to showcase the candidates running in the 2024 Faculty of Public Health elections.
We will be joined by the candidates for President and Vice president and will be exploring their vision for the Faculty of Public Health and why members should consider voting for them.
Voting opens on Thursday 14 November and closes on Thursday 12 December.
In the fourth episode in the series, we are joined by Professor Zafar Iqbal:
Zafar has a wealth of experience as Director of Public Health, Medical Director and Deputy Director Public Health as well as currently being Chair of the NHS Provider Public Health Network and a board member UK Faculty Public Health. He has served the Faculty for over a decade in various roles such Assistant Registrar, during which time he led the four nations Public Health workforce strategy.
Zafar has served on the Global Health Committee for over a decade and sits on the FPH Health Services Committee. He is also a visiting professor in four institutions and is active in training, previously receiving a Trainer of Year award.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) Introduction
(01:55) Why Prof. Iqbal is running for vice president of FPH
(03:50) Prof. Iqbal's priorities as vice president
(07:24) Supporting FPH members
(10:10) Prof. Iqbal's leadership brand
We are excited to welcome you all to a special series of episodes in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health to showcase the candidates running in the 2024 Faculty of Public Health elections.
We will be joined by the candidates for President and Vice president and will be exploring their vision for the Faculty of Public Health and why members should consider voting for them.
Voting opens on Thursday 14 November and closes on Thursday 12 December.
In the third episode in the series, we are joined by Rachel Flowers:
Rachel is a seasoned leader in public health with over three decades of experience and a proven passion for tackling health inequalities. She has been a vocal advocate for equity and career pathways in public health and brings a unique perspective, having started her career as an Environmental Health Officer.
Rachel’s background spans local government, the NHS, the Greater London Authority, and central government roles. She has served as Director of Public Health in two different areas over 13 years, and has actively contributed to public health organisations, holding positions like Vice Chair of the UK Public Health Association and serving on the Faculty of Public Health’s Board.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) Introduction
(01:53) Why Rachel is running for FPH Vice President
(03:35) Rachel's key priorities
(05:28) Supporting FPH members
(09:30) Rachel's leadership brand
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E39 - Dr. David Walker - FPH Presidential Candidate
We are excited to welcome you all to a special series of episodes in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health to showcase the candidates running in the 2024 Faculty of Public Health elections.We will be joined by the candidates for President and Vice president and will be exploring their vision for the Faculty of Public Health and why members should consider voting for them.Voting opens on Thursday 14 November and closes on Thursday 12 December.In the second episode in the series, we are joined by Dr. David Walker:David has over 3 decades experience working across the public health system - both nationally and internationally. David originally trained in medicine and infectious diseases before training in public health.David has developed his senior leadership skills across a wide range of roles in his career - including as a CCDC in Durham, Director of Public Health in Newcastle and North Tyneside, Regional director of Public Health for the North-east and as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England between 2013 and 2015. He also held a number of senior roles including Chair of the UK National Screening Committee and national lead for Rare Diseases as well as a number of academic Professorial appointments across a number of universities.More recently, David retired from his role as the chief medical officer at the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation trust, one of the largest acute trusts in the Country.CHAPTERS(00:00) Introduction(02:16) Why Dr. Walker wants to be FPH President(07:40) Vision for FPH(13:34) Addressing the needs of members(16:05) Dr. Walker's leadership brand
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