Keynote Speakers
We are delighted to announce our first keynote speakers for the 9th International Festival of Public Health:
Dr Iveta Nagyova, President of the European Public Health Association
Professor Andrew Curran, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research for the Health and Safety Executive
Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Connection Science
Duncan Selbie, President of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes and Founding Chief Executive of Public Health England
Dr Cherian Varghese, Cross-cutting lead for NCDs and special initiatives, World Health Organization
Dr Margo Thomas, Founder and CEO of the Women's Economic Imperative
Professor Mukesh Kapila, Professor Emeritus of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at The University of Manchester and Senior Adviser to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
Dr Margaret Douglas, Co-Director of the Master of Public Health programme, Edinburgh University
Professor Dame Tina Lavender, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Childbirth, Women's and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Professor Paul Johnstone, National Director for Place and Regions, Public Health England
Dr Yonette Thomas, Founder and President, UrbanHealth360
Professor Cathy Vaughan, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Women's Health, University of Melbourne
More keynote speakers will be announced over the coming weeks.
Click on the speakers' names to the left to read their biographies.