UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium 2024
15 May 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.
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Welcome from UCL Health of the Public Director, Prof Graham Hart
Session 1: Mental Health and Wellbeing
Chaired by Prof Essi Viding, Pro Vice Provost, Mental Health and Wellbeing Grand Challenge
Prof Peter Fonagy, Head of the UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
A place based approach to addressing inequalities in mental health: a youth led community based approach
Dr Rochelle Burgess, Associate Professor, UCL Institute for Global Health
In need of Repair: responding to community-led calls for better mental health in global settings
Dr Ruth Plackett, Senior Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care
The Impact of different types of social media use on the mental health of UK adults: A longitudinal observational Study
Maddie Davies Kellock, Research Fellow in Psychiatric Epidemiology, UCL Division of Psychiatry
Parental restriction of their child's diet: associations with child BMI and body satisfaction trajectory across adolescence
Audience Q&A
Session 2: Infection
Chaired by Prof Nigel Field, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL Infection & Population Health and Prof Alison Rodger, Professor of Infectious Diseases, UCL Institute for Global Health
Introduction to Session 2
Prof Nigel Field and Prof Alison Rodger
Prof Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Research Priorities to reduce the impact of infectious diseases
Dr Dalia Iskander, Associate Professor, UCL Anthropology
Using participatory visual methods to understand malaria from an anthropological perspective
Dr Rory Gibb, Wolfson UCL Excellence Fellow, UCL Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment
The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases
Dr Alba Fernández-Sanlés, Research fellow, UCL MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing
Long COVID and abnormalities in multiple health domains: A deep phenotyping case-control study
Audience Q&A
Session 3: Overcoming Challenges and Unlocking the Benefits of Interdisciplinary Working
Chaired by Prof Ibrahim Abubakar, Pro-Provost (Health) for UCL and Dean, UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences
Panel:
- Prof Alison Park, Deputy Executive Chair, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- Prof Christina Pagel, Professor of Operational Research, UCL Clinical Operational Research Unit
- James Wilsdon, Director, Research on Research Institute (RoRI)
- Jonathan O'Sullivan, Director of Public Health, Islington Council