Faculty of Public Health
Annual Conference
NewcastleGateshead
23 & 24 June 2015
Awards Dinner
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Tonight’s Schedule
7.00
Guests arriving
7.30
Opening Introductions
7.40
Service Awards
and Distinction grades
8.00
Full Dinner
10.00
Awards
11.00
Carriages
FPH Service Award
The FPH Service Award provides formal recognition
for members who support us by volunteering their time
and expertise through sitting in one of our core roles,
such as acting as an Examiner, a CPD Coordinator or
chairing our committees. The FPH Service Award allows
us to celebrate the long term contributions that our
members make and marks our gratitude for their dedication
to the Faculty. Below you will find each winner and the
role they have fulfilled.
Dr Leena Inamdar
Serving as a Regional CPD
Adviser
Dr Peter Acheson
Serving as a Regional CPD
Adviser
Dr Rosemary Fox
Serving as a Faculty Adviser
Dr John Middleton
Serving as Vice President for
Policy from 2010 – 2015
Dr Jeremy Wight
Serving as a Deputy Faculty
Adviser
Dr Andrew Taylor
Serving on the FPH Board
Professor Jonathan Nguyen
Van Tam
Serving as a Deputy Faculty
Adviser
Dr Hugo Van Woerden
Serving on the FPH Board
Dr Emilia Crighton
Serving on the FPH Board
Dr Gerry Waldron
Serving on the FPH Board
Mrs Beth Bennett-Britton
Serving on the FPH Board
Ms Sandra Unerman
Serving on the FPH Board
Dr Muhammad Abid
Serving as a Regional CPD
Adviser
Dr Helen Adcock
Serving as a Part A Examiner
Dr Trudi Jane Kemp
Serving on the Standards
Committee
Dr Anne Findlay
Serving on the International
Committee
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FPH Award for
Outstanding Contributions
This new award was created to allow
members to acknowledge the contributions
of their peers. Our two winners tonight
were nominated by their fellow members
for going above and beyond the requirements
of their particular roles within the Faculty
over the past year.
Awarded to:
Dr Julie Parkes
Dr Suzanna Mathew
Distinction Grades
of Membership
Distinction Grades of Membership are bestowed upon our
colleagues who have been working in public health either
outside of the UK or in areas which are not traditionally
covered by our specialist training programme. We are
honoured to acknowledge the alternative and worthwhile
work of these peers and welcome them to Faculty family.
There are four grades of Distinction Membership with
Honorary Fellowship being the highest grade of membership
which the Faculty can bestow.
FPH Staff Award
The winner of this award has been
nominated by the FPH Staff team for their
work in supporting the FPH office over
the past year and represents the collaborative
gratitude of us all.
Awarded to:
Dr Suzanna Mathew
Honorary Fellows
Professor Janet Hemingway
Director, Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine
Professor David Heymann
Chair, Public Health England,
Department of Health
Professor Ronald Labonte
Professor and Canada
Research Chair, Globalization
and Health Equity, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Ottawa
Professor Amanda Amos
Professor of Health
Promotion, University of
Edinburgh
Fellows through
Distinction
Dr Michael Bannon
Postgraduate Dean, Health
Education, Thames Valley
Professor Rona Campbell
Professor of Public Health
Research, University of Bristol
Professor Baroness Ilora
Finlay of Llandaff
Consultant in Palliative
Medicine, Velindre NHS Trust,
Cardiff
Dr Karin Denton
Quality Assurance Director
for Cancer Screening, South
West and South Central,
Public Health England
Dr Trevor Hancock
Professor and Senior Scholar,
School of Public Health
and Social Policy, University
of Victoria, Canada
Dr Akram Eltom
UNFPA, Deputy Regional
Director for East/Southern
Africa
Dr Sarah Jane Hawkes
Reader in Global Health,
Institute for Global Health,
University College London
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DISTINCTION GRADES OF MEMBERSHIP
DISTINCTION GRADES OF MEMBERSHIP
Dr Muhammad Khan
Chief Coordinating
Professional Association for
Social Development, Pakistan
Professor Joseph Peiris
Director, School of Public
Health, The University of
Hong Kong
Dr Jane South
Professor, Healthy
Communities, Leeds
Metropolitan University
Dr Ha Yum Lee
Chief Manager Strategy,
Service Planning and
Knowledge Management, The
Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Dr Jem Rashbass
National Director for Disease
Registration, Public Health
England
Dr Alistair Story
Clinical Lead for Find &Treat –
University College Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Jacqueline Reilly
Lead Consultant, Healthcare
Associated Infection (HAI),
Infection Prevention and
Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial
Resistance (AMR), Health
Protection Scotland
Dr Ammar Suliman-Abbas
Commissioner (Governor) of
East Nile Locality, Khartoum
State Sudan
Dr Anna Miller
International Programme
and Policy Manager, Malaria
No More UK, London
Dr Ikushi Onozaki
Lead, TB Prevalance Survey,
Dr John Rumunu
Global Task Force on TB
Impact Measurement, Medical Director General of
Preventative Medicine,
Officer, WHO, Switzerland
Ministry of Health, The
Dr Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi Republic of South Sudan,
Head of Prevention, Care and Juba
Treatment, Infectious Disease
Professor Aziz Sheikh
Institute, Kampala Uganda
Professor of Primary Care
Research and Development
Professor Neil Pearce
Professor of Epidemiology and and Co-Director Centre for
Population Health Sciences,
Biostatistics, London School
The University of Edinburgh
of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine
Professor Hong-Bing Shen
Professor of Epidemiology,
Nanjing Medical University
School of Public Health,
Nanjing, China
Dr Peter Wright
Director of Public Health,
Health Services Executive,
Northern Ireland
Dr Joseph Wu
Associate Professor, School of
Public Health, The University
of Hong Kong
Honorary Members
Mr Rhys Blake
Divisional General Manager,
Screening, Public Health
Wales NHS Trust
Professor Rosamund Bryar
Professor of Community
and Primary Care Nursing,
City University London
Mr Ben Cave
Director, Ben Cave Associates
Ltd
Dr Carmel Clancy
Head of Department, Mental
Health, Social Work and
Integrative Medicine, School
of Education, Middlesex
University
Professor Sarah Jane
Cunningham-Burley
Professor of Medical and
Family Sociology and Head
of School of Molecular,
Genetic and Population
Health Sciences, University of
Edinburgh
Mr David Dickinson
Principal Consultant,
Consumation
Mr John Lock
Ms Sheila Duffy
Chief Executive, ASH Scotland Freelance Consultant in
Health, Education and
Regeneration
Mr Simon Ellis
NICE
Professor John Moxham
Director of Clinical Strategy,
Dr Anders Freiberg
King’s Health Partners
NICE International Associate,
Academic Health Science
National Institute for Health
Centre
and Social Care Excellence
Mr Philip Insall
Director, Health, Sustrans
Mrs Sally James
Public Health Workforce
Specialist, Health Education
England, West Midlands
Dr Daniel Pope
Senior Lecturer in
Epidemiology, University of
Liverpool
Mr Bayard Roberts
Director of the European
Centre on Health of Societies
in Transition
Dr Alhussein Khaled
Director General, National
Comprehensive and Integrated Dr Edmond Rooney
Chief Executive, Public Health
medical referral programme,
Agency, Northern Ireland
Ministry of Health, Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia
Dr Cathy Roth
Advisor, Officer of the
Ms Monika Kosinska
Assistant Director-General,
Programme Manager
Governance for Health, World Health Systems and
Health Organisation European Innovation Cluster, WHO,
Geneva
Regional Office
Dr Bennett Lee
Senior Director Scientific
Affairs and Policy – Takeda
Vaccines, France
Professor Anthony Rudd
Consultant Stroke Physician,
Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS
Foundation Trust
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DISTINCTION GRADES OF MEMBERSHIP
Prize
Winners
Dr Catherine Swann
Associate Director, NICE
Members through
Distinction
Dr Ian Trimble
GP Principal and CCG
Commissioning GP
Nottingham City CCG
Mr Robin Ireland
Chief Executive, Heart of
Mersey & Health Equalities
Group, Liverpool
Mrs Karen Wheeler
Lead Occupational Therapist
for Mental Health, Derbyshire
Healthcare NHS Foundation
Trust
Dr Christopher Lewis
Senior Health Adviser /
Team Lead Strategy, Policy,
Innovation and Research,
Ebola Response Team,
Department for International
Development
Ms Sandra Whiles
Chief Executive, Blaby District
Council
Ms Patti White
Senior Public Health Policy
Analyst, NICE
Mr David Wilkinson
Postgraduate Dean for Health
Education, Yorkshire and
the Humber & Consultant
Vascular Surgeon, Bradford
Teaching Hospital Trust
Dr William Wong
Clinical Associate Professor
and Chief of Research,
Department of Family
Medicine and Primary Care,
The University of Hong Kong
Mr Geoff Wykurz
Freelance Consultant and
Facilitator, PHAST
Dr Tom Loney
Assistant Professor in Public
and Occupational Health,
Institute of Public Health,
College of Medicine and
Health Sciences, United Arab
Emirates University, UAE
Dr Che Chung Luk
Cluster Chief Executive, Hong
Kong West Cluster, Hospital
Authority, Hong Kong
Dr Helen McAvoy
Director of Policy, Institute of
Public Health, Dublin, Ireland
Mrs Anna Pronyszyn-Hughes
Infection Prevention Specialist
Nurse, Royal Orthopedic
Hospital, Birmingham
Mr Colin Sibbald
Food and Health Safety
Manager, Services for
Communities, City of
Edinburgh Council
Mrs Mary Tooley
Public Health Nurse
Consultant, Sandwell
Metropolitan Borough Council
Alwyn Smith
Prize
This prize was endowed by
Professor Alwyn Smith on
his retirement as President
of the Faculty in 1986. A
prize is awarded annually
to the member or fellow of
the Faculty, judged to have
made the most outstanding
contribution to the health of
the public by either research
or practice in public health.
The prize is awarded at the
discretion of the current
Faculty President.
Awarded to:
Dr Nick Gent
Wilfrid Harding
Faculty Prize
Established by Dr Wilfrid and
Mrs Hilary Harding in 1990,
a certificate and cheque are
normally awarded biennially
to a member judged to have
made the most outstanding
effort and achievement on
behalf of FPH.
Awarded to:
Professor
Sarah Stewart-Brown
Cochrane
Prize
In honour of the first President
of the Faculty, the late
Professor Archie Cochrane,
this prize is awarded each
year to an undergraduate
student to support an
education activity in the field
of public health.
Awarded to:
Mr William Burch
Sir John Brotherston
Prize
This award is presented each
year to the best essay or
research on a Public Health
topic written by a student of
medicine or young graduate
prior to full registration.
Awarded to:
Dr Alice Tyler
Sian Griffiths
International Award
In June 2008 Professor Sian
M Griffiths OBE MB BChir
FRCP FFPH generously
endowed the above
award starting in 2010, to
commemorate her term as
President of the Faculty of
Public Health (2001-2004).
The funding for the award
was given to FPH as an
educational grant under the
current Charity Commission
definition of ‘Gift Aid’. The aim
of the award is to promote the
development of public health
capacity by helping FPH
members, working within the
specialty, to gain international
public health experience either
whilst in training or as a part
of continuing professional
development. An emphasis
will be on public health work
in middle and low income
countries.
Michael O’Brien
Awarded to:
Prize
Dr Nadeem Hasan
Established in 1996 by
Michael O’Brien, past
President of the FPH, the
prize is awarded annually for
outstanding performance in
the MFPH Part A examination.
Awarded to:
Mr Nicholas Bundle
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PRICE WINNERS
June and Sidney
Crown Award
Dr June Crown, past President
of the Faculty, and her
husband, Dr Sidney Crown,
endowed an annual award
starting in 1999 whose
purpose is to assist young
members of FPH (particularly
those working within the
National Health Service) to
gain experience or further
training outside the United
Kingdom.
Awarded to:
Dr Nadeem Hasan
BACP travelling
fellowship
Established in 1994, using
funds donated by the British
Association of Community
Physicians on its dissolution,
a fellowship is normally
awarded biennially to assist
members of the Faculty
in training to undertake
educational travel, normally
outside the United Kingdom.
Awarded to:
Dr Nadeem Hasan
The McEwen
Award
The prize is awarded each
year to the candidate with the
highest score in the Part B
MFPH (OSPHE) examination
at their first attempt.
Awarded to:
Ms Charlotte Matthews
Ann Thomas
Prize
Dr Ann Thomas joined
the Faculty in 1982 and
continued to work as a
Consultant in Public Health in
Wales. She had keen interest
in supporting new trainees
who entered the specialty.
On her death in October
2004 she kindly left a sum
of money to be invested
to provide a prize linked to
a Faculty examination for
trainees who have a Welsh
connection.
Awarded to:
Dr Christopher Johnson
Trainer Award
To recognise the vital
contributions of its members
by way of a trainer award,
a prize is normally awarded
each year to two Educational
Supervisors who demonstrate
educational impact,
exceptional commitment and/
or innovation to the specialty
in their remit as a trainer.
Awarded to:
Mrs Karen Thompson
Sam Ramaiah
Award
An award is given each year
for the best piece of work,
including papers, policies,
posters, presentations,
audits or research, on a
public health topic seeking
to improve the health of
black and minority ethnic
communities or reduce health
inequalities in the United
Kingdom.
Awarded to:
Dr Rebecca Cushen
Faculty of Public Health
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