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.
Welcome from UCL Health of the Public Director, Prof Graham Hart
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Session 1:ÌýMental Health and Wellbeing Ìý
Chaired byÌýProf Essi Viding, Pro Vice Provost, Mental Health and Wellbeing Grand Challenge Ìý
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 approachÌý
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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
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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
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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
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Audience Q&A
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Session 2: Infection
Chaired byÌýProf Nigel Field, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL Infection & Population Health andÌýProf Alison Rodger, Professor of Infectious Diseases, UCL Institute for Global Health
Introduction to Session 2
Prof Nigel Field andÌýProf Alison Rodger
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Prof Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Research Priorities to reduce the impact of infectious diseases
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Dr Dalia Iskander, Associate Professor, UCL Anthropology
Using participatory visual methods to understand malaria from an anthropological perspective
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Dr Rory Gibb, Wolfson UCL Excellence Fellow, UCL Department of Genetics, Evolution and ÌýEnvironment
The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases
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Dr Alba Fernández-Sanlés, Research fellow, ÌýUCL MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing
Long COVID and abnormalities in multiple health domains: A deep phenotyping case-control studyÌý
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Audience Q&A
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Session 3:ÌýOvercoming Challenges and Unlocking the ÌýBenefits of Interdisciplinary Working Ìý
Chaired byÌýProf Ibrahim Abubakar, Pro-Provost (Health) for UCL and Dean, UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences Ìý
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 CouncilÌý
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