Panel discussion events

Alumni panel - working in Local Authority Public Health teams, 17 March 2021 - recording with captions/transcript (LSHTM login required).  Three LSHTM alumni talk about their work with LA Public Health teams and their route into those roles.

Alumni panel - working in Local Authority Public Health teams, 17 March 2021 - recording (no login required)

Alumni panel - roles using data to drive public health strategy, 3 Feb 2021 - recording  (no login required)
Alumni panel - roles using data to drive public health strategy, 3 Feb 2021 - recording with captions/transcript (LSHTM login required)

Alumni panel - working with UN Organisations, 6 March 2023 - recording  (no login required).  Our panellists were Alessandra Ferrario*, Technical Officer, WHO; Aman Singh, Technical Advisor in the policy design team of COVAX at GAVI; Dr. Claire Gwayi-Chore, Project Lead (Acting Principal Investigator) in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington and consultant, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Farhana Zuberi, Programme Specialist with UNDP’s Global Fund Partnership and Health Systems Team; Niccolò Binello, Technical Officer, WHO; Rachel Apondi Ogolla, Gender and Human rights specialist at United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), Uganda Country Office.

*Institutional affiliation is provided for identification purpose only and does not constitute institutional endorsement. Any views and opinions expressed are personal and belong solely to the individual and do not represent any people, institutions or organizations that the individual may be associated with in a personal or professional capacity unless explicitly stated. 

Alumni panel - Working with UN and other International Organisations, 9 March 2022 - recording with automatically generated captions (LSHTM login required). Our panellists were Niccolò Binello, Technical Officer, WHO; Leah Kenny, Humanitarian Affairs Assistant, MSF UK; Faith Jiyeong Park, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, UNFPA (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).

Alumni panel - working with UN Organisations, 24 Feb 2021 - recording  (no login required).  Our panellists were Dr Kyaw Chit, Programme Analyst (SRHR), UNFPA (Myanmar), Alexandre Robert, Crisis Prevention and Recovery Specialist, UNDP (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Jonathan Latham, Humanitarian Analyst and Information Management Specialist working as a consultant with Unicef (and numerous other organisations internationally).  Read biographies of the speakers here.
Alumni panel - working with UN Organisations, 24 Feb 2021 - recording with automatically generated captions (LSHTM login required)

Global and Public Health Careers:

Global and Public Health Careers Forum, 28 Nov 2023 - recording

• Ekua Yankah – Senior Adviser Partnerships at Brands on a Mission
• Dr. Alan Schamroth – Consultant at Calcutta Rescue Fund
• Paul Barr - Associate Professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Biomedical Data Science
• Abdinoor Mohamed – Epidemiologist at US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
• Abda Mahmood - Associate Director, Value Evidence and Outcomes for Vaccines Europe at GSK 
• Rachel Arrundale – Deputy Director, Partnerships at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 

Global and Public Health Careers Forum, 29 Nov 2022 - recording with captions (no login required). Panellists (read their brief biographies here):

• Ali Akbar Datoo - Epidemiology Scientist at UKHSA (CID, 2019); 
• Ayodele Yvonne Akinnawo – Sub-Pillar Lead, Data Management at WHO (Epidemiology, 2020);​
• Bessie Bulman – Project Officer, Thrive LDN (Public Health, 2019);​
• Emily Bowler – Programme Support Officer at The Mentor Initiative (International Public Health, 2021);​
• Jonathan Latham - iMMAP Health Programs Manager (CID 2011);
• Dr Matiko Riro - Regional Technical Advisor, Health Financing at Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI);​
• Najwa Rizkallah - Nutrition Sector Coordinator at UNICEF (PhD, Epidemiology and Population Health);
• Saul Johnson – Head of Practice, Genesis Analytics.

The panel suggested some useful links and suggestions:

• iMMAP hires a lot of consultants with varied amounts of experience;
• Genesis is recruiting graduates at the moment (Dec 2022), so please check out our website: https://www.genesis-analytics.com/recruitment-of-graduates-at-genesis;
  
• Recommended job sites: 

• Recommended software for working in Data

Global Public Health/Epidemiology Alumni Voice Panel, 15 Feb 2022 (run by University of London) - Read the biographies here. Recording is here (no captions).

Global and Public Health Careers Forum, 22 Nov 2021 - recording with captions/transcript (LSHTM login required)
Panellists (read their brief biographies here): 

• Milca Agbenou – Health Advisor and Primary Healthcare Specialist, Policy and Advocacy Department, Save the Children 
• Kez Chappell - Analyst, Costello Medical (involved with their Pro Bono work, including the Costello-LSHTM Global Health internship)
• Harley Feldbaum - Head of Strategy and Policy at The Global Fund (PhD, Public Health Policy alumnus)
• Simon Kadima – Technical Officer, WHO Eastern Mediterranean (PH4D alumnus)
  
• Linda Markova – Capacity Development Officer, NCD Alliance (HPPF alumna)
• Zipporah Muitheri – roles with CHAI, Kenya Red Cross, Population Services Kenya and currently The Global Fund (Public Health alumna)
• Marijke Wijnroks – Chief of Staff, The Global Fund
  

Global and Public Health Careers Forum, 26 Nov 2020 - recording with captions/transcript (LSHTM login required)
Global and Public Health Careers Forum, 26 Nov 2020 - recording (no login required)
Panellists: Abdisalam Bahwal (Health Specialist, Unicef, Somalia; previously National Program Officer, UNFPA, Somalia); Cait Berry (Senior Consultant, PPL); Ngozi Erondu (Senior Scholar and Program Director, Global Health and Politics Initiative, O’Neill Institute; Chief Executive, Project Zambezi; Associate Fellow, Chatham House); Laura Hallas (Research Assistant, Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford); Angel Xiaohan Ji (Technical Officer, Country Strategy and Support, WHO); Jennifer Panitz (Senior Scientist, Field Epidemiology, PHE).  Read brief biographies of the panellists here.

Global and Public Health Careers panel discussion (recording from Mar 2020)
Global and Public Health Careers panel discussion (recording from Feb 2019)
Global and Public Health Careers Forum (recording from Feb 2018)

Starting your career in International Development (collaboration with LIDC) (recording from Jun 2020)
Starting your career in International Development (collaboration with LIDC) (recording from June 2020 with captions/transcript, LSHTM login required)

Academic Careers:
Academic careers forum (recording from Nov 2018)
Academic careers forum  (recording from Nov 2017, audio only)