Our aim is to provide a wide panoramic of what it means to work in Public Health in the U.K. through the experiences of registrars, academics and leaders in the field. We hope to inspire those thinking about pursuing a career in public health as well as those currently training in public health.
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E45 - TiPH Live - Human Leadership: The art of leading in complex systems
A special live recording of the TiPH Podcast at the UKHSA 2026 Conference in Manchester. The premise of the session is to delve into the Human side of leadership. Not to share stories of perfection, but to share the real journeys behind leadership that we can all learn from as practitioners.
Professor Jim McManus is the National Director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health Wales and a highly experienced public health leader, psychologist, teacher and author. His career has spanned local government, the NHS, the voluntary sector and national public health leadership. Jim has a particular interest in leadership as a service to society and recently contributed the chapter “Relational Leadership in a Crisis” to the book Human Leadership. Jim is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of both the British Psychological Society and the Faculty of Public Health. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Hertfordshire and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol.
Dr Yimmy Chow is UKHSA’s Regional Deputy Director of Health Protection for London and a Consultant in Health Protection. Yimmy has over two decades experience in public health and health protection leadership. Yimmy has been on the frontline of leading the regional response to major public health incidents including Grenfell, Ebola, SARS and COVID-19. She has also published extensively on health protection and emergency response, helping to translate lessons learned into improved public health practice.
Professor Tracy Daszkiewicz is President of the Faculty of Public Health and Executive Director of Public Health and Strategic Partnerships at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Wales. Tracy has over 25 years’ experience across the NHS, civil service, local government and voluntary sector, including leading the public health response to the Salisbury nerve agent incident. Tracy’s specialist areas are tackling inequalities, the humanitarian aspects of recovery following major incidents, safeguarding against vulnerability and building resilient communities.
1 Jul 2025
E44 - Prof. Kevin Fenton - Reflecting on his Presidency, Leadership and the future of public health
Professor Kevin Fenton reflects on his presidency of the Faculty of Public Health, discusses leadership paradigms, and considers the future of public health in this interview episode.
30 Apr 2025
E43 - TiPH Live: Lessons in Leadership and shaping the Future of Public Health
A very special live recorded episode of the podcast at the 2025 UKHSA Conference, live and in partnership with the UK Faculty of Public Health.
We were joined by Professor Kevin Fenton, Professor Yvonne Doyle and Dr. Meera Chand to discuss the evolving landscape of public health leadership and the skills required for the challenges ahead. We delved into the challenges systems leaders face, their reflections on how to navigate chaotic environments and the practical advice for current and future leaders.
BIOS:
Dr. Meera Chand leads UKHSA's national specialist clinical and public health functions for emerging, respiratory and high threat infections. She has over two decades of experience in incident response and has been the incident lead for a range of high threat outbreaks including mpox, COVID-19, lassa fever and H5N1. Meera is also the clinical lead for the UKHSA-wide pathogen genomics programme.
Professor Yvonne Doyle brings over 40 years’ experience as a public health doctor who has worked in several senior roles including as the first Medical Director for Public Health at NHS England and had a leadership role in England for health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yvonne is currently a senior adviser to the WHO-Europe on ageing in good health and has a number of non-executive roles and chairs the Health Services Committee at the UK Faculty of Public Health.Professor Kevin Fenton is the President of the Faculty of Public Health and the Regional Director for London in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) within DHSC. As regional director, Kevin is the statutory public health advisor to the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority. And as President of the Faculty, Kevin works closely with a wide range of partners who have interests in Public Health.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) Introduction and setting the scene
(03:06) Panellist introductions
(05:55) Systems leadership and influencing change
(08:43) Delivering results in public health - long term vs. shortterm
(10:40) Systems leadership skills during acute response
(13:29) Leadership during chaos and uncertainty
(18:03) Preparing for chaos
(19:00) Knowing yourself and burnout
(21:29) Motivating staff
(25:08) Saying thank you
(29:19) Loyalty
(32:04) Leadership across borders
(35:22) Traits of incident response leaders
(37:50) Authenticity in leadership
(41:38) Healthy ageing
(43:24) Supporting leadership transitions
(45:38) Leadership development
(47:36) Q&A
(52:09) One career tip
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