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Nick Carver OBE Nick has worked in the NHS for 42 years joining as a hospital porter, and then qualified as a registered nurse before moving into health service management. Nick has held several senior roles in the NHS in the East of England, West Midlands, West Country and South Wales. He joined East and...

Prof van Tongeren is an occupational and environmental health epidemiologist with 35 years of experience in areas such as exposure and risk assessment and occupational disease epidemiology. He leads an interdisciplinary team at the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Manchester, to provide MSc level training for Occupational Physicians and Occupational...

Dr María Borda is a prominent Colombian physician specializing in occupational and lifestyle medicine. She serves as a leading executive and international speaker for the Sociedad Colombiana de Medicina del Trabajo (Colombian Society of Occupational Medicine). Maria serves as the Vice President after successfully completing a four-year term as national President from 2021 to October...

Professor Kate Radford Kate Radford is an occupational therapist and Professor of Rehabilitation Research, specialising in vocational rehabilitation and supporting people with acquired brain injury to return to work or regain meaningful life roles. Her methodological expertise is in developing and evaluating complex rehabilitation interventions using mixed-methods, including randomised controlled trials with embedded cost effectiveness...

Dr Julie Denning Julie is Chair of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association, Managing Director of Working To Wellbeing, and a Chartered Health Psychologist and CBT therapist, with over 21 years’ of experience working in vocational rehabilitation. She is passionate about enabling people with long-term conditions to self-manage their symptoms and to return to and remain in...

Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam MBE Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam MBE is a UK physician and public health specialist with a clinical background in emergency medicine, anaesthesia and infectious diseases. He is an expert on respiratory viruses and pandemics. His career has taken him to the UK Health Protection Agency which latterly became Public Health England,...

Dr John Colvin is an Occupational Health Physician with a background in military medicine, anaesthetics and diving and hyperbaric medicine. He is an Associate of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (AFOM) and a HSE Appointed Doctor for both Compressed Air Works and Ionising Radiation, as well as a HSE Approved Examiner of Divers. His current...

Joanna Vallom-Smith is an expert Occupational Therapist (OT) specialising in Occupational Health (OH). As a dynamic leader in her field, Joanna has built a thriving national network of OTs working within or exploring OH roles. In recognition of her pioneering leadership and dedication to the profession, she was awarded a Merit Award by the Royal...

Dr Johanna Feary graduated in medicine from the University of Nottingham and initially worked in the West Midlands before moving to London to complete her specialist respiratory training at a number of hospitals including St George’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital. She has worked in the field of occupational lung...

Hilary is an experienced senior leader in occupational health, safety, and wellbeing, currently serving as Associate Director at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She has been a registered nurse since 1991 and has specialised in occupational health since 1998, building a broad and diverse career across industry, private healthcare, and the NHS....