Professor Dingani Moyo Professor Dingani Moyo is a leading medical authority in Southern Africa specializing in workplace disease prevention and clinical services. Professor Moyo is Senior Consultant Occupational Physician and Executive Director at Baines Occupational Health Services in Harare. He is Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at the National University of Science & Technology (NUST)....
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Dan Riddle
Dan is part of the team that supported Sir Charlie Mayfield’s independent review looking into the role of employers in addressing economic inactivity, and is now working through implementing the recommendations of that review. Before this, he led WorkWell policy and was the Senior Business Owner as it was being mobilised. He has been in...
Dr Clare Fernandes
Dr Clare Fernandes Dr Clare Fernandes is the Medical Director for the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) at Haleon, a leading global consumer healthcare company. Before moving to Haleon, she spent four years at the BBC as the Chief Medical Officer and Head of the Health Team, playing a pivotal role in guiding...
Amanda Hinkley
Amanda Hinkley is Head of Occupational Health at the UK Health Security Agency and Chair of the Faculty for Occupational Health Nurses (FOHN) / Society of Occupational Medicine. She is a senior occupational health leader with over 30 years’ experience shaping services across policing, the NHS, national public health, and complex multi sector organisations. Amanda...
Jenny Harries
Professor Dame Jenny Harries completed her medical studies at Birmingham University, early hospital medicine rotations in New Zealand and specialist training in Public Health Medicine in Wales. She was successively appointed Director of Public Health in Monmouthshire, Swindon and Norfolk. She was Regional Director for Public Health for the South of England immediately prior to...
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O12 A SYMPHONY OF GOOD SENSE P. Upjohn, British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM), Cambridge, UK Background Since 2015 the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) have been developing and running a Musicians Wellbeing and Performance programme. Originally launched to target physical health, it has since expanded to include hearing health and mental health. Internal...
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O11 STRESS FRACTURE IN MALE ROYAL MARINES RECRUITS: WORKING TOWARD IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK OF INJURY Bevilacqua, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, UK Background Stress fractures (SF) are common among military recruits, causing significant morbidity, training delays, and costly rehabilitation. Aims We aimed to report the prevalence of SFs and identify...
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O10 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POST TRAUMA SYMPTOMS IN POLICE OFFICERS D. Young, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK Background – Police officers are at increased risk of trauma-related mental health issues due to the nature of their work. Complete avoidance of exposure is not possible,...
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O9 CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT SINCE THE ONSET OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG OLDER WORKERS D’Angelo1, G. Ntani1, K. Walker-Bone2 1MRC-LEC, University of Southampton, UK 2School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Background The COVID-19 pandemic triggered widespread employment disruption but studies on older workers are scarce....
Nina Amedzro
Nina is a Public Health doctor, and has worked as a GP in Yorkshire for almost twenty years. Alongside this, she has had a portfolio career working in a number of different lead roles within the NHS, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Nina is currently working as...