Category: Speakers

Karen is a consultant in occupational medicine with experience across a wide range of industries and a background in clinical governance and leadership. She has a special interest in evidence based occupational medicine practice. In her current role at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust she undertakes work and health research alongside her clinical...

Professor Harrison is the National Police Chief Medical Officer for England and Wales based in the College of Policing. Between 2014 and 2021 he was Chief Medical Officer for Devon and Cornwall Police and strategic health and wellbeing lead for the Alliance with Dorset Police. He was Clinical Director of Organisational Health and Wellbeing at...

Dr Wendy Chaplin is a psychologist and research fellow specialising in behaviour change, chronic pain, and digital health interventions. Her research focuses on improving patient outcomes by understanding how behaviours among both individuals and healthcare professionals shape health experiences and care delivery. Wendy completed her PhD examining the bidirectional relationship between musculoskeletal pain and frailty...

Professor Vinod Patel is a consultant physician and global leader in diabetes care. He is best known for developing the "Alphabet Strategy", a pioneering, patient-centred model for managing diabetes and preventing its complications. After a landmark 43-year career with the NHS, he retired from his clinical hospital role at the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust...

Vaughan Parsons is an occupational health research manager and the Centre Manager of the London Centre for Work and Health based at St Thomas Hospital and is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational...

Major General (rtd) Professor Tim Hodgetts Tim Hodgetts is the Master General Medical; Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Medical Service; a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of West Midlands; a Trustee of three charities; an Associate Fellow at Chatham House; and Honorary Professor of Emergency Medicine at both the University of Warwick and the...

Stefania D’Angelo is a Senior Research Fellow and Statistical Epidemiologist at the University of Southampton, with over a decade of experience in work and health research. Her research has focused on the relationships between work, health, and ageing, with particular emphasis on healthy ageing, the work ability of older workers, and the benefits and risks...

Dr Sarah Jackson Dr Sarah Jackson is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at EDF UK, where she oversees corporate health, employee wellbeing strategies, and occupational medicine. Dr Jackson has an extensive background in high-performance and safety-critical environments. She joined the British Army during her medical studies at Newcastle University. She initially trained as a GP,...

Professor Paul Lian Professor Paul Lian is Clinical Lead and Consultant in Occupational Health and Wellbeing at the Exeter Occupational Health Service, part of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and the University of Exeter Occupational Health team. The Exeter Occupational Health Service was the inaugural recipient of the Society of Occupational Medicine’s...

Professor Max Henderson Max Henderson is a Professor of Psychological Medicine & Occupational Psychiatry at the University of Leeds. He is based within the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences. He serves as both an academic professor and an Honorary Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist for the Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. His core expertise bridges...