Category: Speakers

Dr Michael Kinney trained in Neurology in Northern Ireland, undertook a 6 month sabbatical at the Langone Medical Centre, Comprehensive Epilepsy Centre in New York City, and completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology (with a focus on EEG and complex epilepsy) at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He is a consultant neurologist and...

Caroline is a consultant medical oncologist at the Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, specialising in the treatment of kidney cancer.  She helps deliver the acute oncology service in the Royal Victoria Hospital and is acute oncology lead for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.  In this role she focuses on strengthening and further developing acute...

Dr Lucinda McWhor MBBS RCGP PgDipDerm AFOM Dr Lucinda McWhor is an occupational health physician and Senior Medical Officer at BHSF Occupational Health. She was a career GP and worked as an executive partner until 2019. During this time as a GP, she developed a special interest in dermatology and worked part-time, as a speciality...

Dr Sam Goodall is an ST5 in Occupational Medicine in the North West of England. He works in an NHS occupational health department and is an honorary clinical lecturer in occupational health at the University of Manchester. Alongside teaching on the MSc occupational medicine programme, he works on the Health and Occupation Research (THOR) network,...

Dr Brooke Layard is a Consultant Hepatologist in the Belfast Trust. She graduated from Glasgow University in 2010 (MBChB Hons), returning to Northern Ireland for postgraduate training. She completed an Advanced Hepatology and Transplant fellowship in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin before being appointed to her current post in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast in...

Melanie Brewster trained as a Clinical Physiologist through the NHS going on to work as a specialist audiologist for the NCB and War Pension Directorate. She set up her own occupational health firm in 1994 following a request from the British Brick sector developing a bespoke classification system for noise health surveillance whilst launching a...

Dr Alice Rutter is currently an Occupational Medicine trainee (ST4) at Salus Occupational Health in NHS Lanarkshire, working in both the NHS and private sector. While at medical school, Alice completed training in Systems Mapping in Healthcare, which led her to pursue a Masters' in Public Health and advocate for systems-level changes from an early...

Dr Corrigan works a Consultant Clinical Psychologist within the Occupational Health Service, Belfast HSC Trust. He has specific interests in the assessment and treatment of adult mental health problems, particularly stressor related difficulties. Dr Corrigan leads a team of psychological practitioners who provide services to staff members experiencing mental health problems in the context of...

Jo is a Registered and Chartered Occupational Psychologist specialising in occupational health and wellbeing. She conducts pioneering research and consultancy to support workers to stay in and thrive at work. Jo is Managing Partner of Affinity Health at Work, an award-winning research and consultancy organisation, and a Professor of Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London....

Dr Cameron Black BSc MSc Prof D MCSP, MSK & OH Physiotherapist, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Cameron took up his current role within Occupational Health (OH) for BHT in June 2020. Previously he has worked in a variety of private and public settings within the OH, MSK and sports specialities. He qualified in 2009 and...