Category: Speakers

Diane Keys, Lead Occupational Therapist in Occupational Health. Diane began work in Occupational Health over 13 years ago as a Lead Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist providing functional and vocational assessment for Belfast Trust staff presenting with complex underlying health conditions.  She also assesses staff who are included in service level agreements with other health care...

My name is Louise Dobbin and I am the Staff Health Protection Lead in the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.  I studied Physiotherapy at the University of Ulster and qualified in 2005 and gained experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy before taking up post in 2017 as the Clinical...

Professor Paul Baker (GMC 6028163) MD MSc DipStat PGCert(ClinRes) FRCS(Trauma and Orthopaedics)  Professor Baker is a Consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon specialising in hip and knee replacement surgery. He was the chief investigator for the NIHR 'Occupational support for Patients undergoing Arthroplasty of the Lower limb' (OPAL) study that developed a 'return to work' intervention...

Gary Macfarlane has held the Chair in Epidemiology (Clinical) at The University of Aberdeen since 2005 and previously held the same position from 1999 at the University of Manchester. He is an Honorary Consultant in the Department of Public Health in NHS Grampian and is the Deputy Clinical Lead for Pain at NHS Research Scotland....

Malcolm Sim is an Occupational and Environmental Physician who leads a team of about 25 research and teaching staff in the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH). His main research interests include the risk of chronic diseases, such as cancer and respiratory diseases from chemical and other exposures in the workplace and community,...

Susan Donnelly is HM Principal Inspector of Health and Safety and the strategic and technical lead for Occupational Health within HSE’s Specialist Division, and has worked for HSE since 2001. Susan works closely with colleagues in the Specialist Division, operational teams, Engagement and Policy Division and Science Directorate; to plan and prioritise team and divisional...

He qualified 1979 and worked in the NHS in hospital medicine for 8 years before training in Occupational Medicine with the nuclear industry.  He has since worked for various organisations and served clients in the NHS, local and central government, higher education, emergency services, scientific research and technology, manufacturing and various others.  He has been...

Dr Martin Tohill has been working as a consultant in occupational medicine in Belfast Trust since January 2022. He has an established career in the NHS and as an executive director of wider occupational health and wellbeing services. He is the only employed consultant in occupational medicine in the NHS in Northern Ireland. Dr Tohill...

Clare is the Occupational Health & Hygiene Principal Lead for RSSB.  She has been actively involved in progressing the knowledge base and promoting best practice in noise control, health surveillance and improving the profile of noise risk for most of her career.  Clare has been a driving force behind establishing a new UK Hearing Conservation...

Dr Andrea Latimer  MBChB BAO MRCGP DMH DFSRH DRCOG PGDip Diabetes  DOccMed  British Menopause Society Advanced Menopause Specialist  Dr Andrea Latimer is a General Practitioner based in County Fermanagh who specialises in Women's Health and is a British Menopause Society (BMS) accredited Menopause Specialist. With over 20 years experience working in Primary Care, Andrea has...