Category: Speakers

Gp Capt Alexander Bennett Gp Capt Alexander Bennett joined the RAF in August 2000. He has been a Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court and Stanford Hall since October 2008, the Head of the Academic Department of Military Rehabilitation since June 2011 and was the RAF Consultant Advisor...

Professor Sharon Stevelink is a Professor of Applied Epidemiology and Occupational Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, with formal training in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She leads a research programme centred on the relationship between work, welfare and health. Her work spans three...

Sarah Upjohn Sarah Upjohn, is a clinical physiotherapist, educator and researcher, working with Instrumental Musicians. She has particular interest and expertise in the ergonomics and bio-mechanics of instrument playing, and in prevention of playing-related injuries. Sarah is the physiotherapist at The Purcell School for Young Musicians, and works regularly with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic,  National...

Nikki is a specialist occupational physician, researcher and educator with over 15 years’ experience across the military, public and private sectors. She is CEO of both Cordell Health and EOPH (Education for Occupational and Public Health), leading social enterprises delivering occupational health, wellbeing and high‑quality education and training for OH professionals. An accredited specialist in...

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,...