A very special live episode we recorded at the Faculty of Public Health conference in London in September 2023.
We welcomed a guest host - Fatai Ogunlayi, a consultant in public health and former chair of the FPH Specialty Registrar Committee.
In this episode we explored:
- How to navigate public health careers
- The transition from registrar to consultant
- Developing into a public health leader
- Dealing with imposter syndrome
- Networking skills
Dr. Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Amina’s first career was in Academic Public Health and she was a Consultant in International Public Health at the then Public Health Engand. Since 2016, Amina has worked independently as an Executive and Career Coach to doctors and global leaders. She holds a MRCP, MSc in Public Health from LSHTM, and a PhD that was supervised by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. Amina is also an Honorary Lecturer at UCL teaching on the Social Determinants of Global Health and wrote an award winning book called The Success Trap: Why Good People Stay in Jobs They Don't Like and How to Break Free.
Dr. Ahmed Razavi
Ahmed is a consultant in global health and the regional lead for South East Asia for the UK Health Security Agency on the International Health Regulations Strengthening project. Ahmed is a medical doctor by background and has previously worked across Africa, Europe, South East Asia and the Caribbean - working on global health issues ranging from mental health to infectious disease, with organisations such as the WHO, Chatham House, University of Cambridge, Public Health England, UK Faculty of Public Health, and Imperial College London
Dr. Naveed Syed
Naveed is a consultant in communicable disease control at the UKHSA with over 25 years experience in public health, medical education and health protection. He has worked as a training programme director in the West Midlands and is CPD director for the Faculty of Public Health.
Naveed has worked as the first secretary for health at the British High commission in Islamabad, supporting the development of integrated disease surveillance and response systems. He is also an accredited healthcare mentor and honorary senior lecturer at Birmingham University.
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