We are excited to welcome you all to a special series of episodes in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health to showcase the candidates running in the 2024 Faculty of Public Health elections.We will be joined by the candidates for President and Vice president and will be exploring their vision for the Faculty of Public Health and why members should consider voting for them.Voting opens on Thursday 14 November and closes on Thursday 12 December.In the second episode in the series, we are joined by Dr. David Walker:David has over 3 decades experience working across the public health system - both nationally and internationally. David originally trained in medicine and infectious diseases before training in public health.David has developed his senior leadership skills across a wide range of roles in his career - including as a CCDC in Durham, Director of Public Health in Newcastle and North Tyneside, Regional director of Public Health for the North-east and as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England between 2013 and 2015. He also held a number of senior roles including Chair of the UK National Screening Committee and national lead for Rare Diseases as well as a number of academic Professorial appointments across a number of universities.More recently, David retired from his role as the chief medical officer at the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation trust, one of the largest acute trusts in the Country.CHAPTERS(00:00) Introduction(02:16) Why Dr. Walker wants to be FPH President(07:40) Vision for FPH(13:34) Addressing the needs of members(16:05) Dr. Walker's leadership brand

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