Postgraduate Certificate of Public Health

Professor Helen Ward is Clinical Professor in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Global Master of Public Health degree. She proposed the Global Master of Public Health degree with the aim of improving global access to public health education. She co-leads the Global Disease Masterclass specialisation and leads the Participatory Methods in Public Health and Social Epidemiology specialisations.

Professor Paul Aylin is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and Director of Postgraduate Taught Courses in the School of Public Health. He is also co-lead on the Global Master of Public Health degree. His research uses routinely collected clinical and administrative data to examine variations in quality and safety in healthcare. Paul leads on the research portfolio elements of the degree.

Professor Bottle is Professor in Medical Statistics in the School of Public Health where his research focuses on measuring and explaining variations in the quality and safety of healthcare using large databases. He teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses and supervises research students working in diverse areas such as surgery, cardiovascular risk and digital health.

Dr Filippidis is Lecturer in Public Health and the specialisation lead for Epidemiology for Public Health as well as Director of Education in the School of Public Health. Filippos also co-leads the introductory Epidemiology module for the on-campus postgraduate courses of the School of Public Health. His current research is focused on the epidemiology of tobacco use and the evaluation of tobacco control policies in Europe and other countries.

Dr Pinder is a consultant public health physician with a special interest in health care and health system management. He is the population health lead within Imperial College School of Medicine and course director of Imperial’s Global Health BSc programme. In his clinical / service role, Richard is academic lead consultant in the London Borough of Southwark. Richard leads the Foundations of Public Health practice specialisation.

Dr Atchison is Principal Clinical Academic Fellow in Public Health, the Clinical Academic Lead for the Global Master of Public Health and the specialisation lead for Global Health Governance and Challenges. Christina also leads the Global Health Challenges module for the on-campus degree. Her research interests include the evaluation of child and adolescent public health programmes.

Dr Kwok is a Teaching Fellow in Public Health at Imperial College London. She qualified in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Glasgow in 2012, followed by an MSc in One Health and Infectious Diseases in 2016, jointly taught by the Royal Veterinary College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research interests are in veterinary informatics to support evidence-based clinical practice, antimicrobial resistance (with a focus on the food chain and potential risks for human and animal health), and diagnostic test development for veterinary and zoonotic viruses.