Leadership in times of Global Health Challenge
In conversation with leading University of St Andrews academics, explore what global health challenges have taught us and how these lessons can be applied to leadership practice in the future. Sessions run from 20 October to 23 November.
- Find out more about the lectures in the 2022 series
- Meet the leading academics speaking on leadership in Global Health
- Discover the intended learning outcomes of the series
What will it cover?
Global Health crises provide a unique window through which to view the needs of communities, and associated actions by leaders, in a time of societal challenge. The series will cover the psychology of community and community resilience, how sociopolitical inequalities affect health and wellbeing, as well as issues affecting policy making and communication.
Who is it for?
The lecture series will appeal to those with an interest in the leadership of individuals and groups in a time of societal challenge. The lecture series and short course will be of particular interest to those involved in public and private leadership positions, including the health sector and related industries; or people who are interested in the study of human behaviour – such as how the workforce and businesses have responded to the crisis.
Lectures in the series
Learning about Community in Crisis
- Speaker: Professor Stephen Reicher
- Date: Thursday 20 October 2022
Understanding and supporting knowledge sharing in the midst of uncertainty
- Speaker: Dr Vicky Ward
- Date: Thursday 27 October 2022
Understanding the Epidemiology of Covid-19: A Global Perspective
- Speaker: Dr Muge Cevik
- Date: Thursday 3 November 2022
"Social Distancing": The Worst Public Health Advice
- Speaker: Dr Jo Mhairi Hale
- Date: Thursday 10 November 2022
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) project
- Speaker: Professor Cynthia Whitney (Emory University)
- Time: Thursday 17 November 2022
Speakers
Professor Stephen Reicher
School of Sociology and Neuroscience
Stephen Reicher is a leading social psychologist who was heavily involved in advisory groups to the UK and Scottish Governments during the Covid-19 pandemic. Stephen's most recent research has focused on group behaviour, individual societal relationships, political rhetoric and social change.
Professor Cynthia Whitney
Professor at Emory University (USA)
Cynthia Whitney is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) programme, a multicounty programme that generates accurate information on causes of child mortality. Previously, she was Chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch in the Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and worked for 25 years at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr Vicky Ward
School of Management
Vicky Ward is a social scientist who focuses on how organisations and groups of people create, manage and use knowledge. She is Director of the Research Unit for Research Utilisation, chairs the UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum and is a Parliamentary Academic Fellow with the UK Parliament Office of Science and Technology. She specialises in producing frameworks, models and materials to help leaders, practitioners and communities to think and create knowledge together.
Dr Jo Mhairi Hale
School of Geography and Sustainable Development
Dr Jo Mhairi Hale is a member of the University's Population and Health Research Group, a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, and an expert for Population Europe. Her research explores how socio-political stratification creates and perpetuates health disparities.
Dr Muge Cevik
School of Medicine
Muge Cevik is an infectious disease physician and researcher and science communicator, who served in the advisory groups to the UK and Scottish Government during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of the series, you will be able to:
- appreciate the significance of global, local and personal communities, and how actions to address the theme can offer maximum societal benefit
- discuss the theme from a range of different perspectives and share these perspectives with your communities
- reflect on how the themes of the course have influenced your working practices and employment
- contribute to academic discussions on the theme and place your individual perspective within the need for collective action.
Contact us
For any enquiries about this programme, please contact the Global Office by emailing globaloffice@st-andrews.ac.uk.