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Professor Dan Bristow - Director Wales Centre for Public Policy, Cardiff University and Co-Director of RCT HDRC
Dan Bristow is a Professor of Practice at Cardiff University, where he leads the Wales Centre for Public Policy, and is the Co-Director of the Health Determinants Research Collaboration Rhondda Cynon Taf. Over the last 12 years he has helped to build and establish an award-winning, demand-led approach to mobilising research evidence. This has involved designing and delivering a model that supports Welsh Government Ministers, and public sector leaders to access, understand and use the best available evidence.
Philip Daniels - Executive Director Public Health, CTM UHB
Having undertaken specialist training in the West Midlands, Philip worked internationally for a number of years, prior to returning home to Wales in October 2019. He saw duty as health protection consultant during the Covid response, before moving to the Cwm Taf Morgannwg public health team, where he led on health improvement and the wider determinants of health. Alongside his service work, Philip is the incoming Chair of the Faculty of Public Health in Wales and a board member and trustee of the UK Faculty of Public Health. He has taught extensively on health systems and policy. With a broad grounding across the domains of public health, Philip has a particular interest in how systems and organisations are structured and function to enable (or otherwise) population health.
Professor Rhiannon Evans - Deputy Director DECIPHer, Cardiff University
Professor Rhiannon Evans works at Cardiff University. She is a researcher at the DECIPHer research centre, which develops and evaluates public health programmes to improve the health and wellbeing of people across Wales. She also works at the National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-harm Research. Rhiannon has a particular interest in improving the health and wellbeing of people who are often underserved by current services, including those who are living in care, at risk of modern slavery, or experiencing homelessness. She is an academic member of the Rhondda Cynon Taf HDRC, supporting the programme of training and working to strengthen research collaboration between RCT Council and Cardiff University.
Simon James - Chief Executive, Interlink RCT
Simon James has been the Chief Executive of Interlink RCT, the County Voluntary Council, an umbrella charity for community and voluntary groups in RCT, for the last 17 years. Simon has over 30 years experience of working within the community and voluntary sector in South Wales supporting community development, coproduction and working with others to tackle inequality and improve community wellbeing. Simon is passionate about asset-based community development and involving people and communities in shared decision making. Simon currently chairs HDRC Work Programme 1, Citizen Voice.
Professor Alisha Davies - Consultant in Public Health and Head of Research and Evaluation, PHW
Alisha Davies is Head of Research and Evaluation, Public Health Wales, and co-Lead of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Digital health equity. Alisha is responsible for the organisational research and evaluation strategy, supporting research development and delivery across PHW. She leads a multi-disciplinary Research and Evaluation Division, with a focus on linked data for health and impact evaluation -working across PHW to identify and address evidence gaps to shape public health policy and practice. She is also a member of the National Institute for Health Research Public Health Research Prioritisation Committee.
Louise Davies - Director Community Services, RCT CBC and Co-Director of RCT HDRC
Louise Davies is Director of Community Services at Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, the third largest local authority in Wales. As a member of the Council’s Senior Leadership Team, she is responsible for diverse services that support resident and community wellbeing, including Leisure, Libraries, Public Protection, Culture and Heritage, Employment Support, Early Help and Community Programmes.Louise has worked in local government for over 30 years having started her career as an Environmental Health Officer. She is committed to protecting and promoting public health and has extensive experience of innovative partnerships that have led to improved services and outcomes for residents and communities.Louise is Co-Director of the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Rhondda Cynon Taf – a £5million investment which will create new infrastructure to link research to policy and practice and bring together individuals and organisations with the clear aim of improving the health outcomes of Rhondda Cynon Taf residents.
Professor Dan Bristow - Director Wales Centre for Public Policy, Cardiff University and Co-Director of RCT HDRC
Dan Bristow is a Professor of Practice at Cardiff University, where he leads the Wales Centre for Public Policy, and is the Co-Director of the Health Determinants Research Collaboration Rhondda Cynon Taf. Over the last 12 years he has helped to build and establish an award-winning, demand-led approach to mobilising research evidence. This has involved designing and delivering a model that supports Welsh Government Ministers, and public sector leaders to access, understand and use the best available evidence.
Philip Daniels - Executive Director Public Health, CTM UHB
Having undertaken specialist training in the West Midlands, Philip worked internationally for a number of years, prior to returning home to Wales in October 2019. He saw duty as health protection consultant during the Covid response, before moving to the Cwm Taf Morgannwg public health team, where he led on health improvement and the wider determinants of health. Alongside his service work, Philip is the incoming Chair of the Faculty of Public Health in Wales and a board member and trustee of the UK Faculty of Public Health. He has taught extensively on health systems and policy. With a broad grounding across the domains of public health, Philip has a particular interest in how systems and organisations are structured and function to enable (or otherwise) population health.
Professor Rhiannon Evans - Deputy Director DECIPHer, Cardiff University
Professor Rhiannon Evans works at Cardiff University. She is a researcher at the DECIPHer research centre, which develops and evaluates public health programmes to improve the health and wellbeing of people across Wales. She also works at the National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-harm Research. Rhiannon has a particular interest in improving the health and wellbeing of people who are often underserved by current services, including those who are living in care, at risk of modern slavery, or experiencing homelessness. She is an academic member of the Rhondda Cynon Taf HDRC, supporting the programme of training and working to strengthen research collaboration between RCT Council and Cardiff University.
Simon James - Chief Executive, Interlink RCT
Simon James has been the Chief Executive of Interlink RCT, the County Voluntary Council, an umbrella charity for community and voluntary groups in RCT, for the last 17 years. Simon has over 30 years experience of working within the community and voluntary sector in South Wales supporting community development, coproduction and working with others to tackle inequality and improve community wellbeing. Simon is passionate about asset-based community development and involving people and communities in shared decision making. Simon currently chairs HDRC Work Programme 1, Citizen Voice.
Professor Alisha Davies - Consultant in Public Health and Head of Research and Evaluation, PHW
Alisha Davies is Head of Research and Evaluation, Public Health Wales, and co-Lead of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Digital health equity. Alisha is responsible for the organisational research and evaluation strategy, supporting research development and delivery across PHW. She leads a multi-disciplinary Research and Evaluation Division, with a focus on linked data for health and impact evaluation -working across PHW to identify and address evidence gaps to shape public health policy and practice. She is also a member of the National Institute for Health Research Public Health Research Prioritisation Committee.
Louise Davies - Director Community Services, RCT CBC and Co-Director of RCT HDRC
Louise Davies is Director of Community Services at Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, the third largest local authority in Wales. As a member of the Council’s Senior Leadership Team, she is responsible for diverse services that support resident and community wellbeing, including Leisure, Libraries, Public Protection, Culture and Heritage, Employment Support, Early Help and Community Programmes.Louise has worked in local government for over 30 years having started her career as an Environmental Health Officer. She is committed to protecting and promoting public health and has extensive experience of innovative partnerships that have led to improved services and outcomes for residents and communities.Louise is Co-Director of the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Rhondda Cynon Taf – a £5million investment which will create new infrastructure to link research to policy and practice and bring together individuals and organisations with the clear aim of improving the health outcomes of Rhondda Cynon Taf residents.
