James Nazroo Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK and Director of the ESRC research Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity. Issues of inequality, social justice and underlying processes of stratification have been the primary focus of his research activities, which have centred on gender, ethnicity and ageing. His work on ethnic inequalities in health focuses on assessing the contribution that social disadvantage might make, which involves developing an understanding of the links between ethnicity, racism, class and inequality. This covers a variety of elements of social disadvantage and how these relate to racialized identities and processes of racism.

Paul Lincoln UK Health Forum –Prevention priorities.Paul Lincoln has worked in public health at local, national and international levels in the public and third sector for over 36 years. He is currently Chief Executive of the UK Health Forum which focuses on the primary prevention of linked avoidable non communicable diseases. He is a member of numerous Government and scientific expert public health advisory groups and Chair of one of the National Institute of Clinical and Health Excellence standing Public Health Advisory Committees. He was a Director at the Health Education Authority and has worked in public health in the NHS and been an educational adviser, teacher and researcher.

Tim Lang is Professor of Food Policy at City, University of London’s Centre for Food Policy. After hill farming in Lancashire UK in the 1970s, he’s worked in Universities, the public sector and civil society to link health, environment, culture and political economy through food policy. He was food advisor to the EU Environment Commissioner (1988); and on the UK Sustainable Development Commission (2006-11), the UK Council of Food Policy Advisors (2008-10) and Sadiq Khan’s London Food Board (2017ff). He’s policy lead on the forthcoming EAT-Lancet Commission report on healthy diets from sustainable food systems. Sustainable Diets (with Pamela Mason) was published March 2017.

David Pencheon is a UK trained doctor and is the founder Director of the Sustainable Development Unit [SDU] for NHS England and Public Health England, established in 2007.The SDU develops organisations, people, tools, and policy to help the NHS and Public Health system in England fulfil their potential as leading sustainable and low carbon organisations. The work of the unit aims to ensure that health and social justice co-benefits are realised in addressing environmental, social and economic sustainability holistically. David Pencheon was previously Director of the Public Health Observatory in Cambridge from 2001 to 2007. He has worked as a clinical doctor in the NHS, a joint Director of Public Health, a Public Health Training Director, with the NHS R&D programme, and in rural China in the early 1990s with Save the Children Fund (UK).

Maggie Rae is currently Registrar with the UK Faculty of Public Health.She is also a Local Government Association Associate and Advisor for Public Health Sector Led Improvement and has been working on the LGA Prevention at Scale Programme. Maggie has worked in the public sector throughout her career and worked at all levels of the Health and Social Care System.  Maggie previously worked as Director of Public Health for Wiltshire and enjoyed working with local councillors and MPs who had ambitions to improve the health and well-being of their local population and reduce Health Inequalities.  Furthermore, she has worked at the Department of Health where she was Head of Health Inequalities and Local Delivery.   In her day job Maggie is Head of School for Public Health Training in the South West Region and Consultant in Healthcare Public Health with SW Public Health England

Sharon Hodgson Labour MP Washington and Sunderland West is the Shadow Minister for Public Health

Robin Ireland is Director of Research (Honorary) with Food Active and Healthy Stadia. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow researching Commercial Determinants of Health in Sport. Robin also contributes to the MPH programme at the University of Liverpool. He has over 30 years of experience working in public health with spells in the public, private and third sectors and was the CEO of the Health Equalities Group from 2002-2016. Robin is a member of the FPH’s Health Improvement Committee. He tweets regularly @robinHEG

I am a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Applied Public Health Research. My research focuses on evaluating the health inequalities impact of social, welfare, economic and health policies. I have a particular interest in research that enables local government to promote health equity by addressing the social determinants of health. I lead an international research consortium – Tackling Health Inequalities and Extending Working Lives (THRIVE). I was member of the Inquiry into Health Equity for the North of England and a lead author of its report – Due North. I am an investigator on the North West Coast Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care and the NIHR Gastrointestinal Health Protection Research Unit. I work as a technical advisor for the World Health Organisation advising on the global monitoring monitoring of action on the social determinants of health and health equity status in Europe.

Dr Tony Jewell My professional career started as a clinical medical student in East London and then a GP principal for 10 years. During this time we formed a group practice and designed and built a teaching, research and service based health centre in Chrisp Street E14. I was President of the UK Association of Directors of Public Health for 4 years. My final job was as Chief Medical Officer in Wales which I did for 6 years up to my retirement in 2012.During this time the Welsh Government abolished the internal market, created Public Health Wales and adopted the Our Healthy Future strategy designed to improve health and reduce inequalities in Wales.

Jenny Mindell Institute of Epidemiology & Health. public health physician with experience in epidemiological research, teaching, general practice, and health promotion. She leads the UCL team dealing with the Health Survey for England (HSE). She is also involved in work across Europe and Latin America to compare health examination surveys and their findings and how these are and can be used by policy-makers. A major interest is in policies that affect determinant of health and inequalities. She has published many papers in peer-reviewed journals, particularly on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors; transport and health; tobacco control; health impact assessment (HIA); and reports and briefings aimed at a range of audiences. She is the theme lead for health for UCL’s Transport Institute.