E41 - Professor Zafar Iqbal - FPH Vice Presidential Candidate

Training in Public Health (TiPH)

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 fourth episode in the series, we are joined by Professor Zafar Iqbal:

Zafar has a wealth of experience as Director of Public Health, Medical Director and Deputy Director Public Health as well as currently being Chair of the NHS Provider Public Health Network and a board member UK Faculty Public Health. He has served the Faculty for over a decade in various roles such Assistant Registrar, during which time he led the four nations Public Health workforce strategy.

Zafar has served on the Global Health Committee for over a decade and sits on the FPH Health Services Committee. He is also a visiting professor in four institutions and is active in training, previously receiving a Trainer of Year award.

CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(01:55) Why Prof. Iqbal is running for vice president of FPH

(03:50) Prof. Iqbal's priorities as vice president

(07:24) Supporting FPH members

(10:10) Prof. Iqbal's leadership brand