E38 - Prof. Tracy Daszkiewicz - FPH 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 first episode of the series - we have the pleasure of hosting Presidential candidate, Professor Tracy Daszkiewicz:

Tracy is a well-known and proven public health leader with nearly three decades experience working across the public health system - including NHS, local government, civil service and voluntary sector.

Tracy has developed her senior leadership skills across a wide range of roles in her career including as Director of Public Health at Wiltshire council where she played a pivotal leadership role in the response to the 2018 Novichok poisoning incident in Salisbury.

She also held roles as the Deputy Director of Population Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England and the Director of Public Health for Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham Borough councils

She is currently the executive director for public health and Strategic Partnerships at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Wales, current Vice President of the Faculty of Public Health and a visiting professor at the University of the West England in Bristol. She is also a visiting lecturer at Exeter University and a Trustee of the Swindon Domestic Abuse Support service.

(00:00) Introduction

(02:19 Why Professor Daszkiewicz is running for FPH President

(04:07) Professor Daszkiewicz's 3 year vision and priorities

(07:03) Plan to address the needs of FPH members

(11:33) Professor Daszkiewicz's leadership brand