RDE Public Health (RDE Public Health #2)

Public Health – Who Cares?

Presented by

The School of Public Health Environments Research at Exeter

Thursday 15 January 2026

09:30 – 16:00

Online (Teams)

09:30 – 10:30

Welcome and introduction to public health

Prof. Ben Wheeler, Professor of Environment, Health and Health Inequalities

10:30-11:00

Statistics: Interpreting results from analyses comparing binary outcomes between two groups? - Part One

Prof. Obioha Ukoumunne, Professor in Medical Statistics

SHORT BREAK

11:10-12:00

Statistics: Interpreting results from analyses comparing binary outcomes between two groups? – Part Two

Prof. Obioha Ukoumunne, Professor in Medical Statistics

LUNCH

12:45-13:25

Public Priorities for Public Health Dr. Michelle Tester Jones, Senior Lecturer in Public Involvement and Public Health

13:25-14:10

Mental Health in the Year 2024

SPHERE Research Project Overview: ‘Improving access to and experience of preventative health and care services in the farming community’

Dr Gemma Brailey, Postdoctoral Research Associate

SHORT BREAK

14:20-15:00

Healthy Places, Healthy Planet

SPHERE Research Project Overview: ‘Understanding the

Dr. Kerry Ann Brown, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition

impact of mandatory energy (kcal) labelling in out-of-home food environments in England’

15:00-15:50

Nature based solutions for planetary health in the climate change era

Prof. Ben Wheeler, Professor of Environment, Health and Health Inequalities

15:50-16:00

Final questions and wrap up

Mandatory: Foundation Year 2