On 8th June 2026, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted this webinar on ‘Geopolitical health: a new imperative for understanding the health of the people we serve’, with John Middleton, Honorary Professor of Public Health at the University of Wolverhampton, and President of the Global Network for Academic Public Health. In this webinar,…
On 9th February 2026, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted a webinar ‘Experiences of women living with neurodiversity in Staffordshire’ with Dr Victoria Riley, Research Fellow at CHAD, University of Staffordshire. In this webinar, Victoria talked through a recent research project with Support Staffordshire, that aimed to better understand the experiences, opportunities and…
“So much more than just a free swim”: A participatory action research project to explore people’s experiences of OutSwimming Cancer. In 2023/24 Dr Sarah Dean was lucky enough to get a space on the University of Staffordshire’s participatory action research (PAR) programme. Through this she was trained in how to carry out PAR and was…
CHAD/FPH webinar – Pain Comes First, Drugs come Later: Rethinking Co-Existing Mental Health and Substance Use Through a Layered Lens On 22nd September 2025, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted this webinar with Dr Simon Bratt, a part-time lecturer at the University of Staffordshire and a Mental Health Social Worker at North Staffordshire…
In this blog, Professor Patrick Saunders brings the current webinar series to a close. Patrick was one of the founders of the CHAD/Faculty of Public Health Webinar Series and has continued to play a crucial role in the series throughout. We are hugely grateful to Patrick for all his support. We are excited to be…
On 23rd June 2025, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted this webinar with Dr David Walsh from the University of Glasgow. David gave a powerful overview of his and Gerry McCartney’s new book ‘Social Murder? Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK’, presenting the evidence of the impacts of the UK Government’s austerity…
On 19th May 2025, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted this webinar with Dr Edward Tolhurst, an Associate Professor in Dementia, Ageing and Care at the University of Staffordshire. Ed began by defining personhood as a humanistic sense of recognising the person and their relationships, acknowledging their unique sense of self, even when…
On 10th March 2025, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted this webinar with Dr Mike Oliver, registered Health Psychologist, Chartered Psychologist and Visiting Fellow of the University of Staffordshire. Mike Oliver began by defining personal literacy as where people find information, understand and act upon it. Organisational health literacy was also discussed; including…
On 27th January 2025, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted this webinar with Bruno Ornelas, Rough Sleeping Advisor at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), and Andy Meakin, Director of Expert Citizens Community Interest Company and Freelance Consultant. Bruno Ornelas began by giving an overview of rough sleeping statistics. He…
On 30th September 2024, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted this webinar with Professor Michelle Cornes, Professor of Health and Social Policy Inequalities at the University of Salford and Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Policy Institute at King’s College London. Michelle is a leading expert on this important topic and has worked on…