Public Health Matters

To get a flavour of what's to come at this year's North South Joint Public Health Conference, we spoke to one of the keynote speakers, Dr Austin O'Carroll, about Making Sense of Street Chaos. This year the conference theme is the 'Health-Wealth Divide: Leaving No One Behind' and in this episode (recorded on 13…

Public Health Matters is back! Ahead of the North South Joint Public Health Conference on 29 November we spoke to one of the keynote speakers, Dr Austin O'Carroll, about Making Sense of Street Chaos. This teaser gives a flavour of what is to come in the full episode dropping next week and the Health-Wealth Divide…

In Ep2 of Series 2 in our #PublicHealthMatters podcast series, Professor John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy at Queens University Belfast, discusses the relationship between health, the economy and climate change. In this episode, Prof Barry shares some insights in advance of his keynote presentation at…

In Ep1 of Series 2 in our #PublicHealthMatters podcast series, Professor Pat Goodman from the Technological University in Dublin, an expert in environmental and medical physics, discusses the roll out of new solid fuel regulations in Ireland and how they fit into the bigger picture of air pollution, climate change and…

In Ep5 of our #PublicHealthMatters podcast, Dr Eric Carlin shares some personal insights into what lessons can be learnt from the Scottish experience of introducing Minimum Unit Pricing or MUP for alcohol. Dr Carlin was Director of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems when Scotland became the first country to…

The Institute of Public Health has launched a new podcast highlighting key public health issues across Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Public Health Matters Podcast speaks to experts about the big public health issues of the day and what lessons we can learn from past challenges. This is a teaser for Episode 5…

In Ep4 of our #PublicHealthMatters podcast, we speak to Dr Norah Campbell, Associate Professor in Marketing at Trinity Business School about how marketing and advertising challenges public health and influences what we consume. Dr Campbell's research interest is in food marketing and in this wide-ranging discussion we…

The Institute of Public Health has launched a new podcast highlighting key public health issues across Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Public Health Matters Podcast speaks to experts about the big public health issues of the day and what lessons we can learn from past challenges. This is a teaser for Episode 4…

In Ep3 of our #PublicHealthMatters podcast, we speak to Professor Luke Clancy of the Tobacco Free Research Institute about the bold move by Ireland to introduce the world’s first smoking ban in 2004. A doctor, academic and long-time advocate for tougher tobacco control measures, Professor Clancy was a key player in…

The Institute of Public Health has launched a new podcast highlighting key public health issues across Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Public Health Matters Podcast speaks to experts about the big public health issues of the day and what lessons we can learn from past challenges. This is a teaser for Episode 3…

In Ep 2 of our #PublicHealthMatters podcast we speak to Northern Ireland’s Mental Health Champion, Professor Siobhan O’Neill, about the high rate of mental health issues in Northern Ireland, the mental health legacy of The Troubles, and some of the factors at play. Siobhan is Professor of Mental Health Sciences at…

The Institute of Public Health has launched a new podcast highlighting key public health issues across Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Public Health Matters Podcast speaks to experts about the big public health issues of the day and what lessons we can learn from past challenges. In Episode 2, we speak to Northern…