2009 Annual Report - Imperial College Faculty of Medicine ...

Professor Salman RawafMD PhD DPH MPH MCH DCH FRCP FFPH MFPHMIs.rawaf@imperial.ac.ukSalman Rawaf qualified in medicine with subsequent training in paediatrics and public health.Professor Rawaf is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education andTraining which supports several WHO Regions and their Member States. He has published morethan 80 scientific papers, 2 books and many international reports. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Public Health Medicine and a member of a number of editorial boards. He iswell known for his international work and his contribution to global health. He is an adviser to theWHO on primary care, public health, health system and medical education.Professor Rawaf is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians London and the UK Faculty ofPublic Health and Member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine Ireland. He is the Chair of theInternational Committee, Faculty of Public Health UK, Executive Member of the InternationalCommittee of the Academy of the Royal Medical Colleges, Council Member of Chelsea andWestminster Hospital Foundation Trust, Member of WHO Advisory Committee for Health research,and Programme Leader of the Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Family Medicine MiddlesexUniversity. He is a guest lecturer at Ghent University, Belgium. His contributions to public healthand primary care in research and service delivery are well documented. Among the manyinnovative approaches is Staying Healthy: a programme to assess risk factors for chronic diseasesin community settings and enable individuals to engage in their own health.Elizabeth A. DuboisBSc BA (Hon) MSc FRSPHe.dubois@imperial.ac.ukElizabeth Dubois is Deputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre. She graduated withhonours in economics from the American University of Paris and a Master’s degree from theLondon School of Economics. She trained as a registered nurse gaining clinical experience inpaediatric oncology, bone marrow transplant, cardiology and diabetes.From 2002-2005, during non-peace times, she worked at the Ministry of Health in Bahrain andbegan her international commitment to the WHO. Returning to Europe, Elizabeth’s researchinterests extend to health policy, public health, patient safety, prevention, primary care andeffectiveness, particularly in relation to health services. In 2006 she was appointed AssociateDirector of Public Health in South West London Primary Care Trust and in the same year launchedan academic exchange programme with Austria’s Carinthia University of Applied Science.WHO CC ICL UK ANNUAL REPORT 2008 | 09 3