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Dr. Hannah Degge
Conference Co-Chair
Dr Hannah Degge is an Assistant Professor in Health Promotion and Public Health, in the Faculty of Medicine and School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She has a master’s in public health from University of Leeds, United Kingdom and a PhD from University of Hull, United Kingdom.
In the last 13 years, she has worked in various roles in higher education both for undergraduate and post-graduate studies. She has also carried out numerous international health research projects and has several peer reviewed publications. A passionate public health advocate, Dr Degge’s interest in identifying and addressing the impact of social injustice on health outcomes for the vulnerable in the society, underpins her interest in public health, research, and health workforce development. In contributing to community development, she volunteers for a local charity Youth Aspire Connect(YAC), as a researcher and community engagement coordinator in Hull, United Kingdom where she lives. Her current research with YAC is a Wellcome Trust funded project titled ‘Normalising mental health and wellbeing conversations among young people from minoritised ethnic background’.
She is a registered practitioner with the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) UK, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a member of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education, and an affiliate member of the Chartered institute of Environmental Health
Prof. Sally Guttmacher
Conference Co-Chair
She is also a Honorary Professor of Public Health at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Dr. Guttmacher’s current primary research interests are in the areas of health and human rights, especially applied to reproductive health and the health risks encountered by cross-border migrants. She currently teaches Global Issues in Reproductive Health and Human Rights at NYU.
She has been the Principal Investigator of a number of research projects. She has published text books entitled: “Community-Based Health Organizations” and “Community Based Health Interventions”.
