Stepping up primary care research: The fourth shift?

Date
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Time
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Exton Park, Chester
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Professor Dame Jenny Harries
On CampusResearchFaculty of Health, Medicine and Society

HEALTH AND WELLBEING RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE 
Masterclass/lecture availability (Autumn/Winter 2025)

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Location: CML016 Cinema Room, Chester School of Education, Exton Park Campus

Name: Professor Dame Jenny Harries
Previous roles include:

  • Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England
  • Regional Director for the South of England at Public Health England (PHE) and PHE’s Deputy Medical Director
  • Joint Director of Public Health, for Norfolk County Council and NHS Norfolk and Waveney
  • Joint Director of Public Health, NHS Swindon and Swindon Borough Council
  • Local Director of Public Health, Monmouthshire Local Health Board and Public Health Consultant Lead for the South East Wales Regional Commissioning Unit
  • Member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation since 2007
  • Member of the Expert Advisory Group on the NHS Constitution
  • Worked in policy, evaluation and clinical roles in Pakistan, Albania, India and New Zealand

Synopsis

Destination X for Doctors: put on your theoretical X goggles and come with the speaker on a high-level journey through some of the lesser-known medical specialities and career pathway opportunities. Roles including: Public health and occupational health medicine, policy roles (both in Department of Health and Social Care, eg Chief Medical Officer, as well as chief medical advisors in other government departments such as Department for Transport; areas such as aviation medicine; forces medicine; pharmaceuticals and biotech; media doctors, etc.

How to get here

Exton Park is centrally located in Chester, and accessible via the M53, A483, A41, A56, and public transport from the city centre.

Find your way around Exton Park

Address

University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ

The Greenway Gate, accessible between 7am – 9pm with your University pass, is located at the back of the overflow car park and is the nearest point of access to the Millennium Greenway cycle path that connects to routes throughout the city.

Bache train station is a 15-minute walk from Exton Park and Chester railway station is a 20-minute walk. Arriva 1A and Arriva 1 run frequent services that stop with a short walk to Exton Park. All three Park and Ride routes, PR1, PR2 and PR3 have connections within walking distance to Exton Park.

Parking on campus is limited, so we recommend using public transport and/or walking if possible.