Crichton Conversation with Professor Virginia Murray

Professor Virginia Murray FFPH, FRCP, FFOM, FRCPath

Global to Local: health emergencies, disasters and climate change

We once again welcome Professor Virginia Murray to the Crichton as Head of Global Disaster Risk Reduction, UK Health Security Agency.

Virginia is public health doctor committed to improving health emergency and disaster risk management and was appointed as Head of Global Disaster Risk Reduction (GDRR) for UK Health Security Agency in April 2014. She is currently the Chair of the UNDRR/ISC Hazard Classification and Review Technical Working Group, and the report was published in July 2020 with the Hazard Information Profiles Supplement published in October 2021. She is a co-chair of the WHO Thematic Platform Health and Disaster Risk Management Research Network and she is one of the editors of the WHO Guidance on Research Methods for Health and Disaster Risk Management, published in October 2021. She is a visiting/honorary Professor and fellow at several universities including being a Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow

This is a virtual event, held via Zoom. The webinar will commence promptly at 7:30pm on Tuesday 2^nd November 2021. Pre-booking is essential.

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