We are thrilled to welcome three outstanding keynote speakers to the SAPC South East 2026 Conference, whose work is shaping the future of health research, policy and practice. Their insights will inspire and challenge us to think differently about care, equity and innovation.
Professor Frances Mair
Norie Miller Professor of General Practice, University of Glasgow
Professor Frances Mair is the Norie Miller Professor of General Practice, Head of the School of Health and Wellbeing and Director of a Wellcome funded Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals at the University of Glasgow. She is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. She undertakes mixed methods research focusing on optimising the care of people with chronic illness and multimorbidity and the potential of digital health. Her work considers the wider socioeconomic environment and social contexts in which people live and the importance of understanding implementation issues to help bridge the translational gap between research and clinical practice. She holds visiting Professorships at the Universities of Liverpool, Southampton and Melbourne.
Professor Daksha Trivedi
Daksha Trivedi, Professor of Applied Health Research, University of Hertfordshire
Daksha Trivedi, Professor of Applied Health Research, Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC), University of Hertfordshire. Daksha trained as a scientist and obtained her PhD (King’s College, London) and MSc, Faculty of Medicine, University of London and an MPhil in Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge. Her expertise includes evidence based practice, clinical trials, evaluation of complex interventions, and community co-production. Daksha’s primary research focus is health inequalities. She works closely with a range of community organisations and healthcare providers to understand, develop and evaluate interventions to address health disparities for marginalised, disadvantaged and ethnically diverse groups. She is part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration East of England (EoE) and has led projects on cancer screening for Muslim communities, cancer journeys for South East Asian women, mental health for young Muslim women, and vaccine confidence for Black African communities.
Dr Charlotte Paddison
Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Dr Charlotte Paddison has more than 15 years of experience working in senior leadership roles in health services research and health policy – as senior research associate at the University of Cambridge, and as a senior policy fellow/deputy director at the Nuffield Trust. She has published in internationally leading journals in medicine and behavioural science – receiving national and international awards including the RCGP Health Services and Public Health Paper of the Year. She is also a Non-Executive Director at the Royal Papworth hospital and previously a NHS Governor for a mental health Trust. Charlotte is passionate about good health care, for everyone.