Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director and Director for Health Protection at Public Health England, investigates complex questions that shape public health practice and influence policy.
Her work in London has shaped the agenda of the two recent Mayors of London with the aim of making London the healthiest global city. It has led to measurable improvements in population health while raising the profile of prevention and the need to reduce inequalities. Her work on city health has been presented in Europe, China and the US, and her synthesis of ‘lessons from global and European cities’ has been used by the WHO and the EU to understand how to advance the healthy cities agenda.