Breakfast Briefing with Dame Jenny Harries DBE, Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency
We are delighted to host Dame Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of The UK Health Security Agency, for this breakfast briefing. The UKHSA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, responsible for protecting every member of every community across the UK from the impact of infectious diseases and other health threats.
Join us live for your opportunity to:
- Learn more about the role of The UK Health Security Agency in providing scientific and operational leadership at national and local level, as well as on the global stage
- Discuss how the UKHSA plans to collaborate with other government departments, and stakeholders across the sectors, to make the nation's health secure
- Pose your questions directly to Dame Harries during a live Q&A
Jenny Harries was appointed the first Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency in April 2021. The organisation formally launched in October and is responsible for planning, preventing and responding to external health threats, and providing leadership at national and local level, as well as on the global stage.
She has previously served on the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and has served as Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England (2019-21) and as Regional Director for the South of England at Public Health England (2013-19). Prior to this, she worked as a Director of Public Health in a number of local authority areas.
Dr Harries has played central roles in the UK’s response to COVID, Ebola, Zika, monkeypox, MERS and the Novichok attacks.
She was made a Dame in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to public health.