Dr Arpana Verma (MBChB, MPH, PhD, FFPH) - personal details

I qualified as a doctor from the University of Manchester in 1995. Prior to this I worked at the Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, South Manchester University NHS Trust and in Respiratory Medicine. 
 

I thoroughly enjoy teaching and currently teach undergraduates and postgraduates from a variety of backgrounds. My research interestes include urban health, hepatitis C and blood borne viruses. I set up the Manchester Urban Collaboration on Health which is part of the School of Translational Medicine. More information regarding all our projects can be found on the intranet.

I also work within the Department of Public Health at NHS Bury for Dr Peter Elton. I am the lead for a wide variety of conditions from cancer to sexual health.

British Thoracic Society (BTS)
Diabetes UK
Faculty of Public Health
Public Health Educators in Medical Schools (PHEMS)
European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
International Society of Urban Health (ISUH)
American Association of Public Health (APHA)
Manchester Medical Society

 

MBChB University of Manchester 1995

MPH (Distinction) University of Manchester 2006

MFPH Faculty of Public Health 2007 (by examination)

PhD University of Manchester 2011

FFPH Faculty of Public Health 2011 (through nomination)

I am principle investigator (PI) of the European Urban Health Indicator System project (EURO-URHIS 2) funded by DG Research under the FP7 programme (www.urhis.eu). I am president of the European Public Health Association section on Urban Health. I am PI on a number of health service research project primarily in hepatitis C and blood borne virus prevention, infection control, immunisation including MMR and HPV vaccine. Many of these projects involve data linkage of health indicators, risk factors and the wider determinants of health to help understand the urban challenges to health both within the UK and globally.

I am lead for public health on the undergraduate programme and teach on a number of other masters and batchelor degrees. I also run training events for public health professionals.

I also hold an honorary consultant post at NHS Bury where I am public health lead for cancer services, sexual health and other diseases.

Undergraduate medical curriculum

Organised Manchester Medical Society Public Health Forum events

Set up a journal club at the PCTs and within research team

Run tutorials for MFPH Part A/OSPHE teaching for trainees as well as running a mock exams

Post-graduate training for public health professionals

Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Study Day 2008 

11th International Hepatitis C Conference 2009 (Lowry Hotel, Salford)

On organising committee for EUPHA conferences

Postgraduate Education

Supervising 6 MD/PhDs 

Internal assessor/examiner MDs and PhDs for University of Manchester

Teach/taught on MSc/MPH courses (virology, infection, infection control, dietetics and nutrition etc.) for the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University

Examiner for University of Sheffield MPH

External examiner for University of Birmingham