Dr Catherine Swann: Catherine began her career as an academic and research psychologist at University College London, specialising in health and methodology. She moved into national health promotion and public health in 1996, leading research areas at the then Health Education Authority, whilst setting up a health psychology module at Birkbeck College. A chartered psychologist and member of the Faculty of Public Health, she spent nine years at the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence leading public health guidelines on behaviour change, sexual health, diabetes prevention and a range of other topics before joining Public Health England as deputy director for health improvement in 2016. She has published widely around review and guideline methodology, behaviour change, teenage pregnancy and parenthood and health-related quality of life, and currently teaches at Liverpool and Glasgow Caledonian Universities.
