Our wonderful Board of Trustees is responsible for strategic governance and stewardship. They provide ongoing advice and perspective, shaping Global Health Film and ensuring that we are responding effectively and impactfully to an ever-changing world.
We will be expanding the Board of Trustees just after Summer 2023; to be the first to hear about this opportunity, make sure you've subscribed to our e-newsletter where the first announcements will be made.
Lalitha Bhagavatheeswaran
Lalitha is Chair of the Board of Trustees and works as a Clinical Outreach and Engagement Manager at the BMJ in their Global Health & Global Health Security team.
She has a MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a HBSc in Biology and Health Studies from the University of Toronto. Her interests are in health research, health systems strengthening and improving access to education for girls around the world.
Peter Jarrett
Dr Peter Jarrett recently retired as a NHS consultant psychiatrist after almost 25 years' service.
His career included work in the USA, family research, senior NHS management, the assessment of poorly performing doctors, junior doctor training, the education of clinicians to support patient safety and, more recently, the inspection of mental health services and work for the Mental Health Tribunal.
His career has brought him face to face with social disadvantage and health inequalities, and to the political context in which these occur, while his experience as a movie- goer has shown him the educative power of documentary film.
George Ransley
George Ransley is a junior doctor working in London. Prior to life as a doctor, he worked as a theatre director in the UK and internationally.
His primary interests are in neurology, public health, and how film can be used to communicate health
messages effectively.
Mike Rüb
Mike Rüb is a medical student in his final year, currently working on his doctoral thesis on cinemeducation in Berlin. He is passionate to understand how feature films and documentaries can be used in medical teaching.
Mike was trained at Aarhus University, Seoul National University, Tokyo University and LudwigMaximilian University of Munich where he has been engaged as curator of the interdisciplinary and interprofessional medical cinema at the medical faculty since 2012.
In addition to his work on global health at the Center for Advanced Studies, he is part of a team developing a cross-faculty global health curriculum at Ludwig Maximilian University.