On 26 June 2025, CGHP’s annual Impact Celebration and Awards brought together a vibrant network of healthcare professionals, academics and global health advocates to share and reflect on the learnings and impact of global health collaborations.
Held at AstraZeneca’s Discovery Centre on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and sponsored by CGHP’s pro-bono partner Costello Medical, the evening welcomed a great turnout, including Roland Sinker (Chief Executive, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), Dame Mary Archer (Co- Chair, Cambridge Children’s Hospital and President of CGHP), and Fiona Smith-Laittan, VP Global Health Strategy and Partnerships at GlaxoSmithKline and CGHP Chair.
The event also welcomed distinguished keynote speakers Professor Sassy Molyneux and Dr Abdul Imam from the University of Oxford, underlining national recognition of the global health partnerships and projects supported by CGHP. They highlighted the critical role that nurses play in the care of newborns in public hospitals in Kenya, and shared findings from a multi-disciplinary intervention study that underscored the toll of current workloads and the importance of multi-layered change processes to strengthen services.
Showcasing the contribution of East of England NHS staff
The Impact Celebration is an opportunity to focus on the incredible contributions of East of England based NHS staff and international partners working to improve health outcomes through reciprocal learning and shared expertise.
From providing healthcare to refugees in Jordan, to improving access to hearing care in Malawi, to sharing expertise in HIV care between Zimbabwe and the UK, our five lightning presenters gave a powerful snapshot of the breadth and depth of the partnerships and projects that CGHP supports. They demonstrated how the health partnership model empowers staff to share knowledge, develop expertise and co-create sustainable solutions with colleagues around the world.
“NHS staff bring incredible passion and commitment to their work in global health,” said CGHP Director, Evelyn Brealey. “These partnerships exemplify the power of two-way learning, and the contributions we’re celebrating tonight benefit healthcare workers and their patients far beyond national borders.”
Posters and Awards 2025
This year’s event featured a poster competition with high calibre entries received in three categories: Global Health Research, Global Health Education and Global Health Practice. You can view all the entries and see the winners and runners up here.
We also presented five awards in recognition of five outstanding individuals and teams who’ve made significant contributions to global health projects and partnerships. Congratulations to everyone who was nominated and particularly to our winners – follow the links to find out more about them.
Outstanding Contribution Award
Shortlisted: Lisa Enoch (Education Lead Critical Care at CUH and co-lead of the SCALE Critical Care Project);
Laura Hobbs (Consultant in Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine and Clinical Research Fellow at CUH and member of the Kampala-Cambridge Health Partnership), Christiano Serra (Antimicrobial Pharmacist at Royal Papworth Hospital and member of the Kakamega-Cambridge Health Partnership).
Winner: Lisa Enoch
Inspiring New Member Award
Shortlisted: Wanaemi Allison (Clinical Scientist at Norfolk and Norwich NHS Foundation Trust and member of the Kakamega-Cambridge Health Partnership); Charly Gilchrist (Advanced Specialist Speech & Language Therapist at CUH, AHP Global Health Fellow); Tinoyenda Manyere (Nurse and midwife at Cambridge IVF and CGHP grant scheme recipient), Charlotte Skipper (Specialist Audiologist, CUH and member of the Malawi Hearing Project).
Winner: Charly Gilchrist
Fundraising Award
Shortlisted: Isobel Fitzgerald O’Connor (ENT Surgeon at CUH and co-lead of the Malawi Cambridge Hearing Project); (Celeste Formenton (Critical Care Nurse at CUH and member of the SCALE Critical Care Project), Tamsin Holland Brown (Paediatrician and co-lead of the Malawi Cambridge Hearing Project).
Winner: Isobel Fitzgerald O’Connor
Expert in Our Midst Award
Shortlisted: Margaret Baron Catuday (Resuscitation Officer at CUH and member of the SCALE Critical Care Project);
Tinotenda Manyere, Cristiano Serra
Winner: Tinotenda Manyere
Innovation in a Health Partnership Award
Shortlisted: Catherine Barlow (Lead Midwife at CUH and member of SCALE Critical Care Project); Kakamega-Cambridge Health Partnership Team, Tinotenda Manyere
Winner: Kakamega-Cambridge Health Partnership Team
CGHP plays a vital role enabling opportunities for NHS staff and academics based in Cambridge and the East of England to engage in international collaborations. Our award winners and nominees exemplify the pursuit of knowledge exchange and reciprocal learning which ultimately improve patient care here in the East of England as well as in the Global South.
We look forward to continuing to grow this community, and strengthening and expanding the heath partnerships we support.
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