Sakthi Karunanithi

Dr Sakthi Karunanithi:  Prior to becoming the Lancashire Director of Public Health and Wellbeing in 2013, Dr Sakthi Karunanithi worked as the Director of Population Healthcare in the county. He trained across many NHS organisations in the North West and has been a NICE scholar. His key interests include mobilising communities for wellbeing, integration and improvement of health and care at scale, socio-economic determinants of health and addressing unwarranted clinical variation. He has been a trusted spokesperson on best practices amid the Covid-19 pandemic.