Professor Phil Hanlon
Phil Hanlon was educated in the West of Scotland and graduated in medicine from Glasgow University in 1978. Following a period of clinical experience in adult medicine and general practice he took up a research post with the Medical Research Council in the Gambia, West Africa. On returning to the UK he completed a period of training in public health after which he was appointed to the post of Director of Health Promotion for the Greater Glasgow Health Board. In 1994 he became a Senior Lecturer in Public health at the University of Glasgow and was promoted to Professor in 1999. Between January 2001 and April 2003 Phil undertook a secondment to establish the Public health Institute of Scotland before returning to full-time academic life as Professor of Public Health at the University of Glasgow.
Phil is Principal Investigator for the Culture and Well-being study, funded by the National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being in Scotland, part of the Scottish Government's Mental Health Division. The Culture and Well-being study also has strong links with the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and the Centre for Confidence and Well-being.