MEET OUR
inspirational ALUMNI
Alumna of the Year Dr Cheryll Adams CBE
For more than 30 years Cheryll has been championing the causes of vulnerable families and their communities as a nurse, researcher and health visitor, in government and as founding director of the Institute of Heath Visiting (iHV).
She is driven by her belief that every child deserves the best start in life and that health visitors are the best-placed professionals to make that happen.
“Attending to a child’s health needs in the first few years of life is crucial to their future wellbeing,” she says. “Health visitors are uniquely placed in terms of their influence – who else has universal access to all children? They are in an incredibly powerful position to drive health improvement.”
Cheryll says that inconsistent NHS support for quality health visiting led to her and fellow professionals setting up the iHV in 2012 to safeguard and shape the future of health visiting and offer evidence-based guidance and professional support.
Since then the charity has created 154 iHV Fellows who act as ambassadors for the profession, trained more than 1,500 champions for perinatal and infant mental health, and created experts in safeguarding
Now in their sixth year, the Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Awards 2018 received the largest number of nominations ever! We’d like to thank everyone who took part – it was wonderful to read about the amazing work our graduates are doing around the world, and we look forward to receiving even more next year.
Of our 2018 awards, Professor Max Lu said: “My warmest congratulations to all of our winners who have demonstrated what it means to make an impact, and they inspire us all to make the very most of our lives and potential.”
and domestic violence. This year, the first national curriculum for health visiting education will be launched.
Throughout her career, Cheryll has always considered the bigger picture of public health which she believes is due to her Human Biology and Nursing degree. This has led her to act as a professional adviser to UNICEF, supporting the introduction of a health visiting-type role into 25 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She previously supported the government of Kazakhstan to introduce the profession there.
Cheryll said the news that she has been named as our Alumna of the Year left her feeling “flabbergasted”.
“I am astonished and honoured to win the award; my three years at Surrey were extremely happy and inspiring ones. I hope this award will shine a light on our amazing health visitors who play such an important role in ensuring children have the best start in life and who have such a huge impact on the public’s health.”
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