Salim has a degree in medicine from the University of Leicester, a masters in environmental epidemiology and a doctorate in public and environmental health and policy, both from the UK’s leading public health school, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

He has worked in public health for over 25 years, with a focus on health impact assessment, healthy urban planning and health in all policies for the last 19 years. He started Public Health by Design after heading the Institute of Occupational Medicine’s Center for Health Impact Assessment for 7 years and setting up the health impact assessment team at Peter Brett Associates (now part of Stantec). Early in his career he did a secondment at the then Wales Centre for Health on an EU funded research project on Health in EIA.

He has undertaken over 50 HIAs across the globe, on policies, programmes, plans and projects, and on many sectors  - urban, transport, energy, extractives, water and sanitation, waste, health services.

Salim has worked with many of the biggest companies and consultancies internationally. He has also worked with local and national governments and international development institutions.

Salim has lead or co-authored various health impact assessment guides. Most notably the HIA Greenspace Guide for greenspace scotland and Health Scotland. The HIA Good Practice Guide for the International Council for Mining and Metals. The HIA Sourcebook for the Asian Development Bank and the HIA Guidelines for the Petroleum Sector for the Government of Kenya.

He is a senior lecturer in public health at the University of West London, an Honorary Fellow of Staffordshire University
and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of South Wales for his expertise in HIA.

He is a former co-Chair of the Health Section of the International Association for Impact Assessment; a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, an Associate of the Faculty of Public Health; an affiate of the UK Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment; a member of the Transport and Health Study Group;  a member of the Town and Country Planning Association, and an Editorial Board member for Environmental Impact Assessment Review.

Associates and Partners

Our core team is supported by two additional staff members supporting project coordination, management, finances and business development. We also have an extensive network of partners who we bring in on a project-by-project basis to supply the most relevant expertise to our clients.

We have worked and partnered with public health specialists, Ben Cave Associates, Birley HIA, Robert Bos, IEH Consulting and Daniel Black + Associates.

Alumni

Filipe Silva

Filipe is a medical doctor with a master in public health and 6 years of experience in public health and development in various settings.

Filipe has worked full time on HIA from 2014-2021. He has undertaken more than 30 HIAs in different sectors - transport, energy, extractives, urban planning, water and sanitation - and in different socio-economic and development contexts within Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Australia.

He has integrated and supported coordination of international HIA teams developing HIA, and health in EIA, systems in six countries and providing capacity building to authorities at the national and provincial levels.

Filipe has training on EIA, SEA, geographical information systems and quantitative risk assessment, especially on the health impacts of outdoor air pollution.

Filipe is registered with the Portuguese Medical Association and is a member of the International Association for Impact Assessment.

Filipe stepped down from Public Health By Design in January 2022 to pursue new opportunities in the United States.