After Dinner Speakers
Multi-Award Winning NHS Medical Doctor, Mental Health Advocate & Content Creator, Nutritank Co-founder & Creative
In this honest and deeply human talk, Dr. Ally Jaffee shares her own experiences navigating mental health challenges as a young doctor. She breaks the silence around burnout, anxiety, and the emotional cost of being in a caring profession—especially at the start of one’s career.
Ally offers practical strategies for creating safe, supportive healthcare environments where clinicians can thrive, not just survive. It’s a powerful reminder that caring for others begins with caring for ourselves.
Health & Creativity
Can creativity be a healing force? In this unique session, Dr. Ally Jaffee draws on her background in Medical Humanities to explore the powerful connection between the arts and wellbeing. From cinema to poetry, she shows how creative expression supports emotional insight and psychological resilience.
This talk invites audiences to reconnect with the imaginative self—whether in clinical care, personal reflection, or social healing. It’s science with soul.
The Importance of Human Connection
Beyond medicine, data and diagnoses lies something essential: connection. In this talk, Dr. Ally Jaffee explores how human connection protects mental health, enhances patient care, and creates meaningful change in our communities.
Drawing from personal stories and clinical experience, Ally shows how empathy, active listening and relational depth are the foundation of truly holistic healthcare.
Vulnerability as Strength
In a world that rewards polished perfection, Dr. Ally Jaffee makes a compelling case for leading with vulnerability. She shares how openness about her own mental health has helped her connect more deeply—with patients, peers and purpose.
This talk dismantles stigma and redefines courage—not as having all the answers, but as daring to be seen. Ally empowers others to own their truth and build from it.
Entrepreneurship / Innovation Within Healthcare
As co-founder of the award-winning start-up Nutritank, Dr. Ally Jaffee shares how innovation begins with asking different questions. In this inspiring session, she challenges outdated norms in medical education and healthcare delivery—and offers a roadmap for making change from within the system.
Whether you're a clinician, policymaker or student, Ally’s story proves that passion, persistence and people-first thinking can spark meaningful disruption in even the most traditional spaces.
Food & Mood / Nutritional Psychiatry
Can what we eat shape how we feel? In this evidence-based and accessible session, Dr. Ally Jaffee introduces audiences to the emerging field of Nutritional Psychiatry. She explains how diet impacts brain health—and why mental healthcare must expand to include what’s on our plates.
Backed by research and real-world insight, this talk reframes nutrition as a core pillar of mental wellbeing—not a fringe add-on.
Holistic Mental Health / Lifestyle Psychiatry
Dr. Ally Jaffee champions a more human approach to mental healthcare—one that sees the whole person, not just the diagnosis. In this keynote, she introduces the principles of Lifestyle Psychiatry, combining clinical practice with interventions rooted in sleep, movement, relationships, and purpose.
This is mental health reimagined: science-backed, accessible and person-centred. It’s an empowering session for both practitioners and individuals seeking sustainable wellbeing.
How to Be a Young Changemaker / Activist for Social Change?
In this motivating talk, Dr. Ally Jaffee speaks directly to the next generation of leaders, thinkers and disruptors. She shares how she launched a national movement as a medical student—and what she learned about impact, resilience and staying true to your “why”.
With warmth and clarity, Ally equips young people with the mindset and tools to turn passion into action. Her message is simple and powerful: you’re never too young—or too ordinary—to change the world.
