GEOFFREY B. FRANKSON, MBBS, MA(OXON) Better Health Limited P.O. Box 5214 St. James, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies Phone: (868) 622-9355 Fax: (868) 622-3289 Email: gbfrankson(at)gmail.com Born in Belize City, Belize Son of Alexander Frankson of Jamaica and Joyce (nee) Rogers of Belize

STUDIES AND AWARDS:
  Belize National Scholar, 1965
  MBBS (UWI), 1970  (Gold medal; Honours in Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
  Rhodes Scholarship, 1971
  BA(Hons) in Human Sciences, Oxford University, UK., 1973
  Post‑graduate research, Oxford, 1974‑1975
  MA(Oxon), 1983
  Course in Statistics and Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine, 1983
  Regional Award for Excellence In Medicine and Health, 2006, Environmental Health Foundation, Kingston, Jamaica
  Caribbean Luminary, 2007, American Foundation for The University of the West Indies

WORK HISTORY:
  Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau, Bahamas, July‑Dec 1970
  General Hospital, Belize, March ‑ August, 1971
  Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados, 1973 ‑ 1974
  Medical Officer, SERVOL, St. Barb's, Laventille, Trinidad, March‑July, 1974
  General practice, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 1976‑1978
  Medical Officer, Caroni Ltd., Trinidad, 1978‑1989
  Co‑Managing Director, “Families In Action” Oct. 1990‑92
  Founder, Managing Director, Better Health Ltd., Jan. 1993-Present


PUBLICATIONS:
“Wellness Step by Step”, Better Health Ltd., 2003
“Living Well”, Better Health Ltd., 2002
“Health Reform: Beyond Primary Care”, in Readings in the Socio-Economics of Health Care and Health Reform in Trinidad & Tobago Vol. 1, R. Marshall & D. Mahabir, Eds., 2001
“Horse and Carriage: Managed Care and Health Care Reform”, Dept. Of Comm. Med., UWI, 1995
“The Sad Failure of Doctors Today”, Journal of the General Practitioners' Association of T&T, Vol. 16, 1992
 “World Population Pressure and the Effects of West Indian Migration”, Caribbean Affairs, Vol.4, No.4, 1991
“An Analytical Review of the History of Medicine”, The Journal of General Medicine”, Vol.3 No.2, 1991
“Health and Responsibility”, Caribbean Affairs, Vol.3, No.1, 1990
“Sex and Morality for Boys & Girls at Puberty”, 1986 
“Sex for Seven Year Olds”, Paria Publications, 1985
Columnist in The Express Newspaper, 1978 ‑ 1992
Columnist in The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper, 1995-1999
Columnist & member of the publication committee of The Trinidad & Tobago Review, 1986‑1988
“D.R. Coldson: Medical Opinion”, Inprint (Caribbean) Ltd., 1981

LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, ETC.: (1985 - )
Innumerable lectures, seminars, workshops on health care, health promotion, wellness, community health in Trinidad & Tobago and other Caribbean countries. On various Community health project committees for all the Regional Health Authorities. Frequent guest on radio and television health-related programmes.
Tutor, occasional lecturer, Medical Sciences Faculty, U.W.I. Part-time lecturer, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, UWI.

AFFILIATIONS:
President of the Caribbean Club, Oxford, 1972‑1973
Councillor, Port of Spain Jaycees, 1977‑1978
Member T&T National Squash Team, 1976‑1980
Captain, Brechin Castle Golf Club, 1984
Vice‑president, Golf Association of T&T, 1985‑1986
Selector on the Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship committee,
1984‑1988, 1992-1996, 2000-
Lecturer, examiner, St. John's Ambulance Brigade, Couva, 1987-1989
Selector on the OWTU Butler-Rienzi Scholarship committee, 1990-2006 
Member, The General Practitioners' Association of T&T
Member, Foundation for the Enhancement & Enrichment of Life (FEEL)
Member, Coalition for Social Justice and Human Rights, 1995-1999
Member, Trinidad & Tobago Heart Foundation
Vice President, Diabetes Association of T&T, Feb 1992-1994
Director, Independent Living Centre, Feb. 1991‑1995
President – Diabetes Association of Trinidad and Tobago, 1998 –2000
Member – Essential National Health Research Council, 2000-
Director, Northwest Regional Health Authority, Trinidad and Tobago, 2002-2004
Consultant, Caricom study on Poverty and Health, Kairi Consultants, 2004
Commissioner – Commission of Inquiry into the Health Services, 2005-2007

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:
Radio host: “Living Well”, Classic Radio, 1994-1995
Radio host: “Living Well”, Radio 104, 1999 -2001
Overall winner, Prime Minister’s Award for Innovation & Invention, 2004
Computer Programming
Golf, snooker

In 1994, he founded Better Health Ltd., which operates the Wellness Centre, a health promotion facility in St. James.

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