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Gareth Escott is currently a final year medical student at SGUL. Prior to studying medicine, he completed an M.Sci in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. He subsequently worked in a developmental biology lab at University College, London, specialising in genetic mapping and the development of real-time imaging techniques to aid in the study of cell and tissue morphology. His professional areas of interest include Respiratory medicine, Anaesthetics and Paediatrics

Benn Gooch is a student at George's University of London completing a degree in medicine and surgery. He is also an alumni of the University of Westminster where he completed his honours degree in Applied Biology. He is currently enrolled at the Society of Apothecaries completing the Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes. Benn is a member of the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissues and has been involved in research in this field. His academic interests include cardiovascular physiology especially oxygen delivery and haemodynamic monitoring. Professionally, his main area of interest includes Emergency and Intensive care medicine.

Jonathan Loukes completed a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Wales Bangor in 2001. He worked as a rehabilitation assistant at the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability before successfully gaining entry on the Graduate Medicine course at St. Georges in 2005. Upon completing his degree he intends to specialise in Paediatrics.

James Matheson is an MBBS student on the 4-year Graduate Entry Programme at St George’s, University of London. He is the student representative of the Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine at the Society of Apothecaries of London, completing their Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine Course of training in 2006, and of the Catastrophes and Conflict Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine. In 2005 he worked in the Neonatal Medicine Unit at Wythenshawe Hospital. Prior to medicine he served as Operations Officer in a UK Reconnaissance Regiment, with training and experience in expedition leadership and civil-military cooperation. His professional areas of interest are Trauma & Orthopaedics, Paediatrics and Primary Care.

Jess Ng completed a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at theRoyal College of Science, Imperial College London in 2005. She is now a student in her penultimateyear on the 5 year MBBS course at SGUL and is keen to help improve access to health care in developing countries. Herprofessional interests include Emergency medicine, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Obstetrics and Geriatrics.

Paul Tanto A medical student with a keen in interest in emergency medicine, psychiatry, palliation, malaria, haemoglobinopathies, thyroid disorders, and castastrophe.  Feels strongly about the health inequalities that exist worldwide. First studied biochemistry but worked for 10 years in IT gaining a solid understanding of networks having built several multi-national ones.

Jay Thiagarajah is an MBBS student on the 4-year Graduate Entry Programmeat St George’s.He is currently a Foulkes Foundation Fellow and taking theConflict and Catastrophe Medicine Course at the Society of Apothecaries of London. In 2005 he worked in Dhaka, Bangladeshon a project developing novel anti-diarrhoeal drugs.  Prior to studying medicine he was a post-doctoral fellow atthe University of California, San Francisco conducting a range of research includingdiarrhoeal disease, optical methods and cystic fibrosis. His professional areas of interest are Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Paediatrics.

Navin Vig is also an MBBS student on the GEP course at SGUL. He qualified as a dentist in 2002 and has worked in both the community and hospital sectors. In the two years prior to starting the course, he was a maxillofacial surgery SHO at Barts and the London Hospitals with an interest in oncology and facial deformity.  At present, he is studying for the Diploma in Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine, due for completion in January 2008. He is also President of the SGUL Surgical Society. His professional area of interest is Head and Neck Surgery.