Dr Shouvik Haldar

Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Shouvik Haldar is a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London. With over 20 years of clinical experience, he specialises in complex cardiac electrophysiology and device therapy, and is recognised as a leader in the diagnosis and management of heart rhythm disorders. Shouvik is board-certified in cardiovascular medicine by the Joint Royal College of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB) and the General Medical Council (GMC), and holds a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in cardiovascular medicine. He completed an advanced fellowship in electrophysiology at the world-renowned University Health Network, University of Toronto, gaining expertise in complex ablation techniques and device-based therapies. He is a fellow of several leading international medical societies, including the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, London), the American College of Cardiology (FACC), the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS), reflecting his international standing and contribution to cardiovascular medicine. Shouvik is a clinical researcher with a particular focus on atrial fibrillation (AF) and digital health innovation. He is the lead investigator of the REMOTE-AF study, exploring the use of photoplethysmography (PPG)-enabled wearable devices for passive AF detection. Building on this work, he is currently developing a device-agnostic, AI-based algorithm capable of predicting and detecting AF at scale using real-world wearable data. His aim is to tackle the global AF epidemic by enabling earlier diagnosis, improving health equity, and supporting sustainable healthcare delivery. In addition to his research, Shouvik is a committed educator and plays a national role in UK cardiology training through his work with the British Cardiovascular Society, running a portfolio of courses and the BCS Annual Conference alongside his role of programme director for Heart Rhythm Congress and the London Arrhythmia Summit.

Dr Neil Chapman

Consultant physician, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Neil Chapman is a consultant physician and hypertension specialist at Imperial College Healthcare Trust. He qualified from Cambridge University before training in general medicine, clinical pharmacology and hypertension in London and Sydney, Australia. He is the lead clinician for hypertension at Imperial College and the Peart-Rose Clinic at the Hammersmith Hospital – a tertiary referral centre for hypertension and cardiovascular risk factor management. He also runs hypertension clinics at several other sites in west London. He is a member of various groups aiming to improve hypertension management in London and works closely with local primary care via a weekly hypertension multidisciplinary research meeting.

Dr Honey Thomas

Consultant cardiologist, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Honey Thomas is a consultant cardiologist based in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the north east of England. She completed cardiology training and a postgraduate MD qualification in the north east, developing a subspecialty interest in heart failure and advanced rhythm management/complex device implantation. She introduced and jointly leads the local service for implantation and follow up of complex cardiac devices. Honey contributes to cardiology research within Northumbria Healthcare and acts as principal investigator on several multicentre NIHR trials. She is secretary of the British Heart Rhythm Society (BHRS) and a member of the examination board for the BHRS professional accreditation qualification. She has led the BHRS work to develop and share a national guidance document for perioperative management of cardiac implantable electronic devices and shock therapy deactivation for patients approaching the end of life. Honey has a major interest in atrial fibrillation and is passionate about improving the quality of care in this area, developing local and regional pathways to try and optimise the care of patients with AF. She currently chairs the cardiac rhythm management subgroup of the Northern England Clinical Network specialty group. She works with the Pace4life charity, aiming to allow patients in less developed economies to benefit from cardiac implantable devices.

Dr P Boon Lim

Consultant cardiologist and clinical lead, Imperial Syncope Unit, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr P Boon Lim is a consultant cardiologist and clinical lead for the Imperial Syncope Unit. He completed a PhD in clinical electrophysiology at Imperial College London and his research focused on exploring the role of the autonomic nervous system in human atrial fibrillation. Since completing his PhD, Dr Lim has continued to be actively involved in research at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and is supervisor for several PhD students. As the clinical lead for the Imperial Syncope Diagnostic Centre, he is regularly invited to speak on syncope at national and international meetings, and is actively involved in setting up a multidisciplinary approach to treatment of patients with syncope and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. He continues to explore novel aspects of ablation and is currently exploring the role of ablation of the autonomic nervous system as a treatment strategy to treat certain forms of atrial fibrillation and vasovagal syncope.

Dr Theresa Barnes

Consultant rheumatologist, Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust | clinical lead for outpatients, Royal College of Physicians

Professor Andreas Goebel

Director, Pain Research Institute | chair of pain medicine and honorary consultant in pain medicine, University of Liverpool and Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Andreas Goebel completed training in anaesthesia, pain medicine and post-trauma immunology in Germany, USA, and UK (Oxford/UCLH) and was appointed as a consultant in pain medicine at the Liverpool Walton Centre in 2007. Since 2008 he has worked as senior lecturer (assistant professor), then reader in pain medicine at the University of Liverpool (and has been chair of pain medicine since 2023), with 50% clinical work in pain outpatient clinics, pain management programmes and pain theatres. His research has focused on understanding the role of the adaptive immune system in causing severe ‘unexplained’ chronic pain. He has first developed the concept of autoantibody-pain and the use of passive transfer models to explore this in patients, focusing with his studies on complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Andreas is investigating the effects of immune-modulating treatments in these types of pain and has led a team that has developed novel recruitment approaches for drug trials in pain medicine. He is chair of: - UK interdisciplinary CRPS Guidelines Group, under the umbrella of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) - RCP UK Guideline Group on fibromyalgia diagnosis - Research Committee of the British Pain Society - European Pain Federation’s Task Force on CRPS - Special Interest Group on CRPS within the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Andreas is director of the Liverpool Pain Research Institute, a cross-departmental institute within the University of Liverpool, which supports and networks researchers in pain medicine in Liverpool and north-west UK, supported by the Liverpool Pain Relief Foundation, a Pain Research Charity (https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/pain-research-institute); he is keen to assist clinicians who wish to develop a research career in pain medicine.

Professor Chris Burton

Professor of primary medical care, University of Sheffield

Professor Chris Burton is professor of primary medical care at the University of Sheffield. His main research and clinical interest is in persistent physical symptoms, but his work extends to broader issues around the intersection of physical and mental health. His work focuses on the interpersonal aspects of care including involving the processes of diagnosis, explanation and reassurance. Chris recently led Multiple Symptoms Study 3, a large trial of an extended role GP consultation intervention for persistent physical symptoms. His research involves a range of approaches including evidence synthesis, analysis of routine healthcare data, qualitative analysis and the development and evaluation of interventions. Chris worked for many years as a GP in a rural former coal-mining community in the south-west of Scotland. He completed his doctorate at the University of Edinburgh and was a senior lecturer in primary care at the University of Aberdeen before moving to Sheffield in 2017.

Dr Katharine Cheston

Mildred Blaxter postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University

Dr Katharine Cheston is Mildred Blaxter postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology and Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. She recently completed an in-depth qualitative study, funded by Wellcome, which drew on humanities and social science methodologies to elucidate how stigma and shame affect women living with symptom-based disorders. Dr Cheston’s recent publications appear in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, the Journal of Medical Humanities and Literature and Medicine. Katharine’s current programme of work is supported by the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness.

Dr Mohnish Suri

Consultant clinical geneticist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Nora Shannon

Consultant clinical geneticist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Nora Shannon is a consultant clinical geneticist in the Nottingham Clinical Genetics Service. She is the genetics lead for the Nottingham ICC Service covering Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire. Nora has an interest in service delivery and has particularly worked to improve access to genetic testing for families with a history of sudden adult death in the region by developing local pathways. She sits on the council of the Association for Inherited Cardiac Conditions. She also continues to see adults and children in the wider field of rare disease. Nora’s current research interests include factors affecting access to family screening for aortic aneurysms. She is part of the programme management group for the NIHR funded DECIDE-TAD study.

Dr Claire Searle

Consultant clinical geneticist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Claire Searle is a consultant clinical geneticist and joint cancer genetics lead at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She specialises in the diagnosis and management of hereditary cancer syndromes, leading service development and integrating genomic testing into oncology mainstreaming pathways. Claire has a strong interest in education, training clinicians across disciplines in genomic medicine, and actively contributes to national working groups and the Genomic Medicine Service Alliances. She is also engaged in research, being principal investigator on several projects and contributing to multiple publications. Claire’s work bridges clinical care, research, education, and service transformation to advance personalised medicine.

Dr Abhijit Dixit

Consultant clinical geneticist, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust

Abhijit Dixit is a consultant clinical geneticist in Nottingham University Hospitals and honorary clinical associate professor in the School of Medicine, University of Nottingham. His special interests include renal genetics, dysmorphology, neurogenetics and endocrine genetic disorders. Abhijit has over 50 publications and a H-index of 22 on Google Scholar.

Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan

Professor of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism, University of Warwick

Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan is a specialist in diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Warwick and George Eliot Hospital. He is a non-executive director at Coventry and Warwickshire Mental Health Trust, current editor-in-chief of Clinical Medicine and former diabetes lead for NIHR West Midlands CRN. Trained in India, he moved to the UK in 1995. His research focuses on programming of obesity, diabetes and cardiometabolic disorders and ethnic variations, emphasising precision medicine and women's health (nutrition, gestational diabetes mellitus). He led global early pregnancy cohorts: PRiDE (UK, n=4746), STRiDE (India, n=3070; Kenya, n=4134), MAGIC (Malaysia, n=5200), TaRGET (Thailand, n=4260), funded by MRC UK. He has authored over 150 publications and received awards including the 2015 NHS Innovation Award for personalised diabetes management for South Asians. He played a key role in adopting new diabetes therapies and UK GDM screening guidelines during COVID-19. He co-led the BABYSTEPS trial (post-GDM physical activity) and mentored 21 PhD/MD students. He also founded the University of Warwick's international doctoral training programme.

Dr Anna Herrey

Consultant cardiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Anna Herrey is a clinical cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre with an interest in cardiac disease in pregnancy and cardiac imaging. She is also an honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University London and the University of Cape Town. Anna set up and leads the Maternal Cardiology Service at Newham General Hospital (previously the Royal Free Hospital) and jointly runs a preconception counselling clinic at Barts. She serves as education lead on the council of the UK Maternal Cardiac Society, ensuring adequate representation of maternal cardiology in the cardiology curriculum and delivery of high-quality teaching, and is an assessor for MBRRACE (the confidential enquiry into maternal deaths in the UK). Anna maintains a keen interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education. She regularly lectures on maternal cardiology and continues to actively participate in international collaborations to make obstetric cardiology care more accessible in low- and middle-income countries.

Dr Nithya Sukuma

Consultant in diabetes and endocrinology, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Dr Nithya Sukumar is an associate clinical professor in Warwick Medical School and a consultant physician in diabetes and endocrinology and general medicine in George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. Her clinical interest is in transition diabetes and endocrinology, insulin pump treatment in type 1 diabetes, and reproductive as well as antenatal endocrinology. She strives to provide evidence-based, patient-centred care to all her patients, and juggles her time between her clinical practice and teaching and research work in the University of Warwick. Nithya has a particular interest in the area of maternal nutrition and metabolism during pregnancy, and its contribution to long-term clinical outcomes for a woman and her offspring. Her research portfolio as a sub-investigator includes longitudinal pregnancy and birth cohorts in the UK, India and Kenya and related RCT’s. She has published over 20 articles in this field and presented at national and international conferences. Nithya takes an active role in teaching both at undergraduate and postgraduate level in Warwick Medical School with current and past PhD and masters students doing dissertations relevant to diabetes in pregnancy. She is the lead for the nutrition and malnutrition module in the Health and Medical Sciences course where she brings together her clinical and academic interest in nutrition and human metabolism and aspires to provide unique perspectives into the health science, public health, biomedical and clinical aspects of this area of study.

Dr Yasmin Jamil

Consultant obstetric physician, UCLH

Dr Yasmin Jamil is a consultant obstetric physician and co-lead of North Central London Maternal Medicine Network. She also continues to practice in her base specialty of acute medicine in North Central London. Yasmin is passionate about equity for all pregnant women and improving care pathways, and played a key role in set up of a network including outreach clinics and MDTs to reach the most vulnerable women. She also holds national roles as member of the UK Obstetric Surveillance Society (UKOSS) Steering Group Committee, consultant representative on the Joint Committee for Royal College of Physicians and Macdonald Obstetric Medicine Society, and a member of Society for Acute Medicine Obstetric Medicine Advisory Group.

Professor Matt Phillips

Consultant in GU medicine, North Cumbria | president, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

Professor Matt Phillips is the current president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV. He trained in Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) in the North West region and Dublin. Matt obtained his master’s degree from Keele University in the field of gender, sexuality and human rights law and has continued through his career to contribute to thinking around ethics in relation to HIV. He is an honorary professor at the University of Central Lancashire.

Dr Suneeta Soni

Consultant physician, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation trust

Dr Suneeta Soni is a consultant in sexual health and HIV in Brighton and an honorary associate professor at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. She is co-chair of the Bacterial Special Interest Group for BASHH and has authored several BASHH guidelines including mycoplasma genitalium, gonorrhoea and scabies. Her current interests are antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship in clinical settings and in her NHS role Suneeta works collaboratively with private online STI care providers to assist guideline implementation and ensure high quality care for everyone. She represents her specialty nationally and internationally through invited lectures and policy work. She also leads the undergraduate HIV/GUM module and Medical Electives Programme at BSMS.

Dr Chris Ward

Consultant physician genitourinary medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Chris Ward is a consultant in genitourinary medicine at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. He studied medicine at Manchester University and then trained in sexual health and HIV in the north-west. He has an MSc in public health and a PGCert in postgraduate medical education. Chris has a special interest in Chemsex and PrEP and leads for both for Manchester. He also has an interest in the development of services for young people, chairing safeguarding MDTs, and has contributed nationally to child sexual exploitation developments, particularly in boys. He is a diploma of HIV examiner, is part of the BHIVA external relations subcommittee, and is the current BASHH conference and communication secretary.

Dr Cara Saxon

Consultant physician in genitourinary medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Dr Cara Saxon is a consultant in genitourinary and HIV medicine at Sandyford Sexual Health Services and The Brownlee Centre in Glasgow. Cara trained in the north west of England and worked as a consultant and clinical lead at the NHS services in Withington and Trafford, Manchester for 9 years, before relocating to Glasgow in early 2023. Cara is currently clinical lead for genitourinary medicine and clinical risk at Sandyford. Cara has a specialist interest in recurrent vulvovaginitis and is lead author of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) UK guidelines on the management of vulvovaginal candidiasis. Cara is the current BASHH general secretary, a member of the BASHH Clinical Effectiveness Group and editor of the BASHH patient information leaflets.

Dr Daniele Bryden

Dean of the faculty intensive care medicine | consultant in intensive care medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Dhruv Parekh

Consultant respiratory and intensive care medicine and associate professor, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | University of Birmingham

Dr Dhruv Parekh is a consultant in intensive care and respiratory medicine in Birmingham. He trained in London, Australia and the West Midlands with triple accreditation in ICM, respiratory and general internal medicine. He works academically at the University of Birmingham as an associate professor, leading a programme of research in respiratory and critical care, is medical director of research and innovation at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust and a Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine board member, sits on the Training and Quality Committee and FICM academic lead.

Dr Taqua Dahab

ST9 ICM/AIM/GIM, Whiston Hospital

Dr Taqua Dahab is ST9 in acute, general and intensive care medicine in Liverpool. She is the deputy lead for the intensivists in training and international medical graduates (IMGs), and a rep for the FICM Board. She is also the IMGs lead for the north-west of England deanery, as well as the organ donation fellow for NHS Blood and Transplant. Taqua has a degree in medical education with a special interest in differential attainments among the international medical workforce. Her special interests also feature point of care ultrasound (POCUS) including echocardiography. She has a growing interest on enhanced care areas and their interface with Intensive Care Units.

Dr Andrew Sharman

Consultant in intensive care medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Andrew Sharman is a consultant in intensive care medicine, working at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which admits over 3,500 level 2 and 3 patients as a regional specialist centre as well as a regional trauma centre. Andrew qualified from the Royal Free Hospital and undertook his medicine training in Leicester before moving to Nottingham to undertake intensive care training with anaesthesia, being one of the first dual speciality trainees. He completed his diploma of intensive care medicine, writing his dissertation on anticoagulation in renal replacement therapy. Andrew’s clinical interest are renal medicine, trauma and rehabilitation post-intensive care, where he sees patients weekly in clinic. He is the lead regional adviser for the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (soon to be College) and his passion remains education and training. Despite Andrew’s national roles and examiner duties for the Faculty and the Royal College of Physicians, he remains embedded in clinical practice where he strives to inspire the next generation of residents to love clinical medicine.

Sally Welham

Chief executive, British Thoracic Society

Dr Hitasha Rupani

Consultant respiratory physician, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Hitasha Rupani a consultant respiratory physician at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, where she leads the Southampton Severe Asthma Service. She holds a PhD from the University of Southampton, and her research focuses on uncovering the mechanisms driving the development and progression of severe asthma and asthma exacerbations. In addition to her clinical and academic roles, she serves on the council of the British Thoracic Society, is an associate editor for ERJ Open Research, and is the e-learning resources director for the European Respiratory Society.

Dr Kay Roy

Respiratory consultant physician, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Kay Roy leads the asthma service at University College London Hospitals where she is also the trust clinical lead for tobacco dependency / smoking cessation and sarcoidosis. As an integrated care physician, she works closely with primary care in the development of community services for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and treatment guidelines. She is an author of the 2024 NICE guidelines for asthma and other national leadership roles include chair of the British Thoracic Society Specialist Advisory Group for Acute and Complex Respiratory Infections. Regionally, in north central London, she is an active member of the respiratory network where she is a lead for asthma and chair of the Inhalers Sustainability Forum. Since being awarded a PhD on characterisation of patients with COPD with training in clinical trials, Kay has been the principal investigator on several multicentre trials and sits on three national research strategy groups: asthma, COPD and acute lung infections. As honorary associate professor at University College London, she has served on the postgraduate master’s (respiratory medicine) faculty as a supervisor on several theses awarded at distinction level, and acted as an examiner for higher degree postgraduate studies.

Professor Kristien Boelaert

Professor of endocrinology, University of Birmingham

Professor Kristien Boelaert is a professor of endocrinology at the University of Birmingham and a consultant endocrinologist at University Hospitals Birmingham. She is an active researcher in the field of thyroid diseases. She has published more than 200 papers and has received more than £10 million in research grant funding. Kristien was the clinical lead for the NICE guidelines on thyroid disease and leads the National Consensus Statements on management of thyroid cancer. She is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Green-top and the American Thyroid Association (ATA) guideline panels on thyroid disease in pregnancy. Kristien is senior editor for the Journal of the Endocrine Society and Endocrine Connections. She serves on the editorial boards of several endocrine journals including The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. She is president of the British Thyroid Association, president elect and clinical committee chair for the Society for Endocrinology (SfE), co-chair of the ATA 2025 Programme Organising Committee and a member of the SfE council and the European Thyroid Association executive committee.

Professor Mark Gurnell

Professor of clinical endocrinology, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Mark Gurnell holds several senior appointments in Cambridge – he is professor of clinical endocrinology at the University of Cambridge, clinical lead for endocrine services at Addenbrooke's Hospital, head of section at the Department of Medicine and clinical subdean at the School of Clinical Medicine. His clinical and research interests are focused on pituitary, adrenal and thyroid disorders. He has specific expertise in atypical thyroid function tests. He serves on several national and international committees, including: Council, UK Society for Endocrinology; Education Committee, European Society of Endocrinology; Professional Education and Career Development Committees, Pituitary Society. He currently holds several senior appointments in medical education, including: Chair, Executive Board, UK Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance; Chair, Exam Board, UK Medical Licensing Assessment Applied Knowledge Test; Co-Chair, European Board Examination in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Professor Rachel Crowley

Consultant endocrinologist, St Vincent's University Hospital | University College Dublin

Rachel Crowley is a consultant endocrinologist at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin and clinical professor at University College Dublin. She runs the rare bone disease service in SVUH which is a national Orphanet clinic and lead adult site in Ireland for the European Reference Network in Rare Bone Disease (ERN BOND). She is co-lead of the Rare Disease Clinical Trial Network and the lead for the Rare Disease Research Catalyst Consortium, both funded by the Health Research Board and hosted by University College Dublin. Her research includes rare bone and endocrine disorders including clinical trials and research methodology. She has contributed to multiple international projects and guidelines and is involved in training healthcare professionals in clinical and research fields.

Professor Marie Freel

Consultant endocrinologist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Dr Marie Freel is a consultant endocrinologist and physician and honorary associate clinical professor at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. Her major clinical and research interests are in adrenal disorders and endocrine hypertension, and she chairs the Scottish national adrenal MDT. Marie is a member of the Programme Committee for the Society for Endocrinology BES meeting, co-editor in chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports Journal and president of the Clinical Endocrinology Journal Foundation. She is also an associate postgraduate dean for medicine.

Dr Mumtaz Patel

President, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Mumtaz Patel is a consultant nephrologist based in Manchester, UK. She is a postgraduate associate dean for NHS England and is currently president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London. She was elected as senior censor vice president for education and rraining for the RCP in 2023 having completed her successful 3-year term as global vice president (2020-2023). She graduated with honours in 1996, from the University of Manchester. She obtained MRCP (UK) in 2000 and a PhD in 2006 exploring the genetics of lupus nephritis. She was appointed consultant nephrologist at Manchester University Hospitals in 2007. She has held various educational roles including renal training programme director, RCP regional advisor, clinical lead for quality, JRCPTB. She attained FRCP in 2011 and was awarded MSc in medical education with distinction in 2014. Her educational research interests include assessment, doctors in difficulty, differential attainment and fairness in medical education. She has published widely in medical education and presented at national/international conferences.

Dr Chris Packham

Special adviser on health inequalities, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Chris Packham is special adviser on population health for the RCP. He is an associate medical director at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, a practising inner city GP, and former director of public health in Nottingham. Chris has been a member of the RCP’s Health Inequalities Advisory Group since 2021.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot

Professor of epidemiology, University College London | director, UCL Institute of Health Equity | past president, World Medical Association

Sir Michael Marmot is professor of epidemiology at University College London, director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, and past president of the World Medical Association. Michael has been a professor of epidemiology at UCL since 1985. He first joined as head of department, where he spent 26 years overseeing the growth of the department from 7 to 170 people. Fundamental to this growth was a vision of needed research on social determinants of health and health inequalities. He set up and led a number of longitudinal cohort studies on the social gradient in health in the UCL department of Epidemiology and Public Health: the Whitehall II Studies of British Civil Servants, investigating explanations for the striking inverse social gradient in morbidity and mortality; the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA); and several international research efforts on the social determinants of health. Michael chaired the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), set up by the World Health Organization in 2005, and produced the report entitled Closing the Gap in a Generation in August 2008. At the request of the British government, he conducted the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England, which published its report Fair Society, Healthy Lives (also known as the Marmot Review) in February 2010. Based on the evidence, the Marmot Review had six domains of recommendations: give every child the best start in life; education and life-long learning; employment and working conditions; minimum income necessary for a healthy life; healthy and sustainable environments and communities in which to live and work; taking a social determinants approach to prevention and healthy lifestyle.

Sally Warren

Director general for the 10 Year Health Plan, Department of Health and Social Care

Sally Warren joined DHSC as director general for the 10 Year Health Plan in July 2024. Previous to this, she was director of Policy at The King’s Fund, a health think tank. Before joining The King’s Fund, Sally had 20 years’ experience in the Civil Service, including previous roles: - leading the engagement and policy development process to inform the 10-year plan for health - the new health and social care system strategy unit

Dr Sunit Raja

Consultant in respiratory and general internal medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Senior clinical lecturer in respiratory medicine, Brunel University

Dr Raja graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine with a further degree in healthcare management. He undertook his early clinical training in the North-West Thames Deanery and subsequently completed specialty training in the Oxford deanery. He was appointed Chief Registrar at Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2018. After completion of training, he was appointed as a consultant in respiratory and general internal medicine at Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2021.