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I am a Teaching Fellow with GHID (Global Health and Infectious Diseases) which is in the Deanery of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and we are based at George Square in central Edinburgh. I contribute to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching (design, delivery, assessment and feedback) on a number of courses, both online and in person[...]

I am an associate specialist in paediatric haematology and oncology at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP), Edinburgh. When I started working in 1997 I met Dr Lorna Renner, working as a paediatric oncology registrar. She left in 2001 to set up her own unit in her home city of Accra. In 2009 she started looking for a partnership country in UK and I immediately volunteered to become involved. [...]

I am a speciality doctor in acute and general medicine based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. I started to get involved in GH work initially when I did my masters in public health in the United States. I participated in 2010 in the Global Symposium on Health Systems and Policy research. The networking associated with that made me passionate about global health[...]

I am a Specialist Dietitian, based at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Dietetic Department. My focus is acute mental health, including Psychology of Old Age, mental health rehabilitation and brain injury rehabilitation.  I work part time, which allows me time to engage in other interests, including global health[...]