Dr
Rob Hicks MBBS, DRCOG, MRCGP
General Practitioner and Broadcast Doctor
Picture from information about Rob on BBC.co.uk
Rob qualified
at St Mary's Hospital, London in 1989 and then did a variety of hospital
medical jobs before entering general practice in 1992.
He now
works part-time in general practice and as a hospital clinical assistant
in sexual health medicine. His special interests are men's, women's,
and children's health, complementary therapies, nutrition, and health
promotion.
Rob appears
regularly on television and radio, and has presented live radio and
webcast shows, and recorded video and CD-Rom programmes.
He contributes
regularly to Metro newspaper, Healthy, Men's Fitness, Healthy Living,
and Prima Baby magazines and has also written for numerous other publications.
An editor
and prolific contributor to the BBC online health sites, he is also
the medical script adviser to the successful BBC television drama
series "Doctors".
Over
the years he has written for most of the general practice professional
publications on health, motoring, and finance, something he still
enjoys doing.
He gives
talks for consumer, professional and corporate audiences and during
his many years as a communications consultant to a central London
Health Authority has become an accomplished media-trainer.
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Ali
Kubba MB ChB FRCOG MFFP
Consultant Community Gynaecologist
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Guy's, Kings and St Thomas' School of Medicine
Ali Kubba
has responsibility for the family planning and reproductive health
services including community menopause services. He leads the colposcopy
unit at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital.
A foundation
Board member of the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare
(1993-1996), he is currently an elected Council member. His clinical
interests include contraceptive problems, post reproductive/menopause
care, cervical screening and colposcopy. He has published over 100
papers and 5 books including a major reference text and manual [Contraception
and Office Gynecology] published by W.B. Saunders 1999.
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Colin
Roberts
Colin is currently
employed as the Clinical Nurse Manager for Sexual Health at the Trafalgar
Clinic for Sexual Health in Woolwich. His role is both clinical and
managerial. His clinical work includes HMP – Belmarsh and mens
sexual health in the clinic. Prior to this he was one of the Nurse
Practitioners in Genito Urinary Nursing at the Jefferiss Wing, St
Mary’s Hospital London where he worked from 1997 - 2001.
Colin completed
his general nurse training in South Australia, Midwifery in the Forth
Valley, Scotland, and a Peri-operative Nursing Certificate at the
Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. He obtained his Graduate Certificate in
Sexual Health & Venereology Nursing from the Sydney Hospital,
New South Wales. Colin was awarded the Diploma and Bachelor of Nursing
from Deakin University, Victoria and a Graduate Diploma in Education
– Adults, from Murdoch University, Perth Western Australia.
He completed an MSc – Advanced Nursing Practice with City University,
London where his thesis explored the barriers to adult male prisoners
receiving sexual health care.
Colin was the
first Clinical Nurse Consultant for HIV/AIDS in Tasmania and was the
Executive Officer for the commissioning of the Sexual Health Service
in the North of Tasmania. He has worked extensively in community based
education and regularly provided lectures to secondary and tertiary
institutions covering HIV/AIDS, contraception and sexually transmissible
infections. He has presented seminars and papers for state, national
and international conferences on issues relating to HIV, infection
control and peri-operative nursing.
He has
presented for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Tasmanians
Talk Sex: a television documentary, where he spoke on the issues for
young people who try to access sexual health services. He has a keen
interest in the education of adults, and is an honorary lecturer at
the University of Greenwich. He is a founder member of the London
Standing Conference for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors –
Sexual Health Group and is also a member of the Royal College of Nursing
– Sexual Health Forum.
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Leo
Downer
BSc Hons Psychology, MLS Microbiology
Former
Director of Brixton Drug Project, Leo trained at University College,
London in psychology after working at Gt Ormond St Hospital, London
as a bacteriologist and virologist.
Combining
the disciplines of microbiology and psychology led him to work in
HIV prevention with intravenous drug users in south London. He co-ordinated
the GP Prescribing Network, Managing Addiction Towards HIV Prevention.
Thereafter he co-ordinated the development of, and became Director
of, the Brixton Drug Project, an agency that worked with stimulant
and psychedelic drug users, trained health and social care professionals
and published drug education material.
He has
lectured in Europe on stimulant drug use, particularly cocaine and
crack, and has worked with agencies in the USA and the Caribbean,
developing cocaine treatment programs.
He currently
works as a Regional Drugs Advisor for the Govt of London (GOL).
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Victoria
Paul
Vicky
is Head of Action and Outreach at the Mothers' Union,
UK
Vicky
trained as a journalist and before joining The MU worked for BBC World
in London. During a holiday to Peru in the summer of 2000, Vicky became
even more aware of the plight of families living in the developing
world. 'I decided to change the direction of my career. I wanted to
use my management experience, negotiation and communication skills
gained at the BBC, in a proactive role, to help make a difference
to all families.
She has worked for the MU for the past four years and is currently
undertaking an MBA in voluntary Sector Management.
The
Mothers' Union is a membership charity with over 3.5 million
members in 76 countries world wide, the majority of whom live in the
developing world. The charity employs over 300 indigenous development
workers to run small projects and activities for MU members and their
wider communities. The MU uses a community based approach to combating
and supporting those affected by HIV/AIDS. Practical advice, support
and campaigning is undertaken as well as examining the wider needs
of the family and community. Projects are always participatory, allowing
those who aren't literate to take part. The MU is passionate about
empowering from the grass roots up, believing that this is the best
approach for long term sustainable development.
Vicky
Paul is Head of Action and Outreach, the MU's international development
team.
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Helen
Knox - click here to see more information
about Helen
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