Medicine And Beyond Lecture Series

Working in Humanitarian Settings

Dr Gavin Wooldridge has extensive humanitarian medicine experience, working in Lebanon, Malawi, Tanzania and most recently Gaza. He will be speaking about his experiences working in these settings, along with his career pathway and how he has balanced this with family life. It promises to be an interesting talk and we would encourage anyone who is interested to come along.

Challenges of Military Veterinary Medicine

As a former Emmanuel College vet, Claire Budge has a wealth of experience in clinical and leadership roles in the British Army. Deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan saw her treating and training military working dogs and horses, and she has more recently moved through positions of leadership and senior management within the army. She is a fantastic example of someone who has explored an unconventional veterinary career path, and has interesting perspectives on:

• where and why we have animals in the army?
• challenges of managing working dog injuries in the field?
• vet medicine in some contexts can't always be in the 1st person
• ethics of dog handling
• leadership and 'one welfare'

90 Days of Night: A Winter at Condordia Station in Antarctica

Dr MacDonald-Nethercott enrolled on multiple missions to the French Polar Institude at Concordia Station in Antarctica. He was employed primarily as a scientist to perform experiments at the Concordia Station on behalf of the European Space Agency, but given his background in Emergency Medicine - he often found himself supporting the medical team with complex medical emergencies - managing the stabilisation and evacuation of patients in one of the remotest places on earth. His talk will cover:

• His experiences as an expedition scientist and doctor
• The Concordia Station and its environment
• Clinical cases
• Logistical challenges facing medical care in that environment
• ⁠The steps he took to have a career like this

An excellent talk for NatScis and Medics curious about expedition research or medicine!