Kevin Fong
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Dr Kevin Fong is a leading expert on space medicine in the UK and the co-director of the Centre for Aviation Space and Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE Medicine), University College London. He is also a Lecturer in Physiology at UCL.
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[edit] Qualifications
Kevin Fong holds degrees in Astrophysics and Medicine from University College London.
[edit] Positions held (current & previous)
- Specialist registrar in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine.
- Fellow of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts.
- Chair of the UK Space Biomedical Advisory Committee.
- Co-Founder and Co-Director of CASE Medicine, Royal Free and University College London Medical School.
- Honorary Lecturer in Physiology at UCL.
- Trained and worked with NASA at Johnson Space Center, Houston and Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral.
- Advisor to the British National Space Centre.
- Medical officer for diving expedition in Fiji (2003).
[edit] In media
- Featured in Esquire magazine's 2004 list “UK’s 100 Most Influential Men Under 40”.
- Presented Channel 4’s “Superhumans”.
- Guest in Material World (BBC Radio 4), on January 20, 2000 where Dr Kevin Fong argued for British participation in space travel research, particularly focusing on the long-term effects on the human frame. A 1,000-day mission to Mars was due in 2004. However, it had been argued that, unless the European Space Agency and its partners had understood what could happen to a crew journeying through areas of high radiation, the project may have been scuppered.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- In space, who is the doctor? - The Guardian (June 29, 2000)
- Space, the final frontier - The Guardian (July 1, 2005)
- Why are there no Brits in space? - by Kevin Fong (January 27, 2005, The Guardian)
- Walking on the Moon - by Kevin Fong (July 6, 2001)
- Where doctors dare - NewScientist
- Space medicine in the United Kingdom - Student BMJ
- The next small step - Student BMJ
- Space holds medical secrets - BBC News (December 21, 2002)
- Centre for Aviation Space and Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE Medicine) - University College London
- NESTA - Kevin Fong awardee profile - NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)
- Superhuman - Experts - Kevin Fong - channel4.com