Business Development and Operations Manager, National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM)

Chantal has been with NCIM for more than 5 years, and feels passionate about their vision to transform the future of healthcare to a broader, more empowered Integrative Medicine Model, which combines conventional, lifestyle, functional and holistic approaches to improve health and wellbeing. Based in Bristol, NCIM is a not-for-profit  Community Interest Company offering clinical, education, community outreach and membership services. NCIM is passionate about making integrative healthcare accessible, offering both patient and education bursaries, as well as fundraising to offer free to access community courses, and running a free monthly webinar series.

As a social enterprise we want to support the movement for change in healthcare to support clinicians, clients and communities.  Education services include our 2-3 year accredited masters Level 7 Diploma in Integrative Healthcare, our online Discovery course in Integrative Medicine, one-off teaching days known as our Integrative Healthcare Forums, as well as running Student Choice Placements with medical undergraduates and offering Wellbeing at Work programmes.

infectious diseases doctor, UCLH

Dr. Chris van Tulleken is an infectious diseases doctor at UCLH with a diploma in Tropical Medicine and a PhD in Molecular Virology from UCL. In 2016 Chris won the Max Perutz award at the Royal Institution for his HIV research.

He is one of the BBC’s leading science presenters having worked on many flagship Health & Science programmes including: Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, Horizon, and The Truth About…, among others. He also co-hosts the hugely successful CBBC series Operation Ouch!

In 2023, Chris published Ultra Processed People, an exposé on the food industry. It became an international bestseller, topping both the UK and US charts.

Buy my book here:

Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?

Relevant Article:
The Big Idea: Why We Need a New Definition of Junk Food

Director of Partnerships and Programmes, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, the University of Liverpool

Dr Christine Cornforth is an expert in the facilitation of clinical research, particularly in the domain of women’s and children’s health.  Her career has encompassed impactful roles in various healthcare initiatives, ranging from spearheading COVID-19 research to advancing mental health projects and advocating for health equity among underserved populations.

In her current capacity as the Director of Partnerships and Programmes within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool, Dr Cornforth leads the delivery of several influential projects, most notably the Wellcome Trust-funded C-GULL (Children Growing Up in Liverpool) initiative. C-GULL is a nationally significant birth cohort that delves into the development and health of children as they live and grow in Liverpool, offering critical insights into child health and development patterns on a scale of national importance.  Dr Cornforth’s pivotal role in facilitating this and other related programmes of work underscore her commitment to advancing healthcare research, improving the well-being of future generations, and contributing to the broader national healthcare landscape.

Research Fellow, King’s college london

Dr Emily Leeming PhD MSc RD is a microbiome scientist, registered dietitian, former chef and author of Genius Gut: The Life-Changing Science of Eating for your Second Brain.

Dr Emily is a Research Fellow at King’s College London with multiple academic publications on nutrition and the gut microbiome. She writes for The Daily Mail and frequently appears in media including Vogue, BBC Radio, The Sunday Times, Women’s Health and The Telegraph. 

www.emilyleeming.com

Instagram: @dremilyleeming

Substack: Second Brain

Medical Director, Randox Health

Dr Gary Smyth is the Medical Director of Randox Health. He works closely with many areas of the business, providing medical input into the development of new tests and services, whilst also managing the medical team. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he also became the Laboratory Director for Randox Clinical Laboratory Services. In addition to this, he works as a General Practitioner within the NHS and Private sectors.

He has an interest in preventative, integrative, and complementary medicine and the importance of whole person approaches to healthcare. His significant medical experience to date has provided him with a unique perspective on healthcare and he frequently contributes to health discussions within the media. He is a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, the Faculty of Homeopathy, and the Royal Society for Public Health.

Senior Lecturer, Imperial COllege London

James Kinross is a reader in Colorectal Surgery and a Consultant Surgeon at Imperial College London. His clinical interest is in minimally invasive and robotic surgery for colorectal cancer.

James is currently head of Speciality at Imperial College NHS trust and has had several senior academic leadership roles a Imperial College London, and he is a co-director of an MSc in healthcare design. He is a graduate of the NIHR leadership programme and he was an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Surgery and an Ethicon Laparoscopic Fellow in Colorectal Surgery. He was awarded a Royal College of Surgeons of England training fellowship during his PhD on the gut microbiome and he was funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences as an early stage lecturer.

James is a visiting Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. He is currently funded by CRUK, DASA, UKRI, Horizon 2020 and the EPSRC. He performs translational research into the microbiome and was a co-investigator on the EU funded GROWTH consortium, studying how breast milk influences the co-evolution of the gut microbiome. His first book, Dark Matter, the new science of the microbiome was published in 2023. He is currently supervising 7 PhD students, and he has published over 200 peer reviewed papers.

Clinical Psychologist

Dr Lisa Cameron was an MP in the House of Commons from 2015-2024.  Prior to being elected to parliament Lisa worked as a Clinical Psychologist and was the first and only Applied Psychologist to ever be elected to the UK Parliament.

During her time in the House of Commons, Lisa was a member of the International Development Select Committee, Health & Social Care Select Committee, HS2 Select Committee and Ecclesiastical Committee.  She chaired the All Party Parliamentary Group on Health during Covid19 and the APPG on Disability from 2015-2024.

Lisa received two MP of the Year Awards, one in 2019 (Sense the Disability Charity) and one in 2021 (Patchwork Foundation).  She also received a lifetime award for services to Disability presented by the Disability Minister in 2024 and a Distinguished Contribution to Practice from the British Psychological Society for her work in the NHS and in Parliament.

Lisa is an alumni of Glasgow University.  She is married to Mark who works with the Poppy Scotland Appeal and they have two children, Olivia and Charlotte.

Dr Martin Scurr was educated at Stonyhurst College and Westminster Medical School. He began his private general practice in central London in 1977. Dr Scurr served as the inaugural Medical Director of St John’s
Hospice at the Hospital of St John & Elizabeth and was subsequently appointed as Physician to Westminster Cathedral.

In 2003, Dr Scurr was appointed Chairman of the Independent Doctors Forum, after which he was recruited to write a weekly column for the Daily Mail. Throughout his long-term practice in Notting Hill, he has remained committed to the benefits of continuity of care and the essential values of cradle-to-grave coverage—principles that have always been central to general practice, even before the inception of the NHS.

Following a brief period of retirement, the pressures of the pandemic on GP care prompted Dr Scurr to return to active practice. While he had continued to offer advisory support to many former patients, returning to
active practice has proven to be the best way for him to continue expressing his sense of duty and dedication to patient care.

FOUNDER, RANDOX

Dr FitzGerald founded Randox in 1982 in a converted ‘Hen House’ at the back of his parent’s house in Crumlin, Co. Antrim.  Since then, the company has grown to over 3,000 staff worldwide including 800 R&D Scientists & Engineers, with customers in over 145 countries. Randox develop, manufacture and market a wide range of clinical and veterinary diagnostic reagents and systems. Randox supplies 100,000 laboratories globally and is the fourth largest manufacturer of clinical chemistry reagents in the world.

Dr FitzGerald was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2011 for services to business in Northern Ireland. He has gained many other accolades in his career to date; named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) and Innovation Founder of the Year 2013 from the Northern Ireland Science Park, to name a few.

Health summit host

Dr Sian Williams is an award-winning journalist who’s spent almost 40 years as a reporter, producer, and presenter across the BBC and ITN, including more than a decade hosting ‘BBC Breakfast’. She is also a Chartered Counselling Psychologist in the NHS helping emergency responders deal with anxiety, stress, and trauma.

In her private clinic, Sian works with individual journalists, documentary teams and other news media to promote better mental health in challenging environments. She’s written a book, numerous articles, and published peer-reviewed academic papers on recovery after adversity.

Sian presents ‘ Life Changing’ on BBC Radio 4, which has had more than ten million downloads.

COO & co-founder, boobybiome

Dr. Sioned Fôn Jones is the COO and co-founder of BoobyBiome, an award-winning biotech start-up dedicated to harnessing the potential of the breast milk microbiome to enhance infant health. She holds a Master of Chemistry degree and a PhD in Biophysics from King’s College London and University College London. In 2019,

Dr. Jones co-founded BoobyBiome while pursuing her PhD. After completing her doctoral studies, she was awarded a prestigious BBSRC fellowship, which allowed her to extend her research at the Institute of Child Health at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where BoobyBiome is headquartered. Under Dr. Jones’ leadership, BoobyBiome has secured £2.6 million in grant funding from Innovate UK, leading to significant breakthroughs, including the creation of the world’s first shotgun metagenomics breast milk database and a culture collection of novel breast milk-isolated strains. The extensive knowledge gained through these efforts is enabling BoobyBiome to create innovative products that are set to revolutionise infant microbiome health.

In 2023, Dr. Jones was honoured with the Pott’s Medal for her outstanding contributions to science, and her work has earned numerous awards at prestigious international conferences, including from the Royal Society of Chemistry, as well as publications in high-impact journals. In 2024, she was featured on the Forbes Europe 30 Under 30 list. Outside her research, Dr. Jones is an advocate for destigmatising breastfeeding and promoting greater public understanding of the role of the gut microbiome in early infant development.

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public health doctor at UCL Institute for Global Health

Professor Nigel Field is an infectious disease epidemiologist and public health doctor at UCL Institute for Global Health.

Nigel leads interdisciplinary teams addressing three major challenges, (1) using large birth cohort studies (Baby Biome Study and C-GULL) to investigate gut microbiota and nutrition in early life and how these affect later health, including respiratory infections and mental health, (2) understanding STIs and the vaginal microbiota to improve sexual and reproductive health (Natsal studies), and (3) control and prevention of emerging infections in East Africa, alongside ecologists, virologists, vets, social scientists, vector specialists and communities (COHRIE-Uganda).

Deputy Head of the School of Clinical Medicine, the University of Cambridge

Ed Bullmore trained in medicine at the University of Oxford and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London and completed a PhD in brain MRI statistical analysis at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London. He moved to Cambridge as Professor of Psychiatry in 1999 and was Head of the Department of Psychiatry from 2014-2021.

In addition to being Deputy Head of the School of Clinical Medicine in the University of Cambridge, Ed is a Non-Executive Director of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation NHS Trust. From 2005-2019, he worked half-time for GlaxoSmithKline, as VP Experimental Medicine, focusing on immuno-psychiatry, as described in his best-selling book “The Inflamed Mind” (2018). His scientific work on brain networks and development of mental health disorders has been highly cited.

Ed has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, as a Fellow and Treasurer of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and as an Honorary Fellow of Downing College.