Medicine 360
Organising Committee
Lily Dorrington is currently studying Medical Humanities at Bristol. A Lancaster medical student who will be returning to her final year, she is interested in working within palliative care and medical education. Lily is passionate about unspoken narratives surrounding illness, mental health and dying, and how the humanities can help to open up conversations on the aspects of our wellbeing that people struggle to talk about.
Timo Kuerten started his academic journey in Biomedical Science, did an MSc by research in the Wass-Michaelis Lab on cancer drug resistance, and completed a PhD at the Centre for Cancer Immunology's Antibody and Vaccines Group at the University of Southampton. There he was inspired to train as a physician, with a goal of combining research and patient care.
John Lee is the director of Medicine 360 and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Bristol. He runs the intercalated BA in Medical Humanities, and is on the board of the Centre for Humanities, Health and Science (CHHS). He was the co-lead organiser of Bodies: 2.
Pam Lock is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Bristol. She is Deputy Director of the part-time BA in English Literature and Community Engagement. Her research focuses on representations of alcohol in Victorian fiction and history. She is co-Director of the Drinking Studies Network and the University of Bristol Drinking Studies Faculty Research Group.
Ishminder Mangat is a GP registrar and lives in Bristol. She was the lead organizer of Bodies, and co-lead of Bodies: 2. She did the intercalated BA in Medical Humanities at Bristol which developed her passion for this subject, and she has hosted podcasts on various topics including death and dying, the power of narrative in breast cancer, and motherhood anxiety.
Kulveer Mangat is a graduate of both Law and Literature, and now works at the Bristol Law Centre. Thanks to Ishminder he found the world of Medical Humanities. He is particularly interested in expanding its appeal to a wider audience.
Georgia Nicolls is currently studying in Bristol, undertaking an intercalated degree in Medical Humanities. She normally attends Queen's University Belfast where she is midway through studying Medicine. She has a particular interest in how the medical humanities can influence medical education and help produce well-rounded future doctors.