Will é médico pesquisador clínico do Imperial College London. Após graduar-se este ano em medicina, Will teve que se proteger durante a maior parte da primeira onda do coronavírus por causa de um transplante renal que ele recebeu em 2016. Em vez de trabalhar nas enfermarias do hospital, ele está realizando testes de vacinas, avaliando a elegibilidade, vacinando os participantes e acompanhando-os. A instalação em que ele trabalha está testando tanto os candidatos à vacina Oxford como os candidatos à vacina Imperial Covid.

Dr Anita Raja is a NHS General Practitioner based in Birmingham, born and bred in Germany to a Persian mum and Pakistani father. She is a vaccination for the Covid-19 vaccine effort in the UK and is actively involved in awareness around Covid-19 in Urdu. 

Anita is multilingual, speaking Urdu, Persian, and German. She is also an ex-TV anchor for Pakistan Television. Anita is passionate about health awareness, especially in BAME community and empowering people by giving them the right information.

Outside of work, Anita is mum to Nirvan and Rumi, enjoys Turkish and Persian cuisines,  loves House/Electronic music and reading books.

O Dr. Paul Ian Cross é especialista em ensaios clínicos no National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), na Inglaterra. Paul lidera o desenvolvimento de materiais de aprendizagem para médicos, enfermeiros, pesquisadores e cientistas envolvidos na resposta à pesquisa do Covid-19 e também é auditor de ensaios clínicos. Ele tem formação em Microbiologia e completou seu mestrado e doutorado na Universidade de Cardiff. Paul está envolvido em vários projetos de comunicação científica em saúde e educação STEM (ciência, tecnologia, engenharia, matemática). A paixão de Paul é escrever livros inspirados na STEM e criar conteúdo STEM para apresentar às crianças e suas famílias as maravilhas da ciência.

Dr Ajay Verma is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Physician working at Kettering General Hospital (KGH) in Northamptonshire, UK. Ajay treats patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and other chronic Gastroenterological disorders. He is an advocate for COVID vaccines, regularly posting social media content on the safety, efficacy and importance of vaccination for the benefit of patients, and fellow health care professionals.

Ajay has clinical interests in inflammatory bowel diseases, and early colorectal cancer. He is also an active clinical researcher and is the research and development director at KGH and the Gastroenterology Speciality lead for NIHR East Midlands clinical research network. Ajay is also a chief clinical information officer, a role he enjoys as KGH endeavours to be one of the most digitally advanced hospitals in the UK.  On a national level, Ajay is the chair of the New Consultants Committee at the Royal College of Physicians and sits on the SWiG (Supporting Woman in Gastroenterology) and Colorectal section committees for the British Society of Gastroenterology.  Ajay is active on Twitter, regularly posting #GastroTwearls: educational Gastroenterological content for health care professionals and patients.

Ajay enjoys spending time with family, his wife Vini is an Interventional GI Radiologist, his son Luca is 6, his daughter Bella is 4. He is a sports fanatic – Football, Cricket, Tennis, American Football. He plays badminton to a reasonable standard (his assessment). He also loves reading books – especially when on holiday!

Shamalia está atualmente gerenciando o programa 'COVID e Eu' do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa em Saúde para abordar a inclusão na pesquisa de vacinas e alcançar comunidades carentes.

A Dra. Shamaila Anwar é gerente sênior do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa em Saúde onde ela tem trabalhado nos últimos 6 anos gerenciando iniciativas-chave em Pesquisa de Câncer, Cirurgia e Saúde Bucal e Odontológica.

Shamaila completou seu doutorado em epidemiologia na Universidade de Bradford e tem um histórico no desenvolvimento e gerenciamento de ensaios clínicos em várias áreas de especialidade diferentes.  

Dr Partha Kar is a Consultant and National Specialty Advisor, Diabetes, NHS UK. Partha is part of the national team that undertook the data analysis around Covid-19, which subsequently contributed to vaccine prioritisation via JCVI, as well as risk tools such as Q-COVID risk tool developed by Oxford. Partha has also helped in developing information portals and language specific videos to help increase uptake of Covid-19 vaccines, by working with colleagues across the UK.

Partha is involved in diabetes care, and championing technology access in diabetes (Libre, CGM in Type 1 Diabetes). He has led work on interactions between HCPs and patients (“Language Matters”),  pioneered online self-management programmes for diabetes, as well as being co-creator of TAD (Talking About Diabetes) and Type 1 Diabetes comic (Volume 1, 2 and 3). Partha is an avid user of social media to engage with patients and was recognised as a “Social media Pioneer” by HSJ in 2014.  He also writes a monthly blog for the BMJ, has a personal blog (“Sugar and Spice: Wish all things were nice”) and a podcast (“Sweet Talking”). Partha was recently awarded an OBE for “services to Diabetes care”.

A huge fan of movies and an avid reader of comic books, Partha’s favourite food is Biriyani, but generally any good food, with a partiality towards Vietnamese too! He speaks English, Bengali and Hindi. Loves cricket and holidays where you do nothing.

Dr Sarah Merrifield is a Doctor and Clinical Lecturer in Manchester. In her role as a General Practitioner, Sarah is proud to be part of the Covid-19 vaccine delivery effort in her local area. She has provided medical cover for vaccination sessions, answering queries, and providing support when needed. Having seen the worry that some of her colleagues and friends faced, she set out on a personal mission to deliver evidence-based information about the vaccines on social media.

Sarah is passionate about education, has a postgraduate certificate in Medical Education and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.  Sarah is keen to ensure medical information is communicated in a way that is easy to understand and authentic. She won a science communication prize a few years ago with a talk on “Ben Stiller’s Prostate”. 

Sarah began her career as a GP receptionist, which inspired her application to Medical School. After graduating from the University of Sheffield in 2011, she continued her postgraduate training in Yorkshire, gaining full qualification as a GP in 2019.  Sarah has undertaken a variety of work during her career including providing medical cover for a field trip to Ecuador, blogging and demonstrating anatomy.

Outside of work, Sarah enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 bunnies. She normally partakes in lots of travelling, amateur dramatics, pub quizzing and theatre trips. She cannot wait to get back to these as soon as possible. She is a proud northerner from the UK and currently lives in Manchester.