Kevin Fong

Kevin Fong

Dr. Kevin Fong (born Kevin Jeremy S. Y. Fong, 1971)[1] is a leading expert on space medicine[2][3] in the UK and the co-director of the Centre for Aviation Space and Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE Medicine), University College London (UCL). He is also a Lecturer in Physiology at UCL. He is best known for his television appearances, particularly as an occasional presenter of the long-running BBC2 science programme, Horizon.

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Qualifications

Fong holds degrees in Astrophysics and Medicine from University College London.

Positions held (current and previous)

In media

  • 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.
  • Featured in Esquire magazine's 2004 list “UK’s 100 Most Influential Men Under 40”.{cn}
  • Presented Channel 4’s science program “Superhumans” in 2004.[4]
  • Was interviewed on Channel 4 program Sunshine about the making of the Danny Boyle film of the same name. He gave opinions and physiological risks of long-term space travel, and how these had been dealt with in a realistic manner in the film.
  • Presented three episodes of BBC documentary series Horizon:
    • "Mars: A Horizon Guide",[5] first broadcast in November 2009, explored the possibilities of human inhabitation of Mars.
    • "Back from the Dead",[6] first broadcast in October 2010, followed the incredible survival story of Anna Bågenholm and documented pioneering uses of therapeutic hypothermia in surgery.
    • "How to Mend a Broken Heart",[7] first broadcast in February 2011.
  • Wrote and Presented Space Shuttle: The Final Mission (BBC) in July 2011, an hour-long documentary following the final mission of the Space Shuttle, meeting and interviewing those involved in the mission.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916–2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
  2. ^ Fong, K. J. (2010). "Risk management, NASA, and the National Health Service: Lessons we should learn". British Journal of Anaesthesia 105 (1): 6–8. doi:10.1093/bja/aeq139. PMID 20551024.  edit
  3. ^ Fong, K. J.; Arya, M.; Paloski, W. H. (2007). "Gender differences in cardiovascular tolerance to short radius centrifugation". Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology 14 (1): P15–P19. PMID 18372686.  edit
  4. ^ http://www.channel4.com/about4/pdf/2004_review_final.pdf Channel 4 - Review of 2004, "physician Dr Kevin Fong in Superhuman"
  5. ^ Mars: A Horizon Guide
  6. ^ Back from the Dead
  7. ^ How to Mend a Broken Heart

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