Kevin Fong

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.

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

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).

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.
 * 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.