From the uncertainties around transmission and the pathophysiological differences between children and adults, to the impact of lockdown on learning and mental health, the impact of COVID-19 on children is broad and uncertain.
To help us better understand these and other questions, Dr Tom Marrs, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, will be interviewing fellow paediatricians Professor Russell Viner, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Dr Sara Hanna, Medical Director of Evelina London.
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Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, St Thomas Hospital.
Dr Tom Marrs is a Consultant in Paediatric Allergy working in the Children’s Allergies Department at St Thomas Hospital. Tom is Director of the Allergy Academy and Annual Meeting Lead for the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
President, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Professor Russell Viner, a paediatrician and academic, is currently the President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He is professor of Adolescent Health at the UCL Institute of Child Health in London, and set up the first Adolescent Medicine service in the UK. As a practising paediatrician and adolescent physician, he is often working with young people with diabetes at University College Hospital.
Russel has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers and focuses his research on population health, policy and health services for children and young people. He directs the Department of Health Obesity Policy Research Unit.
Medical Director, Evelina London
Dr Sara Hanna is a consultant in children’s intensive care at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital in London and the first Medical Director of Evelina London. Her specialist interests include retrieval medicine and education.
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