Dr Alison Grant is an Honary Consultant Physician at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases since 1999. She sees out-patients on Wednesday afternoons and is one of the team of consultants responsible for in-patients admitted to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

Dr Grant trained in Internal Medicine in London, specialising in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine. She then trained in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and at Project RETRO-CI in Cote d' Ivoire where she undertook research into the spectrum of HIV disease and interventions to prevent opportunistic infections.

Dr Grant is also a Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research continues to focus on the prevention of HIV-related disease in low-income countries, and co-ordinates a group of projects on HIV and tuberculosis in South Africa.

Professor David Mabey has been an Honorary Consultant at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases since 1987 and Professor of Communicable Diseases at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

He sees out-patients on Wednesday mornings and is one of the team of consultants responsible for in-patients admitted to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

Before being appointed as a Consultant to the Hospital he had spent 8 years working in Africa where he was head of clinical services at the Medical Research Council Laboratories in the Gambia.

He has been involved in many research projects in the Gambia and Tanzania both during his time working within the area and since his return to the UK, and has special interest in Chlamydial infections, Immunology and HIV infections.

Professor Andrew Tomkins is an Honorary Consultant Physician at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases since 1975.

He sees out-patients on Thursday mornings and arranges admission for further investigation and management with Consultant colleagues.

After post-graduate training in Gastroenterology and Nutrition, he worked with the Medical Research Council in Nigeria and the Gambia, with a particular research focus on the management of diarrhoeal disease and nutritional deficiency.

He heads up the Centre for International Child Health, a large university department at the Institute of Child Health with research programmes in infection and nutrition, peri-natal health, child development and disability. He is also a member of the academic staff of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

He can be contacted at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases on 020 7387 9300 ext 5968 or the Centre for International Child Health on 020 7905 2123.

Dr Francisco Vega-Lopez is an Honorary Consultant Physician at The Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Consultant Dermatologist at UCL Hospitals with special interest in Skin Infections and Tropical Dermatology, including Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Skin in the Immuno Compromised Host, and Skin in the Traveller. He sees out-patients on Monday and Wednesday mornings and arranges for admission and further investigation with Consultant colleagues.

After being awarded his medical degree in 1978 he has subsequently specialised in Internal Medicine, Dermatology and has a Masters in Clinical Tropical Medicine, a Certificate in Immunology and a PhD in Molecular Immunology of Leprosy.

Dr Vega-Lopez is also Professor of Dermatology at the National University of Mexico and Head of Research Unit in Dermatology and Medical Mycology at the National Medical Centre IMSS in Mexico City.

Apart from his special interests in Skin Infections, Tropical Dermatology, Medical Education and Dermatological Care in the Tropics, Dr Vega-Lopez carries out research on mycobacterial diseases, fungal infections and general dermatology in the tropics. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and lectures regularly at London University.

Currently he is a Council Member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and is a member of the British group with specific interest in skin infections and tropical medicine; he also serves on the Mexican Board of Dermatology.

Prof Christopher Whitty graduated from Oxford and completed his postgraduate medical training in London and Edinburgh.

He is an Honorary Consultant Physician at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, where he sees patients on Wednesday mornings for both new and follow-up appointments, and is also a Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Prof Whitty has previously worked in Africa and South East Asia, his research and special interest is in the treatment and prevention of Malaria.

He can be contacted at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases on 020 7387 9300 ex 5970 or at the LSH&TM.