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Introducing the Base Camp Team
Dan Martin
Role: Expedition Lead
Bio: I am a Senior Lecturer at University College London and Critical Care Consultant at the Royal Free Hospital, London. I have been involved with CASE expeditions for the last ten years and my research interests are human adaptation to hypoxia and the microcirculation. Having spent much of my life in the mountains I am looking forward to reacquainting myself with the sea when we get back to the UK!
Ned Gilbert-Kawai
Role: Research Lead
Having been a core investigator on Xtreme Alps 2010, I was appointed as the CASE Medicine Research Fellow in August 2011. I am responsible for co-ordinating all of the scientific research for the expedition, and hope to find some spare time to undertake my own. In y spare I like doing ultramarathons including the 'Rock and Ice Ultra' set amongst the Artic tundra
Tom Adams
Role: Deputy Research Lead and Pun Correspondent
Bio: I am a junior doctor and a recent UCL graduate. I have been involved with CASE since taking the BSc course in 2008, and this is my second expedition with the group. Aside from research and medicine I enjoy cycling, playing music and languages.
Adam Sheperdigian
Role: Deputy Research Lead and Flux-discombobulator technician
Bio: I am a current research fellow of CASE medicine and have been working on the XE2 project for the last year. My involvement with this exceptional group of people began after completing the BSc course at UCL, including acting as an investigator throughout the Xtreme Alps expedition in 2010. Other than XE2 I like to spend my time climbing and skiing.
Paula Meale
Role: Co-Laboratory Manager
Bio: I usually work as a research trial co-ordinator, in the Post Operative and Critical Care Research Office, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL, and as the Enhanced Recovery Advisor for the Royal Free Hospital. My interest in altitude medicine and CASE began in 2007, when I was offered the opportunity to manage the Kathmandu laboratory for the Caudwell Extreme Everest Expedition. In my spare time I make the most of London, and love to be out socialising with friends whenever possible. I also try to hit the Munroe̢۪s of Scotland intermittently throughout the year to keep my Asolo̢۪s on the move.
Ali Cobb
Role: Co-Laboratory Manager
Bio: I am a final year medical student from the University of Bristol and will be working as a junior doctor in London from August. My involvement with CASE began at the Margherita Hut in 2010 when I spent the summer working on sea level testing, organisation and packing and 6 weeks testing in the hut. In my spare time I enjoy running, dancing and travelling. XE2 is a great way to finish off my medical degree!
Grace Gilbert-Kawai
Role: Head Medical Officer
I am a GP by training with a particular interest in Sexual Health. I have taken time out to lead on providing medical support to the Xtreme Everest endeavours. In my spare time I like to explore the culinary delights that London has to offer, and travel.
Tom Smedley
Role: Hypoxic Ventilatory Response and Blood Taking (Dracula)
Bio: I̢۪m a junior doctor from University Hospital Southampton, currently working within the Critical Care Research Group. After finishing work with Xtreme Everest 2, I start life as a medical officer with the British Army. I̢۪m interested in a research career within intensive care medicine. I spend my free time sailing and ski-touring.
Aleksandra Kotwica
Role: Mitochondria bioenergetics
Bio: I̢۪m second year PhD student at Cambridge University, where under supervision of Dr Andrew Murray I̢۪m exploring the effects of hypoxia and dietary nitrate on metabolism and mitochondrial energetics. Before enrolling onto my PhD, I worked in the pharmaceutical industry. I enjoy all sorts of outdoor sports and dancing salsa when back in town.
James Horscroft
Role: Mitochondria bioenergetics
Bio: I̢۪m currently doing a PhD in Dr Andrew Murray̢۪s lab at the University of Cambridge with a focus on the effects of hypoxia on mitochondrial physiology. After my time in Nepal, I̢۪ll be continuing my PhD back in Cambridge for another two years, before continuing a career in academic research or pharmaceuticals. My hobbies include any sport I can get involved in and playing guitar.
Charlotte Haldene
Role: Nitrate testing, Venous Plethysmography, Muscle Ultrasound, Catecholamine studies, 24 hour BP
Bio: I̢۪m an A&E CT1 doctor at the Royal Free Hospital in London with an interest in Altitude Medicine and Physiology and Pre-Hospital Care. I have recently completed the Diploma in Mountain Medicine and am looking to start my MSc on my return home. In my spare time I enjoy winter mountaineering, climbing and anything outdoors.
Ori Couppis
Role: Medical Officer and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Bio: My interest in expedition medicine has led me to the privilege of XE2 medical officer, and being involved in the exercise testing. I have a background in medicine, A&E, anaesthetics and intensive care, and a special interest in altitude medicine. I̢۪ve left my wonderful wife at home to pursue this dream, but feel we as a group can make a real difference to the future of critical care.
I aim to continue my interest in altitude medicine as a GP, as well as my other interests including cycling, vintage cars, and good food....a craving I am struggling to contain at EBC!!
Phillip Hennis
Role: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Lead
Bio: I joined CASE in 2009 and have worked as a research associate for the last two years. I was an investigator for the Xtreme Alps expedition in 2010 and the Bedford School Everest Study in 2012. In my spare time, I run, swim, and play golf.
Christina Dougall
Role: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Bio: I recently completed my Physiotherapy MSc in Norwich and currently work for the Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe) at UCLH in London. After completing my Physiology BSc at UCL I joined team Kathmandu for the 2007 Caudwell Xtreme Everest expedition, and have wanted to return to Nepal ever since. I enjoy hiking and skiing in the German Alps and more recently rowing on the River Thames.
Logistics
Brad Jarvis
Role: Logistics Manager
I have been working on and running expeditions since the age of sixteen. Mainly working with children and young adults, I have organised and led many successful UK and international expeditions, including trips to the Ecuadorian Andes and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. When not planning trips to the mountains, I am an enthusiastic rugby player and have represented Bath Rugby Academy and the Scottish Exiles, as well as Bryanston School and London Scottish RFC.
Jimmy Carroll
Role: Expedition Manager
Bio: The military man on the mountain from the ‘Welsh Cavalry’. The similarities between horses and yaks has been uncanny and most useful to the logistics of the expedition. Peace time photography is now the name of the game.
Iain Ruggles-Brise
Role: Deputy Logistics
Bio: The trip̢۪s official Essex boy; I have just graduated from Reading University and have been involved in the pre-planning and building of the research laboratories here in Nepal. I am a keen sailor and country boy who will be learning to fly helicopters when I return to the UK.
Patrick Mythen
Role: Logistics
Bio: Just finished at Drayton Manor High School, Ealing. Sail, ski, play rugby, cricket, guitar and saxophone. Heading to Exeter to study medicine in September. Looking forward to the 'gap' in my year.
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