Contributors

Funmi Abari

Funmi Abari was a medical student at the University of Leeds and previous host for Humans of Healthcare (2019-2020).

A qualified chemist, TEDx speaker and often referred to as 'The Young People's Life Coach'.  

She is the founder of an international community platform dedicated to building resilient communities - The Empower Us Project and also the co-founder of student-led collective The Race Against Medicine.  

Funmi's political journey began at just 16, where national papers predicted that Funmi would serve our country as the first black, female, muslim Prime Minister following her historic public address in the House of Commons.  

Ten years on, she is now on a mission to marry medicine and global activism to serve communities in West Africa, through establishing resilient health systems and policies. 

Joe Thompson

Joe Thompson was an Academic FY2 junior doctor working at St James’s Hospital, Leeds and previous host for Humans of Healthcare (2020-2021). He studied Clinical Sciences at the University of Bradford and went on to study Graduate-Entry Medicine at the University of Birmingham graduating in 2019.  

Alongside his clinical work, Joe has a range of academic interests including neuroscience and critical care medicine. Joe is also passionate about teaching and has previously established and run a mentoring scheme involving 100 medical students.

Amelia Websdale

Amelia was a previous host for Humans of Healthcare (2020-2023), she graduated from the University of Leeds in Medical Sciences in 2022 and is now a medical student at the University of Manchester. She also works as a clinical support worker in Leeds and a theatre HCA in the North West. Her interests lie in Cardiothoracic Surgery, and she is on the student committee for the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery UK & Ireland. Amelia enjoys participating in triathlons, reading and walking her dog in the Yorkshire dales.

Bee Wills

Bee was a medical student at the University of Leeds. She is passionate about promoting and furthering equality within the school of medicine and has found great pleasure in being on the EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) committee for the last couple of years. 

She has enjoyed her work throughout the pandemic and university holidays as a hospital porter. Her main interests outside of medicine include playing football and cycling as well as reading and listening to music (preferably live at a music festival!). 

Florence Kinder

Florence is a Junior Doctor in London, having graduated from the University of Leeds in 2022. She began her journey with Humans of Healthcare, recording a podcast reflecting on her time working in A&E during the pandemic. She is passionate about humanitarian work and Inclusion Health and hopes to combine this with her medical career.

She’s also interested in academic medicine and research and has published several papers during her time at Leeds.

In her spare time, she enjoys writing and getting outside and exploring new places! She can frequently be found at a Saturday morning ParkRun!

Nafi Iftekhar

Nafi was a medical student at the University of Leeds. He is interested in surgical specialties; cardiothoracic surgery, general surgery and interventional radiology; and sits on the Leeds Surgical Society and Medical Student Representatives’ Council.

In his spare time, he makes YouTube videos about his time at medical school and topics related to life at medical school. He can often be found at Leeds University Union with a bubble tea or a salmon poke bowl, or at the gym!