Meet the Team
Co-Director
Evie Rothwell
Evie is a Junior Doctor working in North Wales with a longstanding interest in Sustainability. Initially she became involved in sustainability in healthcare with the group 'Green at Barts Health' and worked on numerous SusQI projects from re-usable PPE to waste.
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As she sees it, this is the most important challenge facing our generation of doctors and the best way to bring about sustainable change is by collective action.
Co-Director
Alex Olney
Currently a Junior Doctor training to be a Paediatrician in West Yorkshire, sustainability has become an increasing interest as we gain a better understanding of what is needed to leave a habitable planet for the future generations.
He is excited to be taking on this shared role and his main aim is to support GHASP members in continuing to continue to make a real impact on the healthcare impact of climate change. He is currently focused on building spaces for members to connect and collaborate more easily.
Founder
Jonny Groome
Whilst an Anaesthetics trainee, Jonny started 'GASP' in 2018 with the aim of decarbonising healthcare after being frustrated by the impact the profession has. GHASP has since grown into an award winning organisation making significant impact and with members internationally. Now as a Consultant he continues to advocate and work on projects furthering the goal of reducing the environmental impact and is a significant source of advice for the current leadership team of GHASP.
Social Media Manager
Gillian Lever
An Anaesthetics Trainee in Yorkshire and The Humber, Gillian has seen first hand the impact healthcare has on the environment. She is passionate that we need to make urgent, significant changes now to have a chance of avoiding irreversible damage and believes that the way forward is through connecting with each other to share learning and inspire action.
Education Officer
Natasha Jacob
Currently an anaesthetics trainee based in West Yorkshire, Natasha is a firm believer that through education and discussion we can raise awareness about the impact health care has on the environment and vice versa.
Natasha believes through education and our personal and professional actions we can reduce the impact climate change has on our health. In addition we can prepare as healthcare professionals to treat patients that have been adversely affected by environmental changes.
QI Officer
Yusra Shammoon
Yusra is the new GHASP Quality Improvement Lead! She is currently a Clinical Education Fellow in London and will be starting IMT later this year. She became interested in sustainable healthcare during my foundation training - the more she learnt about the scale of climate change's impact on health, the more surprised she became that it wasn't already a mainstay in healthcare training! She's really keen on promoting education and advocacy around planetary health and sustainable healthcare; in my current role she's helping to develop new teaching modules on sustainable healthcare for medical students. I'm looking forward to working with the GHASP network, to help develop and share your QIP ideas.
Events and Conference Coordinator
Maia Patrick-Smith
Maia is a Clinical Fellow working in Sexual Health in London. She feels strongly that we need to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare and that by bringing people together from across the healthcare spectrum we can make more effective change. She is excited to be organising GHASP’s first hybrid conference in September 2024!