Martina Zeitler Fourth Year Medical Student University of Glasgow Martina Zeitler is a fourth year medical student at the University of Glasgow, and completed an Intercalated Degree in Global Health last year. She is interested in the health and healthcare provision of marginalised patient groups, and in this context worked on a project with Richard and…
Christa Maciver Strategic Lead of Research and Policy Justlife Foundation Christa is the Strategic Lead of Research and Policy at the Justlife Foundation, where we bring together frontline work with research with the aim of influencing local and national policy to ensure people’s stay in unsupported temporary accommodation is as short, safe and healthy as…
Gary Bishop Founder and CEO Justlife Foundation Gary is the founder and CEO of Justlife Foundation which combines research, policy and practice to make peoples stay in unsupported temporary accommodation as short, safe and healthy as possible. He has an MBA from Durham University and has worked in national and local charities for over 25…
Bruno De Oliveira Homeless Services (SJAHS) Co-ordinator St John Ambulance Bruno De Oliveira is the St John Ambulance Homeless Services (SJAHS) Co-ordinator, and peer-reviewed published a PhD researcher at the University of Brighton. His current research is exploring the lived experiences of homeless people through collaborative photo-based research which informs his role at SJAHS. That…
Grant Everitt Evaluation and Learning Lead Opportunity Nottingham Big Lottery Fulfilling Lives Grant has worked in homeless and housing services since the 1980’s. He started his career in Manchester City Council’s Housing Department, and then became a Housing Aid Caseworker at Shelter’s North West Centre. After relocating to Lincolnshire, he took on an Area Manager…
David Woodley Westminster Homeless Health Care Navigator Groundswell David has been working in the homeless sector for a number of years in a variety of roles; starting as a night worker, then on to be a project worker for Broadway. During this time he found his passion to support others to address their health, setting…
Jo Dawes Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy St George’s, University of London In 1997 Jo Dawes qualified as a physiotherapist from Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. She has worked in various National Health Service and higher education settings. Between 2000 and 2007 she worked full time as a physiotherapist for Greater Glasgow Primary Care Trust, within a…
Dr Adam Burley Consultant Clinical Psychologist Edinburgh Access Practice Dr. Adam Burley works as a consultant clinical psychologist at the Edinburgh Access Practice, a service dedicated to the provision of care to individuals who struggle to access mainstream care. He also provides input to wide range of public and third sector organisations across the homeless…
Marcel Slockers General Practitioner and Streetdoctor Marcel Slockers is general practitioner and streetdocter since 1983 in Rotterdam. His special interest is morbidity and mortality of Homeless people and how to influence policymakers. He is streetdocter in a shelter-based respite care center. Palliative care for homeless people is one of his interest.
Michiel Vermaak Intellectual Disability Physician Municipal Rotterdam Michiel Vermaak is intellectual disability physician and since his medical training involved in the medical care for homeless people. He tries to raise awareness about the reduced problem solving capabilities in persons living outside and the fact that health workers must be aware of this to give effective…