Name:
Professor John S Yudkin

Current Position:
Professor of Medicine, University College London since 1992.
Director, International Health and Medical Education Centre, UCL since 1999.
Pre-requisites for this post:- I wish i could answer that!

Past Positions:
Senior Lecturer/Consultant UCL and Whittington Hospital, 1981-1992.
Senior Lecturer, University Of Dar es Selaam, 1975-1977.
VSO Volunteer, Tanzania, 1968-1969 These two periods of work in Tanzania have been the most important for my knowledge and development into my current career.

Education:
Cambridge University, 1961-1964.
UCL Medical School, 1964-1967.

What strengths, skills and experience are useful in your role ?:
[For my role as]IHMEC Director; a deep concern for the iniquities of world trade, aid and commerce. And a huge admiration for the enthusiasm, commitment, and capacity for hard work shown by successive cohorts of medical students.I would throw my personal support behind virtually any of the students who, by dint of their Intercalated BSc, SSM (Student Selected Module) or Elective, is eligible for the IHMEC t-shirt!

What advice would you give to someone aspiring to your current position?:
Don't - unless you enjoy Medical School politics.

What are your ambitions for the future?:
Contented retirement.
Arsenal to win the Champions' League.
Here's a favourite anecdote of mine:
A Hungarian friend was attending the same conference as I was in Barcelona, so we arranged to meet up for a meal. Because Klara is vegetarian, I went through my Time Out guide to find a vegetarian restaurant – where we arranged to meet. We asked: ‘What vegetarian dishes do you have on the menu tonight?’
‘Rabbit.’