This months talk will be focussing on Mpox (previously known as monkeypox)!

We will hear more about the outbreak last year from Dr Joseph Heskin who has worked on mpox in a clinical and research capacity since the first days back in May 22.

About the speaker:

Dr Heskin is an ST6 in GU/HIV Medicine at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He is a research fellow with the Chelsea and Westminster Infectious Diseases Research Group, and has completed fellowships in viral diagnostics and also with UKHSA and BASHH looking at STI prevalence in the UK prison population. He was the clinical lead on the successful campaign to end the ban on people living with HIV from joining the UK armed forces.