Patrons and Advisors

#LCKChampions are professionals who work in health, education and politics to raise awareness of Long Covid, and improve the outcome for families, children and young people living with Long Covid.

Our champions have taken a special interest in supporting our work and provide assistance and input to help Long Covid Kids achieve our charity objectives.

Michael Rosen Patron

One of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets

Dr Abbas Khushnood

Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, UK
Expert in heart and circulatory problems in children

Dr. Nisreen Alwan MBE

Associate Professor in Public Health.
Southampton.

Dr. Danilo Buonsenso

Paediatrician Dept of Woman and Child Health and Public Health Rome

Dr. David Strain

Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant at National Health Service

Dr. Rae Duncan

Dr Duncan is a Senior Consultant Cardiologist with extensive COVID, Long Covid and research experience.

Dr. Stephen Griffin

Associate Professor of Viral Oncology in the School of Medicine.

Dr. Anna Brooks

Immunologist and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Dr. Deepti Gurdasani

Clinical Epidemiologist and Statistical Geneticist

Dr. Binita Kane

Consultant Respiratory Physician at Manchester University Foundation Trust (MFT).

Dr. Nathalie MacDermott

Dr MacDermott is a Academic Clinical Lecturer at King’s College, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Doctor

Dr. Elisa Perego

Dr Elisa Perego coined the term Long Covid and has written some of the first publications in the world on Long Covid and the rise of the Long Covid advocacy movement.