Dr Charlie Bell

Charlie studied for his medical degree at Queens' College, Cambridge, and as part of my course, he undertook an intercalated PhD, graduating on the MB PhD programme in 2017. His PhD investigated the mechanisms responsible for the development of type 1 diabetes with Professor John Todd in the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, with involvement in clinical trials and driving in vivo and in vitro laboratory studies. During training he was also an Exchange Scholar at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

He is currently John Marks Fellow, College Lecturer in Medicine and Praelector at Girton College, Cambridge, teaching biochemistry to first year undergraduates. He is also the Director of Studies for pre-clinical medicine (second year), and is a Senior Honorary Clinical Teaching Fellow at UCL Medical School.

Previously he chaired the BMA’s Medical Students Committee, and is a member of Faculty for the Changing Face of Medicine initiative.

He has recently completed two years of Foundation training in North Central Thames and intends to continue his medical training post fellowship as an oncologist.

The clinical fellow scheme offers an enormous opportunity not only to see how policy is developed and delivered, but also to engage with and be part of that process. During his medical training and then into practice, Charlie Bell has seen the importance of understanding the role of politics in medicine, and the essential role of policy formulation and implementation to produce effective and best practice delivery to patients. He is really excited to be selected as a Fellow and really looks forward to getting stuck into the more arms-length delivery of medical excellence in the UK.