Xand van Tulleken

Biography

Xand van Tulleken is a doctor, broadcaster and presenter who practised in acute medicine in the NHS for a decade. He trained at Oxford, Harvard and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and is now an Honorary Associate Professor at University College London. His academic work has focussed on humanitarian assistance and global health and has taken him to crises in Myanmar, Uganda and Sudan. As one of the BBC’s leading broadcasters for children and adults, his work has won two BAFTAs. He lives in East Sussex with his wife and two (occasionally three) children.