Dr Emily Mayhew

Historian in Residence, Department of Bioengineering Imperial College London

Dr Mayhew is a military medical historian specialising in the study of severe casualty, its infliction, treatment and long-term outcomes in 20th and 21st century warfare. She is historian in residence in the Department of Bioengineering, working primarily with the researchers and staff of the Centre for Injury Studies. She is also a Trustee of the Advance Study Charity Board. To learn more about the Advance Study which is the world's leading research investigation into the long term outcomes of battlefield injury please follow this link: Emily is part of the team that put together the Paediatric Blast Injury Field Manual which can be downloaded from here in English, Arabic, Dari, Pashtun, Francophone as PDFs:

Conference Day One

10:45 AM DRAWING ON HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS TO INFORM CURRENT STRATEGIES

·       WW1’s impact on medical strategies used in contemporary conflicts

·       Understanding the importance of robust systems and alliances for the delivery of medical care

·       Dynamic approaches to medical capabilities in the field and the treatment of mass casualties

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Emily.

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