Sung Kim Student’s Section Vice Chair and medical student, University College London Expand Hello! My name is Sunny and I'm currently a final year medical student at UCL. I've been volunteering for CLEFT for a few years now and I love being part of the CLEFT family. Raising awareness and taking part in fundraising for this amazing cause has been an absolute pleasure and helping to set up the newly formed student section only excites me further. If you're thinking of volunteering then please do get in touch and we'd love to tell you more!!
Lily St John Student’s Section Deputy and Media Officer and medical student, University of Manchester Expand Hi, my name’s Lily and I’m at the University of Manchester, having spent my pre-clinical years at the University of St Andrews medical school. I am passionate about volunteering and fundraising for CLEFT, as I believe every child born with craniofacial abnormalities deserves an equal opportunity to safe and appropriate medical and surgical care to prevent speech, feeding and societal difficulties. In some children around the world, these congenital deformities allow for easy infection access and put a risk to life. Likewise, the ability for the child to feed with a cleft lip palate can be impossible, again leading to potential mortality. CLEFT sets up sustainable and multidisciplinary teams around the world to give these children the care and surgery they need, whilst researching the latest methods to prevent and treat these. Join our ever growing student ambassador team to help make a difference to these children too!
Mahaveer Sangha Student's Section Chair and medical student, University College London Expand My name is Mahaveer Sangha, I am a medical student from University College London and am currently the chair for the Student’s Section. I originally joined CLEFT in 2017/18 as a Student Ambassador. I think the work CLEFT does is amazing. Without adequate and sustainable treatment, children with cleft lips/palates from less privileged backgrounds often face a life of stigma, social exclusion, and health issues. I joined CLEFT to help the charity, in any small way I could, to end this. I hope that one day no child has to suffer due to a lack of access to sustainable cleft lip/palate care and believe that by working together and raising awareness about this issue, that day will soon come.
Victoria Hunter Lead Ambassador and dentistry student, Queens University Belfast Expand Hi! I am the Lead student ambassador for Queens University Belfast this year and I am a 3rd year dental student from Northern Ireland. I am passionate about getting involved with the treatment of cranio-facial abnormalities and hope to have a career in oral surgery in the future!
Jiang An Lim Treasurer and medical student, University of Cambridge Expand Final year Medical Student and Sowton Scholar of Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge.
Rosie Elliott Social Media Officer and speech and language therapy student at Cardiff Metropolitan University Expand I'm Rosie, a 3rd year Speech and Language Therapy student at Cardiff Metropolitan University. I have a particular interest in the clinical field of children with cleft lip and palate so my experience volunteering with CLEFT is invaluable.
Anna-Mae Richardson Social Media Officer and dentistry student at Queen's University, Belfast Expand Hello, I'm Anna-Mae and I am a third year dental student at queens university Belfast. I am really looking forward to working with Cleft to raise money to close the gap in Cleft care around the world.