Career aspirations in infectious diseases and healthcare research

Dr Alastair Yeoh is a Junior Doctor in the UK who recently returned from working in Ethiopia with Medicins Sans Frontieres. He also worked in Zambia and is looked to pursue a career in infectious diseases and global health. He’s also passionate about effective giving, having taken the GWWC pledge in 2019 and currently donates 20% of his income after tax to effective charities. We really enjoyed talking to him about his career and his thoughts on impact in medicine.

Resources & referenced materials

• Giving What We Can - Organisation  - see here
• Médecins sans frontières (MSF) - Organisation - see here 
• Volunteer Global Health - Organisation - see here 
• An Imperfect Offering, James Orbinski - book 
• Band Aid for a Broken Leg - Damien Brown - book 
• Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill - Matthieu Ricard - book