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Radha Modgil (born 18 August 1979)[citation needed] is an English doctor and television presenter. She is best known for her work on the Channel 4 show The Sex Education Show and the BBC series 'Make My Body Younger'.
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Early life
Modgil's father is Indian; her mother is English.[1]
Media career
Modgil appeared in BBC One's 'City Hospital' in 2004 whilst working in St Thomas' Hospital's A&E department and went on, in 2008, to present in BBC Three's "Make My Body Younger' Series 1 & 2, in which she gave lifestyle and drugs advice to twenty-somethings as their live-in doctor.[2] She has since appeared as the medical presenter in Series 1-4 of Channel 4's 'The Sex Education Show'[3] with a fifth series to be broadcast in summer 2011. She has appeared on The Vanessa Show, Channel Five as a medical expert [4] and also given interviews for ITN,[5] BBC Radio Oxford, The Daily Mail,[6] The Times Educational Supplement,[7] Female First[8] and as a weekly body expert with Bliss Online.[9]
Medical career
Modgil studied at Cambridge University and Imperial College London and graduated in 2003. She then trained in a range of specialties in hospital, including A&E, cardiology, palliative care, cancer medicine, HIV, sexual health and general medicine. She completed her training in general practice in 2009 and currently works as a NHS GP. She also works in sexual health clinics and A&E as well as teaching medical students.
Television appearances
- City Hospital, BBC One, 2004
- Make My Body Younger, BBC Three Series 1, 2008
- Make My Body Younger, BBC Three Series 2, 2009
- The Sex Education Show, Channel 4, 2008
- The Sex Education Show vs Pornography, Channel 4, 2009
- The Sex Education Show: Am I Normal?, Channel 4, 2010
- The Sex Education Show: Stop Pimping Our Kids, Channel 4, 2011
- The Vanessa Show, Channel Five, 2011
Charity and health promotion
Modgil is involved with Cancer Research UK as a GP Advisor as well as having worked with MIND as a Mental Health Media BAFTA Award Judge.[10] She has contributed to the British Heart Foundation 'Food for Thought" campaign against childhood obesity,[11] the Mouth Cancer Foundation website[12] as well as anti-smoking advice on the BBC Learning Zone website[13]
References
- ^ The Sex Education Show, 23 August 2011
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvj2b
- ^ http://sexperienceuk.channel4.com/sex-education
- ^ http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-vanessa-show/whos-on-the-show/guests-mon-17-jan-fri-21-jan
- ^ www.itnsource.com/jp/shotlist/ITN/2009/08/21/T21080909/?v=0&a=1
- ^ www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1370939/Tonic-water-white-bread-painkillers--unlikely-passion-killers-sapping-sex-drive.html
- ^ http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6064895
- ^ www.femalefirst.co.uk/relationships/Relationships-292.htm
- ^ http://www.mybliss.co.uk/web/guest/healthandfitness?id=25325
- ^ http://www.mind.org.uk/news/1972_mental_health_media_awards_2009_shortlist_announced
- ^ http://www.bhf.org.uk/about-us/our-annual-review/thank-you.aspx
- ^ http://www.rdoc.org.uk/smoking_tobacco_risk.html
- ^ www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/quitting-smoking
External links
- www.radhamodgil.com
- www.jowandermanagement.com/clients/radhamodgil.shtml
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- 21st-century English medical doctors
- English people of Indian descent
- English television presenters
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