Matt Griggs is Programme Lead for the MSc Expedition and Marine Medicine at the University of Plymouth and lectures on the MSc Global Health programme. A practising paramedic with over 20 years of NHS experience, he holds an MSc in Hazards and Disaster Management and has been a member of UK-Med’s emergency medical team. Matt has worked extensively around the world as a clinician, academic and photographer, and has a passion for independent travel through a wide variety of terrains and environments. These experiences have shaped his current research, which explores the developing prehospital care system in Nepal.