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Biography
Dr Sam Thenabadu is the Deputy Dean and Head of Stage 3, GKT School of Medical Education within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine.
Research
![Sao Paulo](/ImportedImages/InternationalRegionShots/brazil/SaoPaulo.xd9f0c6e9.jpg?w=780&h=585&crop=780,440,0,73&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Mental health, migration and the megacity in São Paulo
Looking at the relationship between mental health and urban transformation since the late nineteenth-century in São Paulo.
Project status: Completed
News
King's medical graduate is Ireland's first ever Olympic luger
Elsa Desmond is representing Ireland in Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
![elsa desmond olympics 780x440](/newimages/folsm/thumbnail-newsevents/elsa-desmond-olympics-780x440.x26a10e50.png?f=webp)
Features
5 minutes with Sam Thenabadu
Dr Sam Thenabadu is the Programme Director for the King's MBBS degree and a Reader in Medical Education within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
![ClinicalEducation](/ImportedImages/Schools/Nursing/Clinical-Education/ClinicalEducation.xc80c4960.jpg?w=1903&h=1267&crop=1903,558,0,134&f=webp)
Beyond the ward: Students organise worldwide conference on future of medical education
A group of students have come together to organise an online conference on medical education for over 2,000 people.
![Beyond the ward: Students organise worldwide conference on future of medical education](/newimages/folsm/hero-banner/beyond-the-ward-students-organise-worldwide-conference-on-future-of-medical-education.x7cf56270.png?w=1941&h=558&crop=1903,558,19,0&f=webp)
Beyond the ward: Saving lives
Final year medical students, Safya Saleem and Hani Hassan, save a man's life whilst walking home from a placement shift at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells...
![beyond-the-ward-safya-hani-3](/newimages/folsm/main-article/beyond-the-ward-safya-hani-3.x3d8acbcc.png?w=2009&h=558&crop=1903,558,53,0&f=webp)
Research
![Sao Paulo](/ImportedImages/InternationalRegionShots/brazil/SaoPaulo.xd9f0c6e9.jpg?w=780&h=585&crop=780,440,0,73&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Mental health, migration and the megacity in São Paulo
Looking at the relationship between mental health and urban transformation since the late nineteenth-century in São Paulo.
Project status: Completed
News
King's medical graduate is Ireland's first ever Olympic luger
Elsa Desmond is representing Ireland in Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
![elsa desmond olympics 780x440](/newimages/folsm/thumbnail-newsevents/elsa-desmond-olympics-780x440.x26a10e50.png?f=webp)
Features
5 minutes with Sam Thenabadu
Dr Sam Thenabadu is the Programme Director for the King's MBBS degree and a Reader in Medical Education within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
![ClinicalEducation](/ImportedImages/Schools/Nursing/Clinical-Education/ClinicalEducation.xc80c4960.jpg?w=1903&h=1267&crop=1903,558,0,134&f=webp)
Beyond the ward: Students organise worldwide conference on future of medical education
A group of students have come together to organise an online conference on medical education for over 2,000 people.
![Beyond the ward: Students organise worldwide conference on future of medical education](/newimages/folsm/hero-banner/beyond-the-ward-students-organise-worldwide-conference-on-future-of-medical-education.x7cf56270.png?w=1941&h=558&crop=1903,558,19,0&f=webp)
Beyond the ward: Saving lives
Final year medical students, Safya Saleem and Hani Hassan, save a man's life whilst walking home from a placement shift at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells...
![beyond-the-ward-safya-hani-3](/newimages/folsm/main-article/beyond-the-ward-safya-hani-3.x3d8acbcc.png?w=2009&h=558&crop=1903,558,53,0&f=webp)