Dr Helen Evans-Howells qualified with honours from Southampton University in 2005 and then trained as a GP, completing this in 2015. Helen became interested in allergy due to her own experiences of managing a child with milk and nut allergies. She undertook the Masters in Allergy at Southampton University and qualified with distinction in 2018.
After working with the allergy team in Southampton Hospital for 4.5years, Helen now runs a private allergy clinic –www.drhelenallergy.co.uk, which provides virtual and face to face allergy consultations. Dr Helen lectures extensively across the UK and internationally. Helen has the only community clinic outside of London which offers food immunotherapy to adults and children – with centres in Ringwood and Belfast.
Helen was the previous chair for the primary care group of British Society of Allergy and is now a trustee for the Anaphylaxis UK Charity and Chair of their Clinical and Scientific panel.
Helen has appeared on The Jeremy Vine Extra show on Channel 5, ITV, Various Podcasts, BBC Radio, the Today Program and has written for various newspaper articles, raising awareness about allergies and anaphylaxis.