Florence Rosie Avila Hogg BSc MB ChB MRCS gained her medical degree from the University of Bristol in 2009 which involved an intercalated BSc in Neuroscience. She completed the South London Academic Foundation program and is now a Neurosurgery Specialist Trainee in London, UK. She is currently completing a PhD at St Georges University of London with a focus on spinal cord injury and cell based regenerative therapies. She was awarded the Joint Royal College of Surgeons / UK Stem Cell Foundation Research Fellowship in May 2018.