Evie is the founder of the Great Northern Psychiatry Summer School and is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist. She likes terrible puns and walking her dogs.

Co-President 2025

Grace is a core psychiatry trainee in the North East and was also co-president of GNPSS 2024. She came to the North East for Medical school after growing up in the South West and never looked back. She can usually be found listening to a radio drama with a craft activity and two naughty kittens.

Co-President 2025

Ben is a current core trainee in psychiatry based in the North East and was also a co-president of GNPSS 2024. Though originally from Northern Ireland, he has absolutely loved finding a new home in Newcastle. When not in work, he can be found clasping a flat white in the back of a coffee shop, usually trying and failing to convince his dogs to listen to anything he says.

Co-President 2025

Hi I’m Jemima and I’m currently a core trainee Based in the North East and the co- president of GNPSS 2025. I moved up here for university 11 years ago and have stayed ever since! Outside of psychiatry my favourite activities are camping, going to the beach, reading, and visiting my local wine bar

Emma is a Core Psychiatry Trainee in the North East having returned to Newcastle after many years living in Yorkshire. Emma pursued medicine as a mature student after a very different career as a musician in an indie band in her 20s. She is a less than full time trainee with her time outside of work being spent looking after her three young children and cat!

Julie is a clinical teaching fellow in psychiatry. When not in a clinic or a classroom, she can be found trying to finish the too many books on her shelf and sipping her caramel frappuccino while listening to Hozier’s Too Sweet. It is a well-known fact that if you talk to her for too long, she will start giving unsolicited Kdrama recommendations.

“Hi I’m Megan and I’m a CT3 core psychiatry trainee in the North East. I’m from Northumberland and returned here after medical school as I think it is a beautiful part of the UK to live and work!”

“Hello. My name is Fatma Sena Ozbal. I’m a core psychiatry trainee in my third year, and so far I haven’t found a subspeciality that I didn’t enjoy! It’s genuinely exciting to see future colleagues showing interest in psychiatry, and I feel luck to be part of their journey. “