The Team
The Winchester Travel Health clinic is situated in the heart of the historic city of Winchester, close to the High Street.
Come and visit us, or call 01962 856646 or email us on info@winchestertravelhealth.co.uk.
Dr Matthew Dryden MA, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCPath, FRGS
Matthew Dryden is a consultant specialising in microbiology and communicable disease and has been based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester since 1991. He is the Medical Director of Winchester Travel Health. He has a long-term interest in travel and tropical medicine. In the past he has been an expedition doctor on expeditions in varied parts of the world including Africa and Central America. He has worked as a doctor in Sudan and Australia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a founder member of its Medical Cell. He has published extensively on travel medicine, microbiology and infectious disease.
Joanna Lowry RN, DTN
The clinic is managed on a daily basis by Joanna Lowry. She is an experienced Travel Nurse Specialist who has travelled extensively throughout Northern Africa, South East Asia, Australasia and Europe. She has a Diploma in Tropical Nursing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and has worked overseas for The Travel Doctor (TMVC) in New Zealand. Joanna is passionate about travel medicine education and regularly teaches other healthcare professionals in travel health and immunisation.
Poppy Spens RGN, DTN
Poppy Spens spent 30 years working as a health visitor and practice nurse. She obtained a Diploma in Tropical Nursing in 2005 and has worked in South Sudan since 2006 setting up Primary Care facilities. Her passion has been to see improvements in healthcare in South Sudan, a country with the highest maternal mortality and lowest uptake of child immunisations in the world.
She enjoys helping people travelling abroad, in particular fellow foreign aid workers. Poppy joined the team as Deputy Clinic Manager in September 2011 but has worked for Winchester Travel Health for a number of years.