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Jane Wilson-Howarth (born 1954) is a British physician, lecturer and author. She has written three travel health guides, two travel narratives, a novel and a series of wildlife adventures for children. She has also contributed to anthologies of travellers tales, has written innumerable articles for non-specialist readers, and many scientific/academic papers.

Personal life

Jane Wilson was born in Epsom Hospital, Surrey, as one of the three children of Peggy (Margaret) Thomas (1926–2015), from London, and a bibliophile, Joe Wilson (1920–2011), from Ballymena in Northern Ireland. She grew up in Stoneleigh, a suburb north of Ewell Village. She is married to Simon Howarth and the couple live in Kathmandu.

Education

She attended Stoneleigh East County Infants, Junior and Senior Schools, and also Cheam High School, but was challenged by dyslexia. She left school at 16 to study for an Ordinary National Diploma in sciences at Ewell Technical College (now North East Surrey College of Technology).

She then studied biological sciences at Plymouth Polytechnic, concentrating on invertebrates, pollution studies, environmental resource management, and completed a research project on cave microclimate and its influence on collembola. This involved countless trips into Radford Cave and led to her first publication.^[1] During cave exploration in the UK she made extensive collections of invertebrates to document the species living in lightless environments.^[2] In 1976 she was awarded a travelling scholarship by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, which funded a trip to Nepal.

The Nepal connection led to a veterinary research job and she wrote a thesis about rabbit parasites for an MSc from Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Through this work she developed both an interest in immunology and a plan to work to help the poor in emerging nations. She then studied for a medical degree at the University of Southampton.

She gained a Diploma in Child Health (Royal College of Physicians, London 1992), a Diploma in Community Child Health (Royal College of Physicians, RCGP and Public Health Faculty, Edinburgh 1992), a Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 2007) and a fellowship in the Faculty of Travel Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2009. She was also elected a fellow of the British Global and Travel Health Association in 2017.

Medical career

Since qualifying as a doctor of medicine, Wilson-Howarth has worked in general medicine and obstetrics and gynaecology in Swindon, orthopaedics in Salisbury and paediatrics at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. She was employed on various child survival and hygiene promotion projects in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, India and Nepal. Wilson-Howarth served as a National Health Service general practitioner (GP) in Cambridgeshire for 15 years when she taught Cambridge medical students about general practice and also international health. She lectures on travel health too and has contributed to numerous textbooks,^[3]^[4]^[5] and on occasion to health stories for national newspapers.^[6]

for Médecins du Monde / Doctors of the World in 2016. She works on occasion for Voluntary Service Overseas including in Nigeria.^[8] Since early in 2015, Wilson-Howarth has been a trustee for Health Books International (see {{URL| www.healthbooksinternational.org }}) which was formerly Teaching-aids at Low Cost whose mission is to ship medical textbooks to low income countries.

Influences

Dervla Murphy, Eric Newby, Hilary Bradt, Gerald Durrell, David Attenborough, Joe Wilson (her father).

Sports

Wilson-Howarth started caving and also scuba diving while an undergraduate in Plymouth pursuing ecological studies. She did some cave diving and was probably the first woman to do decompression dives in the subterranean "lake" in Pridhamsleigh Cavern in Devon.^[9] In 1973 she won the British Universities and Colleges individual canoe slalom event and on the same day also the seven-mile whitewater canoeing race. In addition she won the national colleges sailing championship.

In 1978–79 she rowed for Corpus Christi College, Oxford, the first year the college had fielded a ladies eight, when they won three "bumps" in Eights Week. In 2004 she took the sport up again at Cambridge, rowing in various races on the River Cam and at Eton Dorney.

Expeditions

Wilson-Howarth spent six months on an overland trip to the Himalayan region; this was with a small team intent on finding new caves in Pakistan, India and Nepal and documenting what lived inside them. She began some research on histoplasmosis, on bat rabies and made extensive zoological collections mostly for the British Museum (Natural History) / Natural History Museum, London.^[10]

While an undergraduate at Southampton she was involved in further expeditions – to Madagascar^[11]^[12] and (leading a team of eleven) Peru.^[13] She also organised a medical elective with Save the Children in Ladakh.^[14] In 1983 she was awarded the BISH Medal by the Scientific Exploration Society for "courage and determination in the face of adversity".

The first Madagascar expedition led to a second, and this work contributed to the Ankarana Massif's recognition as an important refuge for mammals including the endangered crowned lemur, Sanford's brown lemur,^[15]^[16] as well as smaller wildlife^[17] and a previously unknown blind fish.^[18]^[19] The Massif also proved to be a rich location where important sub-fossil giant lemur remains were discovered.^[20]^[21]^[22]

Writing

A Glimpse of Eternal Snows is a poignant travel memoir^[25]^[26] set in Cambridge and Nepal; it has received praise in the press;^[27] a second edition was published in the UK in October 2012 and in North America in February 2013. A third edition was launched in India in 2015.{{quote box|Sometimes perhaps a short life and a happy one is better than anything we doctors can offer. A Glimpse of Eternal Snows is the proverbial life-changing book. |source=Dr James Le Fanu^[27] in The Daily Telegraph|align=right|width=40%}}

Her first novel Snowfed Waters was self-published early in 2014 and was picked up and launched in February 2017 in the Indian subcontinent by the Delhi-based publisher Speaking Tiger.^[28] The book is a fictional sequel to A Glimpse of Eternal Snows.

Wilson-Howarth has contributed at literary festivals.^[29] Her work has been featured twice at the Cambridge Wordfest; she read from her memoir and, more recently, a contribution was selected by Oxygen Books / City Picks, for a public reading of Cambridge's finest writing. A Glimpse of Eternal Snows was also chosen for The National Year of Reading and by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire for its A Book a Day project in May. Wilson-Howarth contributed "Kathmandu" to a poetry anthology^[30] and several of her pieces on travel and writing are in prose collections.^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]

She has written double spread travel health features for all but two issues of Wanderlust (a total of 191 articles so far) and also some for Condé Nast Traveller. She has occasionally contributed to The Independent newspaper and other national publications.^[36]^[37]^[38]

Wilson-Howarth is a member of the Society of Authors, the innovative Walden Writers cooperative, and Cambridge Writers. She often gives talks and readings especially in East Anglia.^[39] She was featured by Lonely Planet's on-line travel magazine.^[40]

Walden Writers

Wilson-Howarth is active in the Walden Writers cooperative, set up in Saffron Walden, Essex, by authors Amy Corzine and Martyn Everett in 2008, to cross-promote the work of its members, organise literary events, publish a magazine^[41]^[42]^[43] and exchange information and support.^[44] Some meetings are workshops for members' works in progress,^[45]^[46] and covering matters of printing, distribution and marketing that were once the domain of publishers. Other members include biographer Clare Mulley, children's authors Victor Watson, Rosemary Hayes and Penny Speller, and historian Lizzie Sanders.

Broadcasting

Wilson-Howarth has given television interviews on BBC Breakfast, ITV Tyne Tees and Sky Travel as well as on national Radio 4 programmes including Excess Baggage, Breakaway, The Living World and Medicine Now. She has also been

interviewed live for radio programmes broadcast in the US, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Ireland and innumerable local radio stations. She has also often contributed to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Afternoon Show.

Bibliography

References

1. ^{{cite journal | last = Wilson | first = J.M. | year = 1975 | title = The effect of low humidity on the distribution of Heteromurus nitidus (Collembola) in Radford Cave, Devon | journal = Transactions of the British Cave Research Association | volume = 2 | issue = 3 | pages = 123–126 }}
2. ^{{cite journal | last = Hazelton | first = Mary | title = Hypogean fauna collections | journal = Transactions of the British Cave Research Association | volume = 5 | issue = 3 | pages = 195 }}
3. ^{{cite book | last =Johnson | first =Chris |author2=Sarah Anderson |author3=Jon Dallimore |author4=Chris Imray |author5=Shane Winser |author6=James Moore |author7=David Warrell | title =Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine | publisher = Oxford University Press | year =2015 | location = Oxford | pages =62–67 & 410–413 | isbn =978-0-19-929661-3 }}
4. ^{{cite book | last =Field | first =Vanessa | title =Health Information for Overseas Travel | publisher = National Travel Health Network and Centre | year =2010 | location = London | pages =378 | isbn =978-0-9565792-0-1 |display-authors=etal}}
5. ^{{cite book | last = Sharland | first =Mike | title = Manual of Childhood Infections (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Paediatrics) | publisher = Oxford University Press | year =2011 | location = Oxford | pages =350–356 | isbn =978-0-19-957358-5|display-authors=etal}}
6. ^{{cite news | title = Coping with travel sickness |publisher= Daily Telegraph | date = 10 August 2011 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/caraccessories/8688774/Coping-with-travel-sickness.html| accessdate =30 August 2015 }}
7. ^{{cite news | title = Shortage of yellow fever vaccine |publisher= Independent newspaper on line | date = 2 February 2014 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/shortage-of-yellow-fever-vaccine-threatens-travel-to-the-tropics--including-brazil-9102587.html| accessdate =3 February 2014 }}
8. ^{{cite journal | last = Wilson-Howarth | first = Jane | year = 2018 | title = An investigation of an outbreak of malaria in International Citizenship Service (ICS) Volunteers in Nigeria| journal = Journal of the British Global & Travel Health Association | volume = XXIX | pages = 1–3 }}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wilson-howarth.com/Blog/October-2015/Exploring-an-Azure-Lake|title=Diving an Azure Lake |accessdate=17 October 2015}}
10. ^{{cite journal |author=Jane M. Wilson |year=1982 |title=A review of world Troglopedetini (Collembola, Paronellidae), including an identification table and descriptions of new species |journal=Cave Science: Transactions of the British Cave Research Association |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=210–226}}
11. ^{{cite journal | last = Howarth | first = C.J.| year = 1986 | title = Population Ecology of the Ring-tailed Lemur and White Sifaka at Berenty, Madagascar | journal = Folia Primatologica | volume = 47 | pages = 39–48 | doi=10.1159/000156262|display-authors=etal}}
12. ^{{cite journal | last = Wilson | first = Jane M. | year = 1987 | title = The Crocodile Caves of Ankarana, Madagascar | journal = Oryx | volume = 21 | issue = 1| pages = 43–47 | doi=10.1017/s0030605300020470}}
13. ^{{cite journal | last = White | first = A.J. | year = 1984 | title = Cognitive impairment of AMS and acetazolamide | journal = Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine | volume = 5 | pages = 598–603 }}
14. ^{{cite journal | last = Wilson | first = J.M. | year = 1986 | title = Hair analysis and the assessment of marginal malnutrition in children from Little Tibet | journal = Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene| volume = 80 | pages = 168–9 | doi=10.1016/0035-9203(86)90231-2}}
15. ^{{cite journal | last = Wilson | first = J.M.| year = 1989 | title = Ecology and Conservation of the Crowned Lemur at Ankarana, N. Madagascar with notes on Sanford's Lemur, Other Sympatrics and Subfossil Lemurs | journal = Folia Primatologica | volume = 52 | pages = 1–26 | doi=10.1159/000156379|display-authors=etal}}
16. ^{{cite journal | last = Fowler | first = S.V.| year = 1989 | title = A survey and management proposals for a tropical deciduous forest reserve at Ankarana in northern Madagascar | journal = Biological Conservation | volume = 47 | pages = 297–313 | doi=10.1016/0006-3207(89)90072-4|display-authors=etal}}
17. ^{{cite journal|author1=José G. Palacios-Vargas |author2=Jane Wilson |year=1990 |title=Troglobius coprophagus, a new genus and species of cave collembolan from Madagascar with notes on its ecology |journal=International Journal of Speleology |volume=19 |issue=1–4 |pages=67–73 |url=http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/11.96.19_PalaciosVargas.Wilson.pdf |format=PDF |doi=10.5038/1827-806x.19.1.6 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723134134/http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/11.96.19_PalaciosVargas.Wilson.pdf |archivedate=23 July 2011 |df= }}
18. ^{{cite journal | last = Banister | first = K.E. | year = 1994 | title = Glossogobius ankaranensis, a new species of blind cave goby from Madagascar | journal = Journal of Ichthyology & Aquatic Biology | volume = 1 | issue = 3 | pages = 25–28 }}
19. ^{{cite journal | last = Wilson | first = Jane M. | year = 1996 | title = Conservation and ecology of a new blind fish, Glossogobius ankaranensis from the Ankarana Caves, Madagascar | journal = Oryx | volume = 30 | issue = 3| pages = 218–221 | doi=10.1017/s0030605300021669}}
20. ^{{cite journal | last = Wilson | first = Jane (ed.) | year = 1987 | title = The Crocodile Caves of Ankarana : Expedition to Northern Madagascar, 1986 | journal = Cave Science : Transactions of the British Cave Research Association | volume = 14 | issue = 3| pages = 107–119}}
21. ^{{cite journal | last = Wilson | first = J.M.| year = 1995 | title = Past and Present Lemur Fauna at Ankarana, N. Madagascar | journal = Primate Conservation | volume = 16 | pages = 47–52 |display-authors=etal}}
22. ^{{cite journal | last = Godfrey | first = L.R.| year = 1996 | title = Ankarana: window to Madagascar's past | journal = Lemur News | volume = 2 | pages = 16–17|display-authors=etal}}
23. ^{{Cite book|author=Jane Wilson-Howarth| title=A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: a journey of love and loss in the Himalayas | publisher=Bradt Travel Guides, UK | year=2012| pages = 390 | ISBN= 978-1-84162-435-8 | ASIN = B009S7FHU4}}
24. ^{{cite news | title = Memsahib on the Move|publisher= Times Literary Supplement | date = 8 March 1996 | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tlskeywordsearch.tls?queryKeywords=Dodwell+Dervla+Murphy+Madagascar&x=10&y=11| accessdate =30 August 2015 }}
25. ^{{cite news | title = Mountain baby |publisher= The Guardian | date = 21 June 2008 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jun/21/familyandrelationships.family4| accessdate =30 August 2015}}
26. ^To Live – and Die – with Dignity
27. ^¹{{cite news | title = A Short Life and a Happy One |publisher= The Daily Telegraph | date = 15 July 2008 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthadvice/3355581/Second-Opinion.html| accessdate =30 August 2015}}
28. ^Tribune review of the novel Snowfed Waters
29. ^Literary Talent on Show
30. ^{{cite book | last =Society of Medical Writers | title = Poems on Prescription | year = 2012 | pages = 103pp | publisher = Society of Medical Writers, UK | ISBN = 978-0-9573575-0-1| ref = harv}}
31. ^Power to Heal
32. ^Doctors writing about patients
33. ^Making time for writing
34. ^Representing Refugees
35. ^{{cite book | last =Barclay | first =Jennifer |author2=Adrian Phillips | title = To Oldly Go: tales of intrepid travel | publisher = Bradt Travel Guides | year =2015 | location = Chalfont St Peter | pages =240 | isbn =978-1784770273}}
36. ^{{cite news | title = Never Travel Without |publisher= The Guardian | date = 15 January 2000 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2000/jan/15/nevertravelwithout| accessdate =30 August 2015}}
37. ^{{cite journal|last=Wilson-Howarth |first=Jane |year=2009 |title=Have children, will travel |journal=The Geographical |location=London |volume=81 |issue=7 |pages=67–70 |url=http://www.geographical.co.uk/Magazine/Kit/Children-_July_09.html |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113125251/http://www.geographical.co.uk/Magazine/Kit/Children-_July_09.html |archivedate=13 January 2012 |df= }}
38. ^{{cite news | title = 8 Illnesses you could have brought back from holiday |publisher= The Telegraph | date = 7 September 2015 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/11831392/8-illnesses-you-could-have-brought-back-from-holiday.html}}
39. ^Cambs Times
40. ^Meet a Traveller
41. ^{{Cite book|title=Walden Writers One: an anthology of short stories, poetry and articles of interest| publisher= Walden Writers, UK| date=Spring 2009}}
42. ^{{Cite book|title=Walden Writers Two: an anthology of short stories, poetry and articles of interest| publisher= Walden Writers, UK| date= Autumn 2009}}
43. ^{{Cite book|title=Walden Writers Three: an anthology of short stories, poetry and articles of interest| publisher= Walden Writers, UK| date= Autumn 2010}}
44. ^[https://www.facebook.com/Walden-Writers-209142809097001/ Walden Writers Facebook page]
45. ^Walden Writers and the Joy of Books
46. ^Walden Writers in Essex Book Festival