Dr Ru-Xin Foong is a Consultant in Paediatric Allergy at the Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Hospital Trust in London, UK. She completed her medical degree at King’s College of London (MBBS) as well as a BSc (Hons) in Psychology. Her research interests are in paediatric food allergy including research projects in food, drug and diagnostic allergy and she is currently completing her PhD in this field.