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Dr Dawn is a part time GP in Gloucestershire where she also runs specialist clinics focusing on women’s health and weight management. The rest of her week is spent talking and writing in the media on medical issues.

Dawn’s TV credits include “Embarrassing Bodies” on Channel 4 and the BAFTA winning "Embarrassing Bodies Online", “Looking Good, Feeling Great” on ITV1 and “Who’ll Age Worst” on UKTV. Dawn also regularly appears on “The Wright Stuff” on Five, “This Morning” on ITV1, “Women’s Hour“ on Radio 4, and is the resident doctor on Radio 1’s “The Surgery“. She writes for a variety of publications including Fresh Ideas, Healthspan, ZEST, Healthy magazine and is NOW Magazine’s health expert. Her first book, Dr Dawn’s Health Check, was published in 2007 by Mitchell Beazley.

Dawn is an excellent public speaker and is often booked to give key note presentations at conferences on a range of medical topics. She also regularly fronts medical corporate videos and is involved with health related PR activities and campaigns involving radio days and press briefings.

In April 2010 Dr Dawn will be cycling the Hannah 100 with fellow Embarrassing Bodies doctors to raise money for disabled children. Why not join them by registering on www.hannahsgifts.co.uk? And in July 2010 she will be repeating her cycle from London to Paris in aid of Action Medical Research and in particular their Touching Tiny Lives Campaign which funds research into premature births. If you would like to sponsor Dr Dawn and Team GP, please visit www.action.org.uk/sponsor/dharper.

In her spare time, Dawn sings backing vocals with the dance band 2hot2handle, www.2hot2handle.info.