Carole Reeves has been appointed Outreach Historian at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. She aims to work with public and professional groups, drawing upon the wide range of scholarly expertise in the Centre. Projects could span historical perspectives on current medical and health issues, through to advice and information on aspects of medical history. Anyone interested in developing an outreach project should contact Carole directly (c.reeves@ucl.ac.uk; www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed).