Dr Emma Short is a consultant doctor in the NHS, specialising in gastrointestinal and soft tissue pathology. She is also a researcher at Cardiff Metropolitan University, where she is working on the classification and staging of age-related pathology. Emma studied pre-clinical medicine at Cambridge University and clinical medicine at Oxford University. Emma also has a PhD from Cardiff University in the genetics of bowel polyps, and is passionate about improving gut health to improve overall health, wellbeing and happiness.