Stewart Jackson


Stewart Jackson
Stewart Jackson is currently a fourth year medical student at the University of Edinburgh with a degree in neuroscience. Stewart has a longstanding interest in altitude physiology and medicine and has previously helped plan and perform altitude research in the Himalayas. He was President of the University of Edinburgh Wilderness Medicine Society, and led the 2009 expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro.

Recent publications:

1. Incidence and predictors of acute mountain sickness among trekkers on Mount Kilimanjaro.

Jackson SJ, Varley J, Sellers C, Josephs K, Codrington L, Duke G, Njelekela MA, Drummond G, Sutherland AI, Thompson AA, Baillie JK. High Alt Med Biol. 2010 Fall;11(3):217-22.PMID: 20919888