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Dawn Harper | |
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Born | Dawn Caroline Harper March 1963 (age 62) |
Occupation(s) | General Practitioner, Television presenter |
Television | Embarrassing Bodies This Morning Born Naughty? |
Children | 3 |
Website | www |
Dawn Caroline Harper (born March 1963), known professionally as Dr Dawn Harper, is an English doctor, media personality and television presenter known for co-presenting the Channel 4 television series Embarrassing Bodies . She works as a part-time GP in Stroud, Gloucestershire and runs several private clinics.
Harper was born in March 1963. [1] She attended the Royal High School, Bath, where she excelled at languages and science; she then spent a gap year working with the event rider Mary King. [2]
Harper trained as a doctor at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School. [2]
Harper is a part-time GP in Stroud, Gloucestershire, [3] [4] working for a time under her married name of Isaacs. [2]
Harper appeared on the Channel 4 series Embarrassing Bodies and Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic, alongside Pixie McKenna and Christian Jessen. [5] She also appears regularly on This Morning as a medical expert. Harper gives medical advice on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.
Harper has made guest appearances on shows including 10 O'Clock Live , The Gadget Show and The Wright Stuff . She also appeared on Channel 4's Paralympics Breakfast Show and a special Paralympic edition of The Million Pound Drop . In October 2014, Harper took part in a Children in Need episode of The Great British Sewing Bee on BBC Two. [6]
Dawn co-presented Born Naughty?, a four-part series for Channel 4 alongside Ravi Jayaram. The series began on 14 May 2015.
Harper has written for several publications, including Mother and Baby magazine and Healthy Food Guide. In 2007, a book titled Dr. Dawn's Health Check was published by Mitchell Beazley.
Harper has three children. She was injured in a road accident in 2003 and took two years to recover. [7]