Dr. Drew Provan is Emeritus Reader in Autoimmune Haematology at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. He originally studied molecular genetics before training in medicine, and later undertook research at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute in Boston as an MRC Travelling Fellow. Dr Provan is a leading authority in immunohaematology, with a major focus on immune thrombocytopenia, neutropenia and haemolytic anaemia. He helped establish the UK ITP Registry and is a senior author of the International Consensus Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of ITP in adults and children. He has published extensively in the field and is author of several well-known medical texts, including Molecular Haematology, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Haematology, and the ABC of Clinical Haematology.