Mr Ross Roberts-Thomson

BMed.Sc.(Hons)

Council Student Representative – University of Adelaide

Ross Roberts-Thomson is a 5th-year medical student at the University of Adelaide. After graduating from Pembroke School in 2002, Ross spent a year working in the UK as a teachers' assistant before starting medicine in 2004. He has a keen interest in research and has been an active member of the Cardiovascular Research Centre since 2005. In 2007 he completed his Honours in Bachelor of Medical Sciences.

Ross has sat on a variety of student representative committees including the Students' Association of the University of Adelaide, the Adelaide University Union, the Adelaide Medical Students' Society and the Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA). In 2007, he was the Academic Co-Convenor of the AMSA National Convention and recently convened the Inaugural South Australian Leadership Development Workshop.

Outside of study Ross enjoys playing football, cricket, tennis and golf. He also enjoys scuba diving and travelling and has already undertaken medical electives in India and the Solomon Islands.