Lara Shemtob is an occupational health physician, specializing in the relationship between work and health. She serves as deputy of the Imperial College London Occupational Health Group and as an honorary strategic policy adviser to the Society of Occupational Medicine. An editor at Occupational Medicine, her writing ranges from the BMJ to Good Housekeeping. She publishes a weekly Work & Health column on Substack and is currently based in New York City, focusing on transatlantic learning.