Claire Hopkins FRCS is a British Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) surgeon at Guy's Hospital and Professor of Rhinology at King's College London.
[4] Hopkins was later appointed a consultant Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon at the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
[6][7] In an interview with Student and Foundation Doctors in Otolaryngology (SFOUK), Hopkins explained that "..the downside of being so specialised is that after a day in outpatients, I sometimes feel as if I am drowning in snot".
[9] In 2017 Hopkins she gave her inaugural lecture at King's College London, where she discussed her efforts to improve the effectiveness of sinus surgery interventions.
[14] Speaking to the BBC, Hopkins explained that anosmia is a common symptom of COVID-19 in young people,[15] and that it can have a rapid onset without any accompanying blocked nose.
[16] Data from a COVID-19 tracking app developed by King's College London indicated that almost 60% of people who test positive for COVID-19 had lost their sense of smell or taste, which was more than those who had experienced fever.
[17][18][19] In April 2020 Hopkins worked with Nirmal Kumar to create a citizen science project (#CovidSmellTest) which asked people to smell household objects and resort their results.