He is a professor at University College London[3] where he organises and runs an undergraduate course Extreme Environment Physiology.

[8] Fong was born in London and educated at St Anselm’s (Roman Catholic) primary school in Harrow on the Hill, followed by Salvatorian College, a Catholic state academy in Wealdstone and Greenhill Tertiary College[8] in Harrow, London.

Fong has also been a longstanding advocate of furthering the UK's involvement in international programmes of human space exploration.

[12] In 2011 Fong was awarded The Wellcome Trust's first Public Engagement Fellowship, designed to give the awardees the freedom, resources and environment to enable innovative public engagement projects that examine, explore and debate the big scientific challenges faced by society.

In March 2020, Kevin was seconded to NHS England as National Clinical Advisor in Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response for the COVID-19 incident.

[13] Fong was a guest in Material World, on 20 January 2000, where he argued for British participation in space travel research, particularly focusing on the long-term effects on the human frame.

He also makes regular appearances for Health Check on BBC World Service[16] and has been interviewed in other programmes.

[22][23] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to medicine and healthcare.