Aviation Health (AH) was founded in 1996 by Farrol Kahn at the suggestion of Professor Sir David Weatherall, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford.

The AH is the world's first independent non-profit body dealing with aviation health issues. Registered Company No. 5421929.

It has three aims, research, education and prevention.

The first medical director was Air Commondore A.N. Nicholson, Commandant of the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, who was seconded by the Ministry of Defence.

The Director is Farrol Kahn, who is a medical author and has written several books on aviation medicine and health.

The Curse of Icarus
Routledge 1990
Airwise - The Essential Guide for Frequent Flyers
The C.W. Daniel Company Limited 1993
When Flying Endangers your Health
Aurora Press U.S. 1992
Arrive in Better Shape - U.S Edition
Harper Collins, New York 1996
Arrive in Better Shape - U.K. Edition
Thorsons 1995

Medical Director:
Professor Nicholas Peters Imperial College London
Staff:
Roger Cowdrey (Director)
Sally Williams (Secretary)