Medically speaking…

An interesting meeting on election day

15/06/201716/06/2017

International, Professor Cyrus Cooper, Research

On election-day, exactly a week ago at the time of writing, I found myself in a hotel room in Geneva, where I was chairing a meeting sponsored by the World Health Organisation and the European Society for the Clinical &

02/06/2017

Rebecca Whitehead

Education, Professor Iain Cameron, Undergraduate

I attended the MedSoc Spring Ball on 6th May. I was advised that the dress code was ‘summer chic’, or ‘what you might wear at a wedding’, and had been asked to present certificates to the winners on the Dean’s

19/05/201719/05/2017

Rebecca Whitehead

Enterprise, Professor Salim Khakoo, Research

The Faculty were delighted to be awarded two MRC grants which will further the Enterprise agenda. Both are awarded with the aim of translating our high quality basic research to the clinic and are designed to fund translation rather than

05/05/2017

Rebecca Whitehead

Education

On Saturday 8 April one hundred and nine medical students from across the UK and Ireland attended the one-day National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition conference that is designed to inspire and enhance the knowledge and skills of budding neurologists, psychiatrists and neurosurgeons.

05/05/201705/05/2017

Rebecca Whitehead

International, Professor John Holloway, Public engagement, Research

This week I am in Weehawken, New Jersey, just across the river from Manhattan attending the 6th Annual In-FLAME Global Network meeting on the theme of “Building Resiliency: Inflammation, Ecosystems and the Transformation of Global Health”.

07/04/201707/04/2017

Rebecca Whitehead

Dr Nick Evans, Education, Postgraduate, Research

A long time ago, probably before some of my undergrads were even born, I was once a humble postdoc. To cheer myself up, as I plugged away in the lab trying to squeeze a bit of data from some probably

31/03/201731/03/2017

Rebecca Whitehead

Careers, International, Professor Cyrus Cooper

In my last contribution to this Faculty series, I described the work of our various programmes at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit. Today, I thought I would give you an insight into the global outreach of our research, by describing

03/03/201703/03/2017

Rebecca Whitehead

Education, Undergraduate

For the majority of you, today will be a great day. But for some of you it may be more difficult. The important thing to remember is that failing is no the end of the world and you will be

03/03/201703/03/2017

Rebecca Whitehead

Enterprise, Professor Salim Khakoo

It is a pleasure to begin this month’s blog with the news that The Faculty have been awarded two MRC grants that support enterprise development.

03/03/2017

Rebecca Whitehead

Professor Karen Temple, Research

Whenever an advert pops up on my Facebook page selling me exactly what I had been searching for the day before; or the supermarket gives discounts fitting my shopping profile, I quite rightly assume that ‘my data’ has been analysed,