Academy Of Medical Sciences

We are a signatory of the 'Concordat on openness on animal research', meaning we publish annual statistics on the use of animals in the grants that we fund.
Last year, we funded 26 grants proposing the use of animals out of a total of 160 grants awarded – which is around 16% of our grants within a twelve month period. Of these 26 awards, 19 used mice, three used rats, two used pigs, one used rabbits and one used fish.
Read more about how the research involving animals that we... fund is regulated and reviewed. http://ow.ly/qL1V30kY5Wl
#AnimalStats Understanding Animal Research
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We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Royal Society Athena prize for our innovative scheme to get more women biomedical and health experts commenting in the media https://bit.ly/2zU1IhK - our win is reported in PR Week https://bit.ly/2uweeP4 'Champions of change'
Thank you to all the scientists and journalists who have been part of this - let's keep it up

Everyone needs downtime... #medscilife
Professor Sir Simon Lovestone is Professor of Translational Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, working on genetic susceptibility to Alzheimer’s, biomarkers of disease, and routes to new therapies - but not every day of the week.
Find out about his life outside work on our MedSciLife website http://ow.ly/xf4K30kZhZq

“Every minute, every hour, every day, the definition of “room temperature” changes.
"Climate change is influencing the dynamics of human health as the many billions of microorganisms that cause disease are constantly adapting to their changing environment. We need to address the impacts of rising temperatures on human health. That is why this symposium is so timely and important.”
Professor Judith Torimiro is an Academy GCRF Networking Grant Awardee, who works at the Chantal... Biya International Reference Centre for Research on Prevention and Management of HIV/AIDS in Yaounde, Cameroon. She's just one of the researchers from many disciplines and from around the world who are gathered this week in Rio de Janeiro at the Frontiers of Development symposium.
The symposium is a collaboration between the Royal Academy of Engineering, The British Academy, The Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Stay up to date by following #FrontiersDev on social media. http://ow.ly/1Pa430kXYa8
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The UK Academies are in Rio de Janeiro this week for our joint Frontiers of Development symposium. The meeting unites researchers across disciplines and continents to address the impacts of climate change on coastal communities, oceans and water resources.🇬🇧 🇧🇷
We're delighted that several of our grant awardees have been able to attend, together with Academy staff, to meet other researchers and share ideas and develop collaborations for the future.
The symposium is a joint m...eeting between the Royal Academy of Engineering, The British Academy, The Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Stay up to date with what's happening at the symposium by following #FrontiersDev on social media. http://ow.ly/1Pa430kXYa8
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Last night our Fellows Professor Alison Holmes & Professor Peter Piot KCMG presented their work on emerging global infections at the House of Lords. They were invited to give the first Lords Science and Technology committee seminar, and it was fantastic to meet such an engaged and passionate selection of Peers at the event.

Fantastic (but not surprising!) to see a great selection of our women Fellows in this list of 30 women leaders in UK healthcare from Pharmaceutical Market Europe.
http://ow.ly/U3CC30kBcev

Less than a week left to submit abstracts for our conference for clinical academics in training. Deadline: Monday 16 July
The Academy of Medical Sciences Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference (CATAC) is a unique cross specialty event bringing together clinical academic trainees to present their work, meet and network with senior researchers. This year we're in Edinburgh at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
There are three competitions taking place at C...ATAC 2018, each a great opportunity to gain exposure in a supportive environment:
1. Poster Competition - For all researchers with clinical qualifications.
2. Pre-Doctoral Plenary Competition - For researchers with clinical qualifications who have not yet had their PhD viva. If selected you will be asked to prepare a 10 minute oral presentation, to be followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience.
3. Post-Doctoral Plenary Competition - For researchers with clinical qualifications who have passed their PhD. If selected you will be asked to prepare a 10 minute oral presentation, to be followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience.
Keynote speakers at CATAC will be: Dr Katherine Sleeman, NIHR Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant in palliative medicine, King's College London, speaking about her 'Adventures in academia: from womb to tomb' and Professor Ed Bullmore, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, author of 'The Inflamed Mind: a radical new approach to depression'.
https://acmedsci.ac.uk/…/clinical-acade mics-in-training-ann…
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"We’re joining forces once again with the Academy for Medical Sciences to offer even more support to the diabetes research community." Director of Research at Diabetes UK Dr Elizabeth Robertson explains why they're joining the supporters of our Springboard scheme.
Springboard offers a bespoke package of support to biomedical researchers at the start of their first independent post to help launch their research careers. This includes funding of up to £100,000 over two years an...d access to the Academy’s acclaimed mentoring and career development programme.
Diabetes UK is the fifth member of the Springboard funding consortium, joining the Wellcome Trust, the British Heart Foundation and the Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Global Challenges Research Fund and Talent Fund.
https://acmedsci.ac.uk/…/launching-biom edical-research-care…
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"Our son Giles was an easy baby and at first seemed to be doing really well. Then, aged two and a half, he lost his speech and turned into a wild, unmanageable toddler. This was not the ‘Terrible Twos’. The diagnosis was autism – and he never spoke again. For years I struggled with a dual load: the ups and downs of business and the mainly downward struggle to rear our profoundly vulnerable son." ow.ly/E6Au30kMai7
Dame Stephanie founded her multi-million pound freelance compu...ter programming business in 1962, with a capital of £6 from her dining room table. At the same time as her career was taking off, at home she and her partner were struggling to raise their only son.
Today, Dame Stephanie is one of the UK's largest supporters of autism care and research, having donated £68 million of her personal wealth towards establishing and supporting charities including Autistica and Autism at Kingwood, pioneering new ways of supporting people with autism.
Read her full story on our MedSciLife site: http://medscilife.org/stories/dame-stepha nie-steve-shirley/
#medscilife
Let IT Go - The Memoir of Dame Stephanie Shirley
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Did someone mention the World Cup? ⚽
We support amazing people like Dr Rachel Lowe, whose research led to the release of a climate-based dengue early warning system across Brazil, 3 months ahead of the 2014 World Cup. This helped the Brazilian Ministry of Health target control actions towards areas at greater risk of dengue epidemics. Her work help ensure the safety of local and international fans gathered in the country - all 3 million of them!
Read more about the importan...ce of playing on the world stage from researchers at our recent event in Parliament: https://acmedsci.ac.uk/…/science-moves- parliament-event-on-…
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"When I get a rejection, I give myself 24 hours to feel annoyed, and then you have to pick yourself up and move on. You can’t drive yourself nuts worrying about every rejection, because it’s part of life." ow.ly/794N30kPqnr
Read more top tips on rejections, important decisions, seeking perfection and more. Scientists from all career stages share their tips for balancing a career in medical research with life outside of science. #medscilife https://acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/medscili fe-top-tips

Happy birthday NHS! 70 years to the day after the NHS was founded, read our President's thoughts in this Guardian interivew #NHS70 #NHSat70 https://www.theguardian.com/…/nhs-clini cal-trials-other-cou…

"We met in London and life changed instantly – we knew very early on that we would end up spending our life together. But we then spent three years apart, when I started my group in London and he was still working in Boston. We both agree those were the toughest three years of our lives, but if anything they made us stronger."
Dr Cristina Lo Celso, a researcher in stem cell biology working on new treatments for leukemia at Imperial College London, explains how she balances he...r life and relationships alongside a career in science.
#medscilife http://medscilife.org/stories/dr-cristina -lo-celso/
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"Our son Giles was an easy baby and at first seemed to be doing really well. Then, aged two and a half, he lost his speech and turned into a wild, unmanageable toddler. This was not the ‘Terrible Twos’. The diagnosis was autism – and he never spoke again. He became the most important person in my life, with needs dominating the family for decades."
Dame Stephanie founded her multi-million pound freelance programming business in 1962, with a capital of £6 from her dining room ...table. At the same time as her business took off, she and her partner were dealing with the struggles of raising their profoundly vulnerable autistic son, Giles.
Today, Dame Stephanie is one of the UK's largest supporters of autism care and research, having donated £68 million of her personal wealth towards establishing and supporting charities including Autistica and Autism at Kingwood, playing a pioneering role in developing new ways of supporting people with autism.
Read her full story on our MedSciLife site: http://medscilife.org/stories/dame-stepha nie-steve-shirley/
#medscilife
Let IT Go - The Memoir of Dame Stephanie Shirley
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Thank you joining the workshop! We were really excited to hear the fantastic talks and discussions from our delegates, who were attending from over 25 different countries. We're already planning a lot of follow-up work... watch this space.

A life outside science is not an extra, but an integral part of who we are as researchers. Read inspirational new profiles on our #medscilife website: http://medscilife.org
Dame Stephanie Shirley Let IT Go - The Memoir of Dame Stephanie Shirley http://medscilife.org/stories/dame-stepha nie-steve-shirley/
... Dr Cristina Lo Celso Imperial College London http://medscilife.org/stories/dr-cristina -lo-celso/
Professor Edith Heard European Molecular Biology Laboratory - EMBL Institut Curie http://medscilife.org/stories/professor-e dith-heard/
#WomenInSTEM #womeninscience #worklifebalance
Visit the MedSciLife homepage: http://medscilife.org/ View all the profiles: http://medscilife.org/?view=true
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We're hosting a two-day workshop bringing together researchers from over 20 countries to talk about global mental health, and challenges and priorities for global mental health research in low- and middle-income countries.
Thank you to our partners the InterAcademy Partnership and our fantastic co-chairs: Professor Vikram Patel FMedSci Harvard Medical School Harvard University, and Professor Crick Lund University of Cape Town King's College London.
Thank you particularly to ...all the researchers who have come together with us here at the Academy of Medical Sciences to take a fresh look at the challenges of global mental health, and try to find the research questions of the future.
#globalmentalhealth
https://acmedsci.ac.uk/…/challenges-and -priorities-for-glob…
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