Royal Society of Medicine

"It's an honour to be the first President elected by the membership." Introducing our new and first ever member-elected President, Professor Gillian Leng CBE. Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel.

By submitting an application to one of our many prizes or awards, you will be in with the chance to present your work in front of inspiring individuals at our prestigious building. Have a look at upcoming deadlines for prizes and awards to enter for this month. Good luck! https://rsm.ac/4bXzLCa/ General Practice with Primary Healthcare 🏆 CAIPE John Horder Team Award and John Horder Student Award, open to individuals or teams working within the community who can demonstrate outstanding principles of collaborative working and the Student annual essay award offered to a student who has been involved with interprofessional learning or working, within the community. Deadline: 31 July. 🏆 John Fry Prize, open to medical, nursing and allied healthcare students with an interest in general practice and primary care. Deadline: 1 August. Obstetrics & Gynaecology 🏆 Dame Josephine Barnes Award, open to all medical undergraduate students. Deadline: 1 August. 🏆 Herbert Reiss Trainees Prize, open to Specialty Registrars in a hospital specialty in obstetrics and gynaecology. Deadline: 1 August. Vascular, Lipid & Metabolic Medicine 🏆 The Harvey Prize, open to trainees and students. Deadline: 15 August. Medicine & Society 🏆 Nicotine Addiction 2024: Poster Prize, open to anyone working across healthcare on a project or initiative to tackle nicotine addiction, smoking and vaping. Deadline: 31 August. History of Medicine Society 🏆 The Sarah Hughes Trust Prize, open to any emerging or established journalist and/or healthcare practitioner who has written a piece or made a broadcast that debunks fake news in the field of medical journalism over the last 12 months. Deadline: 1 September.

🏆 The 2024 Sarah Hughes prize for exposing 'fake news' in health or medicine is now open. Now in its third year, the £1,000 prize is open to submissions from healthcare practitioners and/or trainees, or established journalists, who have debunked false or misleading information in health or medicine. The RSM is pleased to support the prize, which is organised by The Sarah Hughes Trust in conjunction with the Medical Journalists’ Association, in memory of the late Guardian and Observer journalist Sarah Hughes who died from breast cancer in 2021 at the age of 48. The winner will be announced at the annual Sarah Hughes Lecture on 3 December at the Royal Society of Medicine. Lady Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC, FBA, former President of the Supreme Court UK, will deliver this year’s lecture on the theme of 'Press freedom and personal privacy – a clash of rights?'. Find out more and how to enter: https://rsm.ac/4cRlbxl

"As we forge ahead, let us remember that the ultimate measure of our success lies in the impact we have on the lives of patients." Gene and therapy promises a bright future but embracing a patient-centric approach is key, reflects Dan Gibson, Head of Collaborations at the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, in this account of our recent event “Unveiling Gene Therapy: Transforming medical practice through ATMPs”. Read the blog 👇 #genetherapy #celltherapy #AMTPs #healthcareinnovation

Welcome to our six new Honorary Fellows 🙌 Baron Adebowale CBE, Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, Major General Timothy Hodgetts CB, Professor Martin McKee CBE, Professor Dame Robina Shah and Professor Irene Tracey CBE were granted honorary fellowships in recognition of their contributions to health, healthcare or medicine at a ceremony on Tuesday 23 July. The ceremony, which took place at the Royal Society of Medicine, also saw the inauguration of Professor Gillian Leng CBE as RSM President. Read more 👉 https://rsm.ac/46lRT7N

On Tuesday 23 July we inaugurated Professor Gillian Leng CBE as President at a special ceremony. She is the Society’s 109th President and only the fourth woman to have held the office. She is also the first to have been elected by the Society’s membership. She told around 200 gathered RSM members and guests at the RSM’s home in central London that it is an “absolute privilege” to be taking on the role. Read more: https://rsm.ac/4bUtcAp

Today, as we prepare to inaugurate our new President, we say a final thank you to Professor Roger Kirby for the last four years. Thank you for everything you have done for our community, Professor Kirby!

"We've got to keep it going for another two centuries." Professor Roger Kirby's rallying call as he prepares to step down as President on Tuesday (23 July) after four years. View the full video on YouTube for more of his reflections: https://lnkd.in/e46ZTZuG

What has been Professor Roger Kirby's favourite moment as President of the Royal Society of Medicine? Watch the video to find out. View the full video on YouTube for more of his reflections as he prepares to step down as President on Tuesday (23 July) after four years: https://lnkd.in/e46ZTZuG

Next week, we will say goodbye to our President of the last four years, Professor Roger Kirby. Before he leaves, we caught up with him to talk about some of the highs and lows of his Presidency - during which he oversaw a period of huge change brought on by the pandemic. Thank you, Professor Kirby, for everything you have done for our Society! Watch the full video on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/e46ZTZuG