Hello and welcome to the Warwick Medical School (WMS) alumni newsletter.

Since becoming Dean of Medicine last August, I’ve really enjoyed getting to know members of our growing alumni community and celebrating winter graduation with our newest graduates in January. As we approach our 25th birthday one of my main aims is to bring the WMS community closer together, and our alumni are a key part of that.

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Professor Gavin Perkins, Dean of Medicine 

Clinical education hub opens its doors 

Having opened in 2023, a brand new £4.2m Clinical Education Hub now offers students the opportunity to learn and develop in a state-of-the-art environment, incorporating purpose-built spaces for clinical anatomy and clinical skills. The facility benefits from the UK’s largest collection of plastinated human specimens from von Hagens Plastination, flexible wet-lab spaces, a realistic training ward, dedicated clinical spaces, and an immersion (AR/VR) suite to simulate realistic environments for situation-based learning.

Meet our new Dean

Last August, we welcomed Professor Gavin Perkins (PG Award Medical Education, 2005; MMedEd Medical Education, 2006; DSc 2023) as Dean of Medicine. Gavin was previously Director of Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and worked across the School as a member of the Dean’s Executive and Senior Management Group. In this article, he shares his priorities in his new role.

MPH ranked 2nd in the UK

We’re delighted that our Master’s in Public Health has been ranked second in the UK and tenth in the world in the Eduniversal Master’s Rankings 2024.

Interview: Dr Beck Taylor

Dr Beck Taylor joined WMS in early 2023 as an Associate Clinical Professor. Beck is an academic public health doctor whose research focuses on maternity and women’s health. Here, she tells us more about her current projects.

Award-winning research culture at WMS

Two of our colleagues, Professor Kirstie Haywood and Adele Kenny, have won the University’s award for ‘Research Culture’ at its research celebration event. Find out about their recent projects and how their work aims to provide a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for all.

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Memory Lane café

Our MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) students have set up a weekly dementia café in Leamington, providing a friendly space for older people with memory loss to chat, undertake a range of activities, and enjoy some refreshments. The idea came from an interest in exploring social prescribing within medicine and the benefits it can bring to individuals and the community. 

A profile of… Helen Bates

BSc Health and Medical Sciences finalist Helen shares why she chose to study at Warwick, how she’s found her time on the course, and how her involvement in inclusive education initiatives enriched her experience.

The alumna doctor bridging gaps in health and education

Gabriela Barzyk-Sheriff (MBChB, 2022) is currently in her second year of the Foundation Programme in London. During her time at WMS, Gabriela set up In2MedSchool, a national widening participation initiative that supports students from underprivileged backgrounds who want to study medicine at university.

BSc Health and Medical Sciences graduates

The very first cohort of the BSc Health and Medical Sciences graduated last summer. As we get ready to welcome a new cohort next month, we caught up with four alumni to find out what they’ve been up to since. Catch up with Molly, Filipa, Holly, and Freya here.

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Undergraduate and MBChB Open Days

Do you know someone who might be interested in applying for our BSc Health and Medical Sciences or MSci Integrated Natural Sciences degrees? Join us at a Warwick Undergraduate Open Day on Saturday 15 or Saturday 22 June.

Book a place for these courses here.

Graduate-entry medicine open days will be happening on the same days but need to be booked separately here 

A very cellular song

Professor of Cell Biology Professor Stephen Royle recently gave a Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on his career journey and his current work looking at intracellular traffic and membrane dynamics in mitosis. The name of the lecture reflects his two passions of music and cell biology. 

Cardiovascular disease, inflammation, sleep, and health

Professor Michelle Miller joined us last month for a Leading Lights lecture. She reflected on how her research has taken her from bedside to bench and back again through a range of different, yet complementary, disciplines from biochemistry and molecular biology to epidemiology and population health science.

Journeys and values: an optical illusion or a concrete worldview?

In his lecture, Professor Olanrewaju Sorinola shares how his life journey, which has taken him through three continents, led him to become a clinical academic. He shines the light on various challenges he’s encountered, how he overcame the highs and lows, and what’s kept him motivated.

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