Press

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2013

1. 44 new Fellows elected in 2013
   7 May 2013
2. Academy to facilitate advice to bioscience investment fund
   2 May 2013
3. More Government support for research and innovation needed
   22 April 2013
4. Strengthening academic psychiatry
   29 March 2013
5. Academy response to HFEA mitochondrial replacement consultation
   20 March 2013
6. Open Access in the UK
   7 March 2013
7. Winners announced at Spring Meeting for Clinician Scientists in Training 2013
   27 February 2013
8. UK medical schools receive £300,000 to inspire medical and dental undergraduates
   11 February 2013
9. Clinical trials and data disclosure
   4 February 2013

2012

10. Academy response to Life Sciences Strategy: one year on
    11 December 2012
11. Academy response to NHS mandate
    13 November 2012
12. Professor Martin Humphries elected Vice President
    12 November 2012
13. Human enhancement technologies set to change UK workforce
    7 November 2012
14. Academy response to HRA announcement on approval of research in the NHS
    30 October 2012
15. Declaration on openness on animal research
    19 October 2012
16. £1M to inspire medical and dental undergraduates into research
    3 October 2012
17. House of Lords reform
    9 July 2012
18. More action needed to transform regulation and governance of health research
    18 May 2012
19. Academy welcomes new measures on the use of animals in scientific research
    17 May 2012
20. Academy response to Queen's speech
    9 May 2012
21. New Fellows elected 2012
    9 May 2012
22. Academy announces five year vision to improve health through research
    26 April 2012
23. Statement on mitochondrial diseases
    19 January 2012

2011

24. Response to Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
    8 December 2011
25. Academy welcomes the Prime Minister’s commitments to the life sciences
    5 December 2011
26. Sir John Tooke begins Presidency at the Academy of Medical Sciences
    25 November 2011
27. Animals containing human material
    21 July 2011
28. Academy welcomes research-focussed revisions to the Health Bill
    14 June 2011
29. New President elected
    10 June 2011
30. New Fellows elected 2011
    10 May 2011
31. Treatments to avoid transmission of mitochondrial disease
    19 April 2011
32. 2011 Budget announcement
    23 March 2011
33. A new pathway for the regulation and governance of health research
    10 January 2011

2010

34. Health co-benefits of policies to tackle climate change
    25 November 2010
35. Statement on the Comprehensive Spending Review
    20 October 2010
36. Statement on the health of women and children
    21 September 2010
37. Public dialogue shows support for the use of animals containing human material
    15 September 2010
38. Cuts to public spending on research will jeopardise funding for medical research
    8 September 2010
39. Academy response to the appointment of the new MRC Chief Executive
    30 July 2010
40. Academy to conduct review of UK medical research regulation and governance
    25 July 2010
41. Press briefing - review of UK research regulation and governance
    20 May 2010
42. New Fellows Elected to the Academy 2010
    4 May 2010
43. Academy seeking public views on research using animals containing human material
    27 March 2010
44. Damaging gulf growing between teaching and research in UK universities
    26 March 2010
45. Political leaders must put medical science at the heart of the next Government
    11 January 2010

2009

46. Academy statement on climate change
    25 November 2009
47. Academy launches study on the use of animals containing human material
    10 November 2009
48. Statement in response to the sacking of Professor David Nutt
    3 November 2009
49. Costs of aging population could dwarf economic downturn
    28 September 2009
50. Research links between the UK and the Middle East strengthened
    10 September 2009
51. Action needed to realise the potential of new genetic studies
    7 July 2009
52. Genomic medicine statement
    6 July 2009
53. Academy makes recommendations to build clinical academic capacity
    19 May 2009
54. Better use of diagnostic tests needed to address global burden of disease
    5 May 2009
55. New Fellows Elected to the Academy 2009
    30 April 2009
56. Swine flu statement
    28 April 2009
57. 2009 Budget statement
    22 April 2009

2008

58. Economic benefits of medical research
    26 November 2008
59. Honorary Fellows elected
    26 November 2008
60. £5m start up funds announced for Clinical Lecturers
    1 October 2008
61. New Headquarters for Academy of Medical Sciences
    6 August 2008
62. Academy statement on the Data Sharing Review
    11 July 2008
63. Brain science, addiction and drugs
    22 May 2008
64. New Fellows Elected to Academy
    30 April 2008
65. 2008 Budget statement
    12 March 2008
66. Secretary of State for Health’s response to Aspiring to Excellence
    4 March 2008
67. Academy statement on 41 Portland Place
    24 January 2008
68. Academy response to The Tooke Report
    8 January 2008

2007

69. Identifying the environmental causes of disease
    27 November 2007
70. Academy response to Comprehensive Spending Review
    9 October 2007
71. Academy statement on Government response to Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft)Bill
    8 October 2007
72. Academy recommends changes in academic medical training in response to MMC
    19 July 2007
73. Contract awarded to assess the economic benefits of UK medical research
    2 July 2007
74. Inter-species embryo research vital for understanding and treating human disease
    15 June 2007
75. Research funders and Government support strategy for non-human primate research
    12 June 2007
76. Academy statement on academic boycotts
    6 June 2007
77. New Fellows Elected to Academy
    30 April 2007
78. Achievements of women scientists recognised
    29 April 2007
79. Website launched to promote careers in bioscience
    25 April 2007
80. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s Hybrid Embryo report
    5 April 2007
81. Public say drug laws are ‘confusing and inconsistent’
    27 March 2007
82. New system of doctors training threatens future of UK clinical research
    16 March 2007
83. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s report on the Cooksey Review
    15 March 2007
84. Peninsula Medical School chosen by Academy for first Visiting Lecture
    27 February 2007
85. Systems Biology: a vision for engineering and medicine
    1 February 2007
86. Academy launches national debate on drugs and drug use
    31 January 2007

2006

87. The Use of Non-Human Primates in Research
    12 December 2006
88. Academy Response to Cooksey Review
    6 December 2006
89. Pandemic Influenza: science to policy
    20 November 2006
90. Academy fellow highlights the challenges and opportunities in global health
    16 November 2006
91. Medical science can contribute to reducing violent crime
    19 October 2006
92. Better evidence needed to demonstrate the health and wealth benefits derived fro
    10 June 2006
93. Academy of Medical Sciences appoints new President
    13 April 2006
94. Personal data research means better healthcare
    17 January 2006

2005

95. Safer medicines
    22 November 2005
96. Quality not quantity is the key to successful research fellowships
    28 July 2005
97. Academy response to Foresight Drugs Futures 2025 report
    13 July 2005

2004

98. Better medicines for children
    17 August 2004
99. Scientists urge government to call time on Britain’s excessive drinking
    4 March 2004