Working group and policy reports

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    2010

  1. Reaping the rewards: a vision of UK medical science

    2. 2009

  2. Mitigating climate change: improving global health
  3. Rejuvenating ageing research
  4. Position paper on revalidation
  5. Building clinical academic capacity and the allocation of resources across academic specialties

    6. 2008

  6. Medical research: what's it worth?
  7. Brain science, addiction and drugs

    8. 2007

  8. Identifying the environmental causes of disease
  9. Careers for biomedical scientists and clinicians in industry
  10. Guidelines for monitoring academic training and progress
  11. MB PhD position paper
  12. Response to the Review of Modernising Medical Careers
  13. Inter-species embryos
  14. Systems biology: a vision for engineering and medicine

    15. 2006

  15. Use of non-human primates in research
  16. Pandemic influenza: science to policy
  17. Medical research: assessing the benefits to society
  18. Testing antibody therapies
  19. Personal data for public good: using health information in medical research

    20. 2005

  20. Safer medicines
  21. The freedom to succeed
  22. Microbial challenge studies of human volunteers

    23. 2004

  23. Restoring neurological function: putting the neurosciences to work in neurorehab
  24. Calling time: the Nation's drinking as a major health issue

    25. 2003

  25. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
  26. Strengthening clinical research

    27. 2002

  27. Implementing the clinician scientist scheme
  28. Clinical academic medicine in jeopardy: recommendations for change
  29. Non-clinical scientists on short term contracts in medical research

    30. 2001

  30. Academic bacteriology in the 21st Century
  31. Vaccines: current status and future needs

    32. 2000

  32. The tenure-track clinician scientist: a new career pathway to promote recruitment

    33. 1999

  33. Zinc cadmium sulphide dispersion trials
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Brain science, addiction and drugs

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This report published by the Academy of Medical Sciences, considered in consultation with experts and the public, issues around three types of substance: illegal and legal ‘recreational’ drugs; medicines for mental health; and a category of substances termed ‘cognition enhancers’ that might enhance the performance of the ‘healthy’ brain in specific ways, such as enhancing short term memory or speed of thought.
 

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