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Alison Wallace Simmons

@DrAlisonSimmons

Director of Research @ The Medical Research Foundation. Lapsed Biologist. Scottish Native. Fond of cats. Views my own.

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Cally TannπŸ’™(@CallyTann) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Immensely grateful to the MRF for supporting us to maximise the impact of our research examining the impact and implications of prior to stability for small vulnerable newborns.

πŸ‘€ Keep your eyes peeled for:

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We’re delighted to announce our latest awardees!

πŸ‘ Congratulations to Prof Julie Balen, Dr Lucia D'Ambruoso πŸ’š, Prof Andrew Shennan, Prof Craig Anderson & Dr Cally TannπŸ’™, working in neonatal health, stroke & wider health systems ➑️ bit.ly/447VDbR

We’re delighted to announce our latest #ChangingPolicyandPractice awardees! πŸ‘ Congratulations to Prof Julie Balen, Dr @luciadambruoso, Prof Andrew Shennan, Prof Craig Anderson & Dr @CallyTann, working in neonatal health, stroke & wider health systems ➑️ bit.ly/447VDbR
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Today is World Parkinson’s Day.
If we put our minds to it we can accomplish anything when we are on the same side. Let’s lose any stigma, find a cure and never lose hope. Inspired by the words of Michael J. Fox

Today is World Parkinson’s Day. If we put our minds to it we can accomplish anything when we are on the same side. Let’s lose any stigma, find a cure and never lose hope. Inspired by the words of @realmikefox #WorldParkinsonsDay #Parkinsons
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πŸ“’ Our Launchpad Grants in are now open for applications! πŸ“’

Mid-career mental health researchers can apply for up to Β£100,000 to develop multidisciplinary partnerships and generate pilot data.

πŸ“… Closing date: 8 May 2024

Apply now: ➑️ bit.ly/3OLXjBe

πŸ“’ Our Launchpad Grants in #MentalHealth are now open for applications! πŸ“’ Mid-career mental health researchers can apply for up to Β£100,000 to develop multidisciplinary partnerships and generate pilot data. πŸ“… Closing date: 8 May 2024 Apply now: ➑️ bit.ly/3OLXjBe
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🀩 Our supports research stars of the future

Since 2017, our winners have ‡️

πŸ’° Secured Β£21.3m in additional research funding
πŸ“ƒ Published 138 research papers
πŸŽ“ Become Professors, Readers & more!

Apply now for 2024's prize πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/4aZ3VWv

🀩 Our #EmergingLeadersPrize supports research stars of the future Since 2017, our winners have ‡️ πŸ’° Secured Β£21.3m in additional research funding πŸ“ƒ Published 138 research papers πŸŽ“ Become Professors, Readers & more! Apply now for 2024's prize πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/4aZ3VWv
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Together with Medical Research Council, we are asking medically qualified professionals to share their thoughts on barriers to progression in clinical academia in the UK.

Share your thoughts through the survey below πŸ‘‡

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Want to be our new Medical Research Foundation Research Comms Officer?βœοΈπŸ“½οΈ

You'll work on stories related to
🧠 mental health
🌍 climate change & health
& more + gaining experience across news, video, social, design & brand.

πŸ’° Β£29k - Β£36k
πŸ—“οΈ Closing 11 March

Stempra

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Medical Research Foundation(@MedResFdn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🀩 Our supports research stars of the future

Since 2017, our winners have ‡️

πŸ’° Secured Β£21.3m in additional research funding
πŸ“ƒ Published 138 research papers
πŸŽ“ Become Professors, Readers & more!

Apply now for 2024's prize πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/4aZ3VWv

🀩 Our #EmergingLeadersPrize supports research stars of the future Since 2017, our winners have ‡️ πŸ’° Secured Β£21.3m in additional research funding πŸ“ƒ Published 138 research papers πŸŽ“ Become Professors, Readers & more! Apply now for 2024's prize πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/4aZ3VWv
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Our Trustees are vital to our mission to improve human health. We are looking for a Trustee with experience in discovery research πŸ‘‡ Please get in touch with any questions or spread the word if this opportunity is not for you!

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πŸ“’ We are recruiting a new Trustee! πŸ“’

We're looking for a discovery research scientist with board-level experience to join our dynamic Board of Trustees.

πŸ“… Closing date: 15 January 2024

πŸ‘‡ Find out more: bit.ly/2FjnwS6

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Dr Gareth Hathway explores survivorship, looking at the long-term impacts of cancer treatment into adulthood both physically and mentally, through research into how cancer cells react to chemotherapy β€¦πŸ”­πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬

Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN

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Accounting for sex and gender in UK research is critical to improve the lives of everyone. Read more about how we are doing it below πŸ‘‡

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Rachel Tanner πŸ’‰(@ProfTtweetsTB) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Merry from our lab to yours! β­οΈπŸŽ„πŸŽ„πŸŽ„β­οΈ Gutted our Oxford Biology MBiol student's entry 'Immunochemistrees' didn't get shortlisted in the Medical Research Foundation Festive Image competition but some super-impressive winning pics! πŸ‘‡
medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/news/ornamenta…

Merry #Oxmas from our lab to yours! β­οΈπŸŽ„πŸŽ„πŸŽ„β­οΈ Gutted our @OxfordBiology MBiol student's #ELISA entry 'Immunochemistrees' didn't get shortlisted in the @MedResFdn Festive #Science Image competition but some super-impressive winning pics! πŸ‘‡ medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/news/ornamenta…
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From 'ornamental organoids' to Christmas tree dendrites πŸŽ„ – we’ve been blown away by the entries to this year's Festive Science Image Competition with Medical Research Council 🀩

Check out the winning images below, and read our story to find out how they were made πŸ‘‡πŸ§΅
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Are you a Medical Research Foundation or Medical Research Council researcher?

Our Changing Policy and Practice award is open! πŸ‘ Apply for funding to:

πŸ“œ Influence healthcare policy or practice
🩺 Improve patient care
πŸ’­Change public behaviour/opinion

πŸ“… EoI deadline: 6 Dec

Apply: πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/36svpEQ

Are you a @MedResFdn or @The_MRC researcher? Our Changing Policy and Practice award is open! πŸ‘ Apply for funding to: πŸ“œ Influence healthcare policy or practice 🩺 Improve patient care πŸ’­Change public behaviour/opinion πŸ“… EoI deadline: 6 Dec Apply: πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/36svpEQ
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πŸ“’ Final reminder: we are still accepting expressions of interest for our new joint funding opportunity with the Medical Research Foundation.

⏳ The deadline is Wednesday, 15 November.

For more information, please visit our website: moorfieldseyecharity.org.uk/apply-for-a-gr…

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