Following the Govt's announcement on 10-year R&D funding budgets, read Academy President Prof Andrew Morris and ABPI comments about this welcome policy shift in pharmaphorum. 🔗 pharmaphorum.com/news/uks-long-… #HealthResearch #Funding

🌱 Investing in adolescents benefits them now, helps them as adults & supports the next generation. But adolescent health is at a tipping point. Action is needed now, says new Lancet Commission. Read the report 👉 hubs.li/Q03mc4ZZ0

Meet Siegfried Wagner, who co-founded the field of #oculomics - using the eye as a window to the rest of the body with data & AI. On Thurs 22 May, Siegfried will be at our pop-up event at Moorfields City Rd from 1pm - 2pm. 🔗bit.ly/42R7j3V UCL Institute of Ophthalmology NIHR Moorfields BRC

Children in Gaza continue to be killed, injured and deprived of aid. The few trucks that have entered with life-saving supplies are nowhere near sufficient and have yet to reach those in desperate need. We're running out of supplies inside Gaza, and we're running out of time.

Congratulations to the 54 exceptional scientists who have been elected to the Academy Fellowship today in recognition of their remarkable contributions to biomedical and health sciences 🎉 Discover more: ow.ly/7u2550VWSRc #AcademyFellows

Many congratulations to our colleague Professor Roz Shafran on her election to the Academy of Medical Sciences

Applications to become a member of the #UKYoungAcademy are now open! We're looking for early-career changemakers from all sectors and backgrounds to join our interdisciplinary network to tackle today’s big challenges through innovation and collaboration. Apply by Wednesday 23

This week, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health and Care Research & Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK announced enhanced support for clinical researchers, including new Clinical Future Leaders Fellowships. Read more 👇 ow.ly/lflZ50W1ps3

We are working with Medical Research Council and Cancer Research UK to grow clinical research capacity and improve career paths. Through aligned Clinical Future Leaders Fellowship opportunities, we will help researchers transition from training and independent research into leadership roles, by providing

Senior Research Fellow in Ophthalmic Epidemiology/Data Science - Population, Policy and Practice Department UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health UCL News UCL within the Vision & Eyes research group tinyurl.com/5n8xekda led by Professor Prof Jugnoo Rahi 💙 Further details: tinyurl.com/5da552ss Closing date: 15-Jun-2025

From UKVRN to small grants and PhD studentships, there are so many exciting options available. Why not take a moment to browse through and discover what you could be eligible for? Don't miss out! ➡️ ow.ly/URQj50WgakP #ResearchFunding #VisionLossResearch

The Academy is proud to contribute to the latest OSCHR-commissioned report. We remain committed to supporting clinical academic careers and championing a more diverse and inclusive research workforce. 🔗 Read the full report: bit.ly/4nujrQy

"Our children have the right to be protected from preventable diseases which can cause illness, disability or even death," said Professor Helen Bedford (Population, Policy and Practice Department) on barriers to children receiving vaccinations. Read: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… UCL Population Health Sciences

📢 Academy Professorships - now open Are you a biomedical or healthcare researcher, and new to the UK? Apply for our Professorship scheme to receive up to £500K in research funding over 3 years 💸 Applications close Wed 3 Sept 👉 Learn more: ow.ly/HNNP50Wlv7B

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The children killed in Gaza had names, and favourite subjects in school. They wanted to be teachers, doctors and astronauts when they grew up - the same as children in the UK and across the world. They were, and still are, someone's everything: their entire universe. Children

Our colleague Prof Jugnoo Rahi 💙 comments in The Guardian's Science section on how Lionesses' Hannah Hampton "defies eye condition with study and strategy" tinyurl.com/345j7uky #Lionesses #Euro2025

Great also to speak with Ian Sample The Guardian about UK Health Security Agency NSC UK vision screening programme for 4-5year olds aimed at making sure affected children get timely treatment. Plus value of protective glasses to prevent injury to better seeing eye if you have #ambyopia/‘lazy’ eye.

Congratulations to Cross-Sector Experience Award recipient Nur Kocatürk 🎉 This award will support Dr Kocaturk's work on small molecule drug discovery in Central Nervous System related diseases 🔬 👉 Learn more via University of Dundee:  ow.ly/oF6E50WFRUV #CrossSector Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation