Professor Sir Stephen Powis, National Medical Director of NHS England, recently visited Warwick Medical School to learn more about what we do within the School and the University’s Health Innovation activities.

The University of Warwick has been rated as ‘Good’ in a recent Ofsted report that focuses on its degree apprenticeships provided by departments including Warwick Medical School.

An essay by a second year Warwick MB ChB student has been showcased by the British Journal of Surgery Academy as part of an online competition.

Third year Warwick MB ChB student Hannah Layton-Joyce has been awarded first place in the Tim Chard Case History Prize from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Third year MB ChB student Alice Roberts has been awarded the prestigious Individual Innovation Prize by the Junior Association for the Study of Medical Education (JASME) in recognition of the sexual violence training she has developed for her peers.

Warwick Medical School has been working with the ADHD Foundation to look at how we can raise awareness and understanding of neurodiversity.

TRANSFORM, led by Professor Swaran Singh at Warwick Medical School, has been showcased in a Community Engagement and Involvement pilot study run by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Third year trainee medic George Webster has won a highly sought-after one-year placement as BMJ editorial scholar commencing at the end of this summer.

Our 2024 summer graduation took place on Thursday 18 July, celebrating the fantastic achievements of our BSc Health & Medical Sciences students, our inaugural cohort of MSci Integrated Natural Sciences students and our MB ChB, Master's and PhD students.

A new paper by Associate Professor John MacArtney and colleagues in the Primary Care and Community Network, Warwick Applied Health, takes an in-depth look at how different narratives of the pandemic affected hospice palliative care in the first two-years of Covid-19.

Warwick Medical School's Master's in Public Health has been ranked 2nd in the UK and 10th globally in the Eduniversal Best Master's Ranking 2024.

Our Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building, which we share with the School of Life Sciences, has been awarded the West Midlands Building of the Year award from the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Professor Robert Cross, Warwick Medical School has been awarded the Biochemical Society Award for Sustained Excellence 2025.

The work and contribution of fifteen eminent bioscientists, outstanding educators and exceptional early career researchers has been acknowledged in the annual Biochemical Society Awards following a record year of nominations - Find out more and read the full article here

We are delighted to announce that Professor Kate Seers, Director of Warwick Research in Nursing, and Deputy Head of Warwick Applied Health (Research) at WMS has received a highly sought after NIHR Senior Investigator award

We were delighted to attend an event at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire last week for the official opening of their new clinical research facility.

The 2024 Warwick Medical School Prizegiving Evening took place on Thursday 8 February, celebrating the fantastic work and achievements of our undergraduate and MB ChB students over the last year and recognising teaching and personal tutoring excellence amongst our staff.

A new study led by our Clinical Trials Unit has found that an online rehabilitation programme improves quality of life for adults with long Covid.

New research supported by our Clinical Trials Unit has led to the UK government approving the use of digital pathology to help speed up analysis of cancer screening samples.

WMS is leading two revolutionary trials that will compare the treatment benefits of traditional physiotherapy rehabilitation with transplanted knee surgeries.

Dr Imran Ahmed has been recognised with the Hunterian Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons for his work at WMS on the treatment, experiences, and outcomes of patients with a meniscal tear of the knee.

A national research database led by the Clinical Trials Unit at WMS has revealed stark figures for cardiac arrests in England for 2022, with just 1 in 12 people surviving 30 days after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

A new diagnostic device could help those who experience sleep apnoea get a quicker diagnosis and an improved quality of life, thanks to a trial being led by Warwick Medical School researchers.

Thousands of people with type 1 diabetes could be offered wearable technology to help them manage their condition thanks to guidance based on research conducted by WMS.

The world’s largest review on opioid medicines for cancer pain, which included WMS researchers, has found it is unclear whether some commonly used opioid medicines are better than a placebo and suggests that non-opioid medicines, including aspirin, may be as effective as opioids.

Mammography for some breast cancer survivors could be reduced, according to research led by Warwick Medical School’s Clinical Trials Unit.