Departmental news

World-leading research from Warwick Medical School (WMS) has been recognised in this year’s New Year Honours List.

Professor Gavin Perkins, Dean of Medicine at Warwick Medical School since August 2023, has been awarded an MBE for services to Resuscitation Science. There is also an MBE for Professor of Obstetrics Siobhan Quenby for services to obstetrics research.

A leading UK study aiming to improve outcomes for patients with potentially life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) has successfully completed recruitment at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust.

For the last few months Warwick Medical School students have been offering health checks to staff, students and members of the community from their base at the University of Warwick Sports Centre. This includes height, weight, blood sugar and blood pressure checks. 200 service users have passed through the doors of 11 clinics.

The I-WOTCH research study, which was conducted at the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, has been featured as an evidence piece by the NIHR (National Institue for Health and Care Research).

A new study from Warwick Medical School is looking at how an app and remote consultations could help the NHS support people living with obesity.

The University of Warwick and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia have collaborated to create a brand new online course designed to improve access to quality healthcare around the world.

A seminal study led by Dr Evelina Liarou on the atomic-level imaging of polymers and their fundamentals, has just been published in JACS. bit.ly/41lcOqZ

Warwick Medical School has been announced as a member of a new national Consortium to tackle inequalities in maternity care.

Professor Kirstie Haywood from Warwick Medical School has been appointed as the University of Warwick's Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Culture). Kirstie will work with the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Caroline Meyer, to lead the research culture agenda both internally and externally via the National Centre for Research Culture (NCRC).

A final year Warwick medical student has organised and run a very successful surgical skills day for her peers.