About the MRS

Historically, the Medical Research Society was a society for all those involved in clinical and/or scientific research relating to any aspect of medicine. The Society's aims were to encourage and further such research by:

• hosting the annual Meeting for Clinician Scientists in Training
• supporting younger investigators with the annual award of the prestigious Young Investigator Award
• providing a number of prizes for oral and poster presentations

Merger with the Academy of Medical Sciences

At the end of 2011 the MRS merged with the Academy of Medical Sciences and was subsequently dissolved. The MRS legacy continues in a number of ways principally in the form of the annnual Meeting for Clinician Scientists in Training (below).

Academic Meetings

From 2002 until 2011 the MRS hosted the annual Meeting for Clinician Scientists in Training in conjunction with the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal College of Physicians, London. This extremely successful meeting incorporates the final of the annual Young Investigator Award, the Raftery Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences and the annual Gordon Cumming Memorial Lecture which is given by a distinguished international speaker. Although, the MRS will, for the last time, organise this meeting in February 2012 on behalf of itself, the Academy and the Royal College, the Academy of Medical Sciences has pledged to continue to run similar meetings in forthcoming years.

Past Officers of the Society

• Chairman:  Professor Steve O'Rahilly FRS
• Deputy Chairman:  Dr Claire Shovlin FRCP
• Academic Secretary:  Dr Afzal Chaudhry FRCP

Medical Research Society
A company limited by guarantee (4671434)
& a registered charity (1097014)