acmedsci published this video item, entitled “Academy work in 2020 during COVID-19: from policy to public engagement” – below is their description.
Catch up with all we’ve been doing throughout this pandemic year for medical science and health research, from bringing patients into our policy reports to rapid-response career support.
0:43 President’s review of the year and the challenges and opportunities ahead – across Brexit, an economic downturn, and intense stresses on the NHS, there are still opportunities to transform healthcare through cross-sector collaboration and digital healthcare.
16:26 Making our values count: how the Academy has kept its values at the core of its work during COVID-19 from Executive Director Simon Denegri.
28:19 Influencing and informing policy: Dr Rachel Quinn. This short presentation provides an overview of the Academy’s policy work during 2020, focusing on winter scenarios for COVID-19 in the UK (report done at the request of the Government Office for Science), mental health and neuroscience for COVID-19, and COVID-19 immunology.
34:13 Joining from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Professor Guy Thwaites FMedSci, talks about the meeting he co-chaired sharing between countries reflections and advice from the medical and social responses to COVID-19.
37:55 Dr Virginia Newcombe, AMS Clinician Scientist Fellow; and Consultant in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine reviews the rapid career support that the Academy has provided for early and mid-career researchers through 2020.
48:02 Nick Hillier, Director Of Communications talks about the importance of bringing patient and carer voices into policy work to ensure it is relevant and focused on the things that people care about.
54:55 Mandy Rudczenko talks about her experience as co-Chair of the patient and carer reference group co-Chair for the Academy of Medical Sciences winter scenarios for COVID-19 policy project.
58:10 Professor Paul Stewart FMedSci, Vice President (Clinical) of the Academy of Medical Sciences, talks about how the Academy has been working through the year to support the careers of people who have had to put their research on hold due to COVID-19.
This talk was recorded at our 2020 virtual AGM.
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