INSIGHTS Lecture: Tales from the biomedical frontier
Winners of the Faculty of Medical Sciences postgraduate public speaking prize describe their quests at the cutting edge of science, and how their research will underpin the medical treatments of tomorrow, and improve our health and care.
Following a competitive nomination process, six entries have been shortlisted, and we now we need your help to choose our winners. Two of the students will be selected by a judging panel made up of medical experts. The third student will be chosen by you.
Read a summary of the shortlisted entries below and cast your vote for the lecture you would like to see. Voting will close on Monday 10 November.
Shortlisted Entries:
1. ‘Pleasantly Confused’: Revealing an Overlooked Danger in Parkinson’s disease
Florence Gerakios, Translational and clinical research institute
Delirium affects two-thirds of hospital admissions with Parkinson’s disease, resulting in a threefold increased risk of mortality: is it time to rethink this ‘pleasant confusion’?
2. “It’s a good opportunity to give people a voice” – a tool to measure the patient experience of kidney transplantation
Rebeka Jenkins, Population and Health Sciences Institute
I will describe a multi-stage study using qualitative methods to develop and validate the content of a novel patient-reported experience measure (PREM) for kidney transplantation.
3. Watching bacteria grow one molecule at a time
Jonathan Mitchell, Newcastle University Bioscience Institute
How advanced microscopy can allow us to track proteins that build bacterial cell wall
4. Every dose and every step: Exploring the effect of medication on everyday walking in people with Parkinson's
Emma Packer, Translational and clinical research institute
This talk will explore what it’s like for people with Parkinson’s to take their medication, and how these medications can improve their everyday walking.
5. The Immune System’s Tetris
Lulu Wang, Translational and clinical research institute
Searching for Blocks of Protection in Children after Stem Cell Transplant.
6. It's not what you think: how to convince an anti-vaxxer to change their mind
Philip White, Population Health Sciences Institute
Dr Philip White is a GP in North Tyneside who has been working with an international team to study how we can better equip healthcare professionals to use ethical persuasion to increase vaccination rates in those who may have questions or concerns. This lecture challenges some myths you may believe on the topic, and promises to give you some food for thought about how you might approach a conversation with someone who is worried about vaccines too.