The Academy of Medical Sciences in collaboration with 7 Academies and organisations from LMICs hosted a virtual workshop to consider the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and response in on 15– 18 June 2020. Watch the recording of final session including keynote presentation from Professor David Heymann, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Dr Margaret Hamburg and Dr Moses Alobo here on our YouTube Channel.
In winter 2021, the Academy is calling for new project submissions to our COVID-19 preclinical drug development database.
We are mapping ongoing and emerging COVID-19 preclinical drug development research to help researchers and funders identify opportunities for collaboration, avoid duplication of effort and prioritise the most promising research.
Following the virtual meeting jointly hosted by the Brazilian National Academy of Medicine and the UK Academy of Medical Sciences to share learning from tackling the COVID-19 pandemic on the 16 April, the two Academy's have published a joint statement on COVID-19.
The Academy and the British Society for Immunology (BSI) have rapidly convened an expert group to collate what is currently known about the immunology of COVID-19 and develop Immunology research priorities in response to the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).
The Academy and MQ have endorsed the mental health and neuroscience research priorities in response to the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) that were developed by an expert group convened by the two organisations.
The Academy of Medical Sciences and the Nigerian Academy of Science convened a virtual policy workshop on achieving Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria on 2-3 September 2020. Watch the recording of final session including presentations from Robert Yates, Dr Nneka Orji, Dr Oye Gureje, Dr Modupe Oludipe, and Njide Ndili.
The Academy of Medical Sciences and the Academia Nacional de Medicina of Argentina held a policy workshop on Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Latin America: the role of quality of care research online on the 6-7 October.
Professor Patricia J. García delivered the 2019 Academy of Medical Sciences and The Lancet International Health Lecture under the title 'Corruption in global health: the open secret'
The Academy of Medical Sciences, in collaboration with the InterAcademy Partnership for Health, convened a policy workshop on the social determinants of global mental health in London on 31 October- 1 November 2019.