Online Event - Sir Rickard Christophers Medal Winners

On Thursday the 22 February 2024, 12:00-13:00 GMT, join us for an exciting opportunity to hear from the last four Sir Rickard Christophers Medal Winners who will be discussing the impact the medal has had on their careers and will share their experiences since being awarded the medal and advice for future applicants. The event will be Chaired by RSTMH President, Professor Jimmy Whitworth.

The other speakers participating are: 

Professor Liz Corbett, Clinical Epidemiologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Professor Alan Fenwick, OBE, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Founder of SCI

Professor Bridget Wills, Professor of Tropical Medicine and Honorary Consultant in Paediatrics at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford

Professor Mike English, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow and Professor of International Child Health at the University of Oxford, UK

The Sir Rickard Christophers Medal is to recognise outstanding work in tropical medicine and hygiene, and evidence of practical and field applications. The Medal is now open for applications and nominations. The deadline to enter is 10 March 2024 at 17:00 BST. More information can be found here. 

It has been my real pleasure to work with fantastic colleagues and students in vibrant research institutes in South Africa (Aurum Institute), Zimbabwe (Biomedical Research and Training Institute and Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS) and Malawi (Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Clinical Research programme and College of Medicine) as well as with Ministries of Health and WHO, while seeing our collective efforts impact global policy and practice.

Professor Liz Corbett