Speakers

Over the years, we at MedSoc have been incredibly lucky to have heard from prominent, engaging and very interesting people discussing their work, ideas or propositions with us. These talks aim to stimulate beyond the syllabus, and allow us access to the ideas and experiences of people with vast expertise. These individuals are on the cutting edge of the medical field, and are here to share their wisdom and inspire us to reach far and wide in our careers.

Lots of medics attend, refreshments are available, and the talks are fascinating - definitely not to be missed! By hosting prominent clinicians and authors – such as Henry Marsh (neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm), Magdalena Skipper (Editor-in-Chief of Nature journal), and Ben Goldacre (physician and author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma), we hope to entertain, inform and inspire the fascination with medicine we all have.

Below are the details of some of the speakers we have currently confirmed for this year.

Sir Peter Ratcliffe

Winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the HIF gene in relation to hypoxia, physician-scientist trained as a nephrologist. He is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at Oxford, and his lab continues to work on understanding the mechanisms by which cells sense hypoxia.

Dr Jonathan Kwok

Dr Tarek Rajji