Alex Straw

Programme Manager at @MedCityHQ. Prev Senior Programme Officer working on #FLIER at @acmedsci. Biomedical Science grad 🧠👩🏻‍🔬. VMO.

[The School for Social Entrepreneurs @SchSocEnt]

Applications to the second cohort of the London Health Accelerator for Social Enterprise will open soon. Register your interest and we'll let you know when applications open and about some free upcoming workshops we have planned. https://t.co/LNrMIkEcqD @MedCityHQ @londonpartners

[Alex Straw @alexkstraw]

@acmedsci @LivUni @ReechaSofat Congrats @ReechaSofat! What an incredible achievement. The first of many FLIERs to be elected as Fellows I’m sure 😊

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

We spoke to former Academy Starter Grant awardee and current FLIER participant @JackieMaybin about her work on the taboo and under researched area of menstrual health - specifically treatment options for people with heavy periods 🩸

Watch the full video: https://t.co/bd9fxss9a6

[All On The Board @allontheboard]

It’s Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week.
It takes guts to talk about Crohn’s and Colitis, but we can do it and break the stigma. Sending love to everybody affected by these conditions.

#CrohnsAndColitisAwarenessWeek

[Alex Straw @alexkstraw]

Watch the fantastic Julia Wilson (@jul_wil) talk about the transformative impact of the Academy’s FLIER programme 🌟

You can also read the full ‘25 and up’ profile from Julia here: https://t.co/yyTIa2XAfv

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

We're shining a light on emerging research leaders for our 25th anniversary year 🎉

Dr Julia Wilson, Assistant Director @sangerinstitute, shares what leadership means to her and what she learned on the Academy's FLIER programme: https://t.co/nfPCbGLzYB

[Life Sciences Hub Wales @lshubwales]

🙌 We’re so excited to be here with @acmedsci at the cross-sector event, Putting a spotlight on Women’s Health at @SwanseaUni today! 

We can’t wait to hear from experts in women’s health from @MenopauseTeam, @Healthandher_ , and more 

Are you joining us? What talks are you most excited for? 😁

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

Many thanks to everyone who joined us in Birmingham to explore what UK health research could look like in 25 years. We look forward to working together to take forward all the conversations we started in this open space.

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

Are you interested in pursuing the benefits of research and driving change in life sciences?

Join our online career development event on embracing entrepreneurship: https://t.co/iFONFj7uXx

🎤 Talks from researchers
🌱 Skills workshop
📆 1 November

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

For the latest profile in our 25th anniversary blog series, we spoke to Dr Julia Wilson about her journey from scientific researcher to leadership team at the @sangerinstitute and how the Academy's FLIER programme re-energised her.

Read more: https://t.co/a9QyLGFNIJ

[Alex Straw @alexkstraw]

@AlisonPilnick @UniofNottingham @UoNSociology @ManMetUni @MMUHPSC Congrats Alison! Hope all goes well

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

We wholeheartedly welcome the news that the UK will be associating to Horizon Europe.

What is good for research is also good for the health of people everywhere.

Read our full response: https://t.co/DXbM3I9YVE

[Alex Straw @alexkstraw]

@AnaRozman2 @sussexvisionlab @SussexUni Congrats Ana! 🥳

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

In March we funded:
🌱 92 biomedical and health researchers
💸 Over £6.5million worth of grants

Find out more about the innovative career training and support we provide to strengthen the capacity of teams and outstanding individuals: https://t.co/sJLg29zd9K

[Alex Straw @alexkstraw]

Completely unbiased…but come and join the brilliant Programmes team at @acmedsci!

A great organisation to work for, w generous AL allowance, agile working options, and a variety of sport teams to join 🤾‍♀️⚾️

Senior Programme Officer + Programme Officer ↪️ https://t.co/FOCdANQswV

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

Ahead of the #AutumnStatement, we are calling for Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt to place medical & health research at the heart of plans for economic growth

📰Read our letter signed by leading biomedical and health research institutions
👉🏼 https://t.co/rTP5md24yH

#BackMedicalResearch

[AMS Careers @AMS_Careers]

📢Do you want to help inspire and support biomedical and health researchers to fulfil their potential?
Our Programmes Team is growing! We are recruiting two Programme Officers to join the team.
🔗Find out more: https://t.co/GUC6xy9Ipy
📅Application deadline: 13 November

[AMS Careers @AMS_Careers]

Join us in 📍 Liverpool!

Hear from Prof Philip Bejon, Dr Amit Pujari and Dr Helen Surana about how to effectively communicate and connect across sectors at our hybrid career development event.

✅Free & open to all
🥪Lunch provided
📅 13 Oct
🔗https://t.co/0aGDiBQRAJ

[Alex Straw @alexkstraw]

@AmitPujari Let’s chat in Liverpool! But for now, the first networking event is taking place in Cardiff on 17 Nov: https://t.co/ZRYvkNxmUk

[Alex Straw @alexkstraw]

A very exciting day for the Academy 🥳

Our new Cross-Sector Programme launches today - aiming to connect researchers, health professionals and policymakers working across the life sciences sectors to solve major issues facing health.

Find out more👇🏻

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

We are so excited to the launch the 🆕Cross-Sector Programme designed to bring together innovators across the life sciences sectors!

👀Find out more
🔗https://t.co/lxmBhIAbnR

Prof Jackie Hunter CBE FMedSci, who oversaw the programme development, tells us why it was needed 👇🏽

[Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci]

Everyone is invited to 📍Liverpool to learn 🎓how to:

✔️Communicate your ideas to people w/ different skills sets
✔️Network beyond your sector

🗣️ Inspiring talks from Profs @nicolacullum @AmitPujari @PhilipBejon & Dr @hjsurana

FREE & open to all 👇🏼
https://t.co/YOBTv8z6Ta