Notable Prizes

Ben Paxton (2019)
Supervisor: Dr Kate Mills & Dr Juliet Usher-Smith

Paper: “Fidelity of the delivery of NHS Health Checks in general practice: an observational study“.

Presented at 2020 SAPC South East Conference – won the Medical Student Prize for his presentation,

Won highly commended in the NIHR School for Primary Care Research George Lewith Medical Student Prize.

Gwilym Thomas (2013)
Supervisor: Professor Martin Roland

Paper: “Informal carers face double disadvantage with poorer quality of life and poorer patient experience in primary care”

Won RCGP category Research Paper of the Year 2016.

Dr Thomas (graduated 2015) explains how well academic primary care can fit in with your medical training. Dr Thomas is a GP and has just completed an Academic Clinical Fellowship with the Primary Care Unit.

Sarah-Jane Lang (2013)
Supervisors: Professor Jonathan Mant & Dr Ricky Mullis

Paper: “Impact of socioeconomic deprivation on screening for cardiovascular disease risk in a primary prevention population: a cross-sectional study”

Presented at RCGP Annual Conference 2015 ( won the Highly Commended for Research)
London and South East Region Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Primary Care, January 2014

Dr Lang is now a GP Specialist Trainee in St George’s Hospital, London.