The 10 shortlisted essays were carefully reviewed by the RSM Global Health Steering Group which includes RSM President Professor Parveen Kumar, RSM Dean Professor John Betteridge and RSM Lead for Global Health, Mr B. Sethia.
We are pleased to announce that the 2 winners who will each receive a £700 grant to undertake an elective of their choice are:
1st Award Winner: Mr Husain Khaki for his essay entitled “Famine and funding shortages: Food for thought on becoming smART about ART ”
2nd Award Winner: Miss Roxanne Keynejad for her essay entitled “Managing patients with HIV in communities with severely limited resources: Money is not the only problem”
Award Ceremony: This will take place on Wednesday 28 March at the RSM Global Health Conference: ‘Shaping the global health agenda - women, children and society’.
The top 5 finalists also include:
3rd place Mr Fiyyaz Ahmed-Jushuf
4th place Mr Timothy Lewis
Joint 5th Miss Anna Davies and Miss Lucy O'Connor
All top 5 finalists will receive a 1 year free RSM Student membership!
Congratulations to all our prize winners and indeed to everyone who submitted an essay for the Global Health Young Leaders Award 2012!
All essays were of a very high standard and selecting the winners was not easy.