About this event
- Date and time Thu 6 Dec 2018 from 10:00am to 5:30pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Military Medicine
The Colt Foundation research meeting highlights the research work being carried out in the Defence Medical Services, alongside the Colt Prize which is awarded for outstanding research.
The meeting features speakers who are at the forefront of their research and whose work is of relevance to the military in this time of contingency operations. The day concludes with the annual Colt Foundation research prize where trainee finalists present their current research from any aspect of military medicine.
Attendance is encouraged for all those with an interested in medical research, military medicine, or both.
Topics include:
- Current military medicine research
- Defence medicine as a leader in research and innovation
- Rewarding excellence and inspiring future research in military medicine
Agenda
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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Brigadier Robin Simpson QHS, Postgraduate Medical Dean Defence Medical Services, Defence Medical Service Lichfield
Future of defence academia
Air Commodore Richard Withnall, Medical Director
Quality improvement
Lieutenant Colonel Ian Gurney, President, Military Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
A history of statistics
Dr Steve Harris, University College London
Lightning poster presentations
Lunch
The drugs don’t work: Improving traumatic brain injury care with data instead
Dr. Ari Ercole, Consultant in Neurosciences and Trauma intensive care medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Colt Foundation Prize introduction
Surgeon Commander Ed Barnard, Research Fellow, Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine
Colt Foundation Prize presentations
Tea and coffee break
What aren’t you seeing? Data visualisation matters
Dr Greg McInerny, Warwick
Advances in trauma shock
Professor Karim Brohi, Director, Centre for Trauma Sciences, Queen Mary University of London Consultant Trauma & Vascular Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust
Comfort break
Prizes ceremony
Brigadier Robin Simpson QHS, Postgraduate Medical Dean Defence Medical Services, Defence Medical Service Lichfield
Closing address
Lieutenant Colonel Ian Gurney, President, Military Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Drinks reception
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom