Rosalind Smyth
@rosalindsmyth.bsky.social
Academic paediatrician, UCL; Vice-President (Clinical) Academy of Medical Sciences. Committed to informed scientific discourse, support for academic, research careers. Favourite spot: high, remote, mountain lake in beloved Ariège. All views my own.
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Today we’re proud to share our Clinical Academics Summit statement, signed by 40+ organisations 🤝
⚠️ Clinical academics are declining
✅ Our summit committed to action to help reverse this trend
👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/3Ktb5JQ
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⚠️ Clinical academics are declining
✅ Our summit committed to action to help reverse this trend
👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/3Ktb5JQ
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September 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Today we’re proud to share our Clinical Academics Summit statement, signed by 40+ organisations 🤝
⚠️ Clinical academics are declining
✅ Our summit committed to action to help reverse this trend
👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/3Ktb5JQ
Quote @rosalindsmyth.bsky.social
⚠️ Clinical academics are declining
✅ Our summit committed to action to help reverse this trend
👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/3Ktb5JQ
Quote @rosalindsmyth.bsky.social
I'm hugely honoured and excited to be joining the Board of Cambridge University Hospitals at a very important time for the NHS and the communities which the hospitals serve. www.cuh.nhs.uk/news/trust-a...
Trust appoints new Non-Executive Director
www.cuh.nhs.uk
September 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm hugely honoured and excited to be joining the Board of Cambridge University Hospitals at a very important time for the NHS and the communities which the hospitals serve. www.cuh.nhs.uk/news/trust-a...
This is a very important report about the alarming increase in obesity in children. As a society, we need to address these issues urgently. Obesity in childhood sets a course for poorer life-time health.
Co-published with Italy’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, this report shows that success comes from addressing the systems and environments shaping children’s health, not just individual behaviours.
🔗 Read the report: bit.ly/46qy7tN
🔗 Read the report: bit.ly/46qy7tN
July 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This is a very important report about the alarming increase in obesity in children. As a society, we need to address these issues urgently. Obesity in childhood sets a course for poorer life-time health.
Great to see this major investment from NIHR and MRC to support clinical academic careers!
This week, the Medical Research Council, @nihr.bsky.social & Cancer Research UK Science and Innovation announced enhanced support for clinical researchers, including new Clinical Future Leaders Fellowships.
Read more 👇
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Read more 👇
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MRC, NIHR and CRUK enhance support for clinical research leaders
Joint coordination will provide more support to clinical researchers to transition through independence and into leadership roles.
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May 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Great to see this major investment from NIHR and MRC to support clinical academic careers!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025.... Wonderful work from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.
Moment of heart’s formation captured in images for first time
Time-lapse footage reveals cardiac cells in a mouse embryo begin to organise themselves during early development
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
www.theguardian.com/science/2025.... Wonderful work from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.
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We were honoured to welcome our Royal Fellow, HRH The Princess Royal, to this week’s Helix reception.
Her Royal Highness joined us to mark 10 years of vital support from our Helix donors, helping us drive advances in health and biomedical research 🚀
👉 Read more: ow.ly/Qn2m50VLjRw
Her Royal Highness joined us to mark 10 years of vital support from our Helix donors, helping us drive advances in health and biomedical research 🚀
👉 Read more: ow.ly/Qn2m50VLjRw
May 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We were honoured to welcome our Royal Fellow, HRH The Princess Royal, to this week’s Helix reception.
Her Royal Highness joined us to mark 10 years of vital support from our Helix donors, helping us drive advances in health and biomedical research 🚀
👉 Read more: ow.ly/Qn2m50VLjRw
Her Royal Highness joined us to mark 10 years of vital support from our Helix donors, helping us drive advances in health and biomedical research 🚀
👉 Read more: ow.ly/Qn2m50VLjRw
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Two of our Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers recipients, Dr Neil Ryan and Dr Rasha Al-Lamee, shared their insights with @resprofnews.bsky.social about the changing landscape for clinical researchers in the UK.
👉 Read the full article (£): ow.ly/AfOY50V5YWs
#HealthResearch #FundingOpportunities
👉 Read the full article (£): ow.ly/AfOY50V5YWs
#HealthResearch #FundingOpportunities
‘It’s quite shocking how few clinical academics there are’ - Research Professional News
Amid fears of “irreversible decline”, three British clinical researchers describe the situation on the ground
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February 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Two of our Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers recipients, Dr Neil Ryan and Dr Rasha Al-Lamee, shared their insights with @resprofnews.bsky.social about the changing landscape for clinical researchers in the UK.
👉 Read the full article (£): ow.ly/AfOY50V5YWs
#HealthResearch #FundingOpportunities
👉 Read the full article (£): ow.ly/AfOY50V5YWs
#HealthResearch #FundingOpportunities
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Lived experience expert, Ngawai Moss, has played a key role in our child health work.
From scoping conversations for our UK policy report to serving on the steering committee for our international policy workshop, her input ensures the voices of parents and children are central to our work🤝
From scoping conversations for our UK policy report to serving on the steering committee for our international policy workshop, her input ensures the voices of parents and children are central to our work🤝
March 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Lived experience expert, Ngawai Moss, has played a key role in our child health work.
From scoping conversations for our UK policy report to serving on the steering committee for our international policy workshop, her input ensures the voices of parents and children are central to our work🤝
From scoping conversations for our UK policy report to serving on the steering committee for our international policy workshop, her input ensures the voices of parents and children are central to our work🤝
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Great to see this report from UKRI published today. It contains some concrete proposals for reversing the decline in UK clinical academia. Now they just need to be delivered!
www.ukri.org/wp-content/u...
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January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Great to see this report from UKRI published today. It contains some concrete proposals for reversing the decline in UK clinical academia. Now they just need to be delivered!
www.ukri.org/wp-content/u...
www.ukri.org/wp-content/u...
This very important report offers clear recommendations to address the decline in clinical academic posts. The UK needs this talented group of professionals if it is to continue to be at the cutting edge of innovations for the benefit of patients.
🚨New report shows UK clinical research faces major challenges as numbers of research-active clinicians continue to fall.
Our VP Prof Rosalind Smyth CBE FMedSci contributed to the report which sets out key recommendations to strengthen the workforce 🧵
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Our VP Prof Rosalind Smyth CBE FMedSci contributed to the report which sets out key recommendations to strengthen the workforce 🧵
ow.ly/x3Z650UQ8TA
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January 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This very important report offers clear recommendations to address the decline in clinical academic posts. The UK needs this talented group of professionals if it is to continue to be at the cutting edge of innovations for the benefit of patients.
Delighted to see this important new report about clinical academic workforce a critical list of recommendations for action from NHS, Universities, Funders and other bodies: acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/cl...
New report sets out path to strengthen UK’s clinical research workforce
acmedsci.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Delighted to see this important new report about clinical academic workforce a critical list of recommendations for action from NHS, Universities, Funders and other bodies: acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/cl...
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I wasn't thrilled with RTE's reporting of #StormÉowyn wrt #climatechange last week...
Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me express my concerns on the costs of RTE's "muddled climate messaging" and why it matters so much here 1/2:
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me express my concerns on the costs of RTE's "muddled climate messaging" and why it matters so much here 1/2:
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Storm Éowyn and the cost of muddled climate messaging
RTÉ’s recent articles seem to go out of their way to disassociate climate change from storm Éowyn without sufficient evidence to do so
www.irishexaminer.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I wasn't thrilled with RTE's reporting of #StormÉowyn wrt #climatechange last week...
Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me express my concerns on the costs of RTE's "muddled climate messaging" and why it matters so much here 1/2:
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me express my concerns on the costs of RTE's "muddled climate messaging" and why it matters so much here 1/2:
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Read here about the importance of supporting clinical research.
🗞️ The latest edition of Prognosis Magazine features critical insights from Vice President of the Academy, Prof Rosalind Smyth CBE FMedSci and Fellow, Prof Teresa Lamb OBE FMedSci.
🔗 bit.ly/42ukXd9
See the key takeaways from their pieces below 🧵
🔗 bit.ly/42ukXd9
See the key takeaways from their pieces below 🧵
January 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Read here about the importance of supporting clinical research.
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‘Pediatric Long COVID has a distinct blood protein signature marked by increased ongoing general and endothelial inflammation, similar to that seen in adults’.
More brilliant work from @buonsenso.bsky.social and team 🇮🇹
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More brilliant work from @buonsenso.bsky.social and team 🇮🇹
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
‘Pediatric Long COVID has a distinct blood protein signature marked by increased ongoing general and endothelial inflammation, similar to that seen in adults’.
More brilliant work from @buonsenso.bsky.social and team 🇮🇹
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More brilliant work from @buonsenso.bsky.social and team 🇮🇹
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Calling Clinical Lecturers📝
The next round of Academy Starter Grants are now open! Apply to:
💸 Receive up to £30K to support your research
📈 Gather data to strengthen bids for longer-term funding
Find out more and apply by 5/3/2025
🔗 ow.ly/cePy50UL6we
#HealthResearch #ResearchGrants
The next round of Academy Starter Grants are now open! Apply to:
💸 Receive up to £30K to support your research
📈 Gather data to strengthen bids for longer-term funding
Find out more and apply by 5/3/2025
🔗 ow.ly/cePy50UL6we
#HealthResearch #ResearchGrants
January 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Calling Clinical Lecturers📝
The next round of Academy Starter Grants are now open! Apply to:
💸 Receive up to £30K to support your research
📈 Gather data to strengthen bids for longer-term funding
Find out more and apply by 5/3/2025
🔗 ow.ly/cePy50UL6we
#HealthResearch #ResearchGrants
The next round of Academy Starter Grants are now open! Apply to:
💸 Receive up to £30K to support your research
📈 Gather data to strengthen bids for longer-term funding
Find out more and apply by 5/3/2025
🔗 ow.ly/cePy50UL6we
#HealthResearch #ResearchGrants
Medical Research Foundation is a great organisation and it is a real privilege to be one of its Trustees.
📣 We're looking for a new #trustee, with Board-level #communications or #marketing experience, to join our Board.
You can find full details of the role and how to apply by visiting our website: bit.ly/4hacIqS
📅 Closing date: 14 Feb
📅 Interview date: 6 March
You can find full details of the role and how to apply by visiting our website: bit.ly/4hacIqS
📅 Closing date: 14 Feb
📅 Interview date: 6 March
Join our team
We need the very best people to help us achieve our vision to advance medical research, improve human health and change people's lives. Find out more about our current vacancies.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Medical Research Foundation is a great organisation and it is a real privilege to be one of its Trustees.
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Closing soon! 🚨
Are you an early career researcher in medicine and health?
Don't miss out on the chance to share your work with senior academics at our Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference in Leeds this May #CATAC25
Submit your abstract by 13/1/25: ow.ly/lKi850UCALP
Are you an early career researcher in medicine and health?
Don't miss out on the chance to share your work with senior academics at our Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference in Leeds this May #CATAC25
Submit your abstract by 13/1/25: ow.ly/lKi850UCALP
January 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Closing soon! 🚨
Are you an early career researcher in medicine and health?
Don't miss out on the chance to share your work with senior academics at our Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference in Leeds this May #CATAC25
Submit your abstract by 13/1/25: ow.ly/lKi850UCALP
Are you an early career researcher in medicine and health?
Don't miss out on the chance to share your work with senior academics at our Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference in Leeds this May #CATAC25
Submit your abstract by 13/1/25: ow.ly/lKi850UCALP
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How should an ambitious early career clinical academic divvy up their time between research/clinical and other academic activities eg peer review/ supervision/teaching/committees/getting editorial experience etc?
January 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
How should an ambitious early career clinical academic divvy up their time between research/clinical and other academic activities eg peer review/ supervision/teaching/committees/getting editorial experience etc?
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As horrific fires rage in LA, news comes that world has breached 1.5 degree limit on global heating. When will political leaders join the dots & take urgent far-reaching action? Leave all new fossil fuels in the ground & prioritise building resilience - home retrofits, flood defences & much more
Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows
Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather…
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
As horrific fires rage in LA, news comes that world has breached 1.5 degree limit on global heating. When will political leaders join the dots & take urgent far-reaching action? Leave all new fossil fuels in the ground & prioritise building resilience - home retrofits, flood defences & much more
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Are you a researcher looking for personal or collaborative funding? 🔬
Interested in applying for the #HorizonEurope funding programme? 💰
Read our 6 top tips for a successful Horizon Europe funding application, following our webinar with @amrc-uk.bsky.social supported by DSIT.
🔗 bit.ly/6_top_tips
Interested in applying for the #HorizonEurope funding programme? 💰
Read our 6 top tips for a successful Horizon Europe funding application, following our webinar with @amrc-uk.bsky.social supported by DSIT.
🔗 bit.ly/6_top_tips
December 19, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Are you a researcher looking for personal or collaborative funding? 🔬
Interested in applying for the #HorizonEurope funding programme? 💰
Read our 6 top tips for a successful Horizon Europe funding application, following our webinar with @amrc-uk.bsky.social supported by DSIT.
🔗 bit.ly/6_top_tips
Interested in applying for the #HorizonEurope funding programme? 💰
Read our 6 top tips for a successful Horizon Europe funding application, following our webinar with @amrc-uk.bsky.social supported by DSIT.
🔗 bit.ly/6_top_tips
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Many congratulations to the below Fellows on their election to the Academy Council:
- Professor Deborah Ashby OBE FMedSci
- Professor Sir John Iredale FRSE FMedSci
- Professor Peter Openshaw CBE FMedSci
- Professor Catherine Williamson FMedSci
Read more: ow.ly/z2sm50Uq1jp
- Professor Deborah Ashby OBE FMedSci
- Professor Sir John Iredale FRSE FMedSci
- Professor Peter Openshaw CBE FMedSci
- Professor Catherine Williamson FMedSci
Read more: ow.ly/z2sm50Uq1jp
December 13, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Many congratulations to the below Fellows on their election to the Academy Council:
- Professor Deborah Ashby OBE FMedSci
- Professor Sir John Iredale FRSE FMedSci
- Professor Peter Openshaw CBE FMedSci
- Professor Catherine Williamson FMedSci
Read more: ow.ly/z2sm50Uq1jp
- Professor Deborah Ashby OBE FMedSci
- Professor Sir John Iredale FRSE FMedSci
- Professor Peter Openshaw CBE FMedSci
- Professor Catherine Williamson FMedSci
Read more: ow.ly/z2sm50Uq1jp
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‘Grave concern’ over drop in NHS clinical researchers.
The declining number of clinical academics in the National Health Service is “of grave concern”, according to the author of a recent report on the NHS.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
The declining number of clinical academics in the National Health Service is “of grave concern”, according to the author of a recent report on the NHS.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
‘Grave concern’ over drop in NHS clinical researchers - Research Professional News
Clinicians “forced to abandon academic careers” to cope with demand, major NHS report author warns
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:10 AM
‘Grave concern’ over drop in NHS clinical researchers.
The declining number of clinical academics in the National Health Service is “of grave concern”, according to the author of a recent report on the NHS.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
The declining number of clinical academics in the National Health Service is “of grave concern”, according to the author of a recent report on the NHS.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
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Gisele Pelicot is an incredible woman and a hero for her nerve in bringing all those rapists to justice and for knowing the shame does not lie worth her — bravely declining anonymity was incredible.
December 19, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Gisele Pelicot is an incredible woman and a hero for her nerve in bringing all those rapists to justice and for knowing the shame does not lie worth her — bravely declining anonymity was incredible.
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This is my hero of the year. (I'm assuming we can choose internationally?)
December 17, 2024 at 6:42 PM
This is my hero of the year. (I'm assuming we can choose internationally?)