Grants - Successful 2010 grants and awards

Bursary awards

How palliative care claims not to be euthanasia - the Doctrine of Double Effect in action

John William Reynolds - University of Cardiff

The way to treat a woman: feminist ethics of care and the medical consultation

Sarah Malleson - University of East Anglia, School of Health, Policy and Practice

Business and health; Union Carbide's responsibility to health care in Bhopal from the perspective of those on the frontline

Lotte Hardman and Joe Malone - University of Liverpool

Single embryo transfer in assisted conception: Are patients appropriately informed?

Micaela Holdway - Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry

From bane to benefit: developing pre-elective training and ethical guidelines for students on medical electives

Marie-Laure Morelli and Megan Llewelyn - Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Internship awards

A translational research project on ethics guidelines for professions caring for persons near the end of life, focusing on the use of new media in reaching professionals who may not self-identify with end-of-life care, as well as other professionals (physicians and nurses in particular) in hospitals, nursing homes, hospice and home care.

Kieran Docherty - Glasgow University. Internship at The Hastings Center, USA.

Ethical and health policy issues surrounding resource allocation and distributive ethics for bariatric surgery and the management of obesity: UK/US comparative analysis.

Anna Price - Keele University Medical School. Internship at Yale University, USA.

When should paediatric plastic surgery be offered to under 18s and under what conditions - A US policy review paper

Agnieszka Glanzewska - Keele University Medical School. Internship at Yale University, USA.

Diploma in the Ethics and Philosophy of Healthcare

Priyanka Chadha - Imperial College. Internship at the Society of Apothecaries of London.

Institutional grants

Ethical and legal issues pertaining to the care of older people   

Katharine Edgerley and Sarah Harman - Bristol University

A series of lectures on medical ethics topics to be held in the academic year 2010/2011 organised by the Liverpool Medical History Society

Joseph Malone - Bristol University

Conference entitled "Spotlight on: Medical Ethics & Law" to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine on Saturday 30th October 2010

Joseph R Fitchett - Imperial College London

The First National Student 1-Day Conference for the Medical Humanities on Monday, 5th July at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro Cornwall.

Joshua Wilcox - Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry

The Ethics of Assisted Suicide - A conference organised by the Royal Society of Medicine in association with the IME to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine on Wednesday, 30 June 2010: www.rsm.ac.uk/assistedsuicide

Dr David Misselbrook - Dean, The Royal Society of Medicine

Intercalated scholarships

Awards were given to the following students:

Frances Butcher for an Intercalated BSc in Medical Ethics and Law at King's College, London

Naomi Jones for an Intercalated BSc in Medical Ethics and Law at King's College, London

Georgia Richmond for an Intercalated BSc in Medical Ethics and Law at King's College, London

Joseph Fitchett for and Intercalated Masters in Bioethics at St Mary's University College, London