On Saturday the 29th April we welcomed over 70 Girtonians, current students and Fellows to the Medics and Vets symposium and/or dinner. We started the afternoon with tea and cake in the fellows rooms and the beautiful Eliza Baker Court, followed by a fascinating symposium that included guest speakers as well as current Girton students and Fellows. We were also delighted to have launched The Dr Carlo Acerini Memorial Fund in memory of Dr Carlo Acerini. Please read below for more details about the fund as well as the full programme of events.
Programme (Fellows’ Rooms)
| 3.30pm | Tea and cake Collect your programme at the reception desk in the Fellows Rooms |
| 4.00–4.05pm | Welcome and launch of the Dr Carlo Acerini memorial fund: Dr Fiona Cooke (1989), Official Fellow in Medical Sciences |
| 4.05–4.20pm | Michal Graczyk (2018), 5th year medical student: Crack is whack: distinguishing causes and consequences of cocaine use in the brain |
| 4.20–4.40pm | Dr Clare Allen (1989), Consultant on Veterinary Education and Gender and Diversity in Education and Healthcare: Glass Ceilings and Cliffs: Is Sexism Still a Problem in the Veterinary and Medical Professions? |
| 4.40–4.50pm | Rookmini Mukhopadhyay (2021), Hammond Science Communication Prize-winning Talk: Starvation in the midst of plenty: How diabetes mellitus sends the body’s metabolism spiralling into imbalance |
| 4.50–5.05pm | William Attwood (2020), 3rd year medical student: Belief, reality, and memory |
| 5.05–5.20pm | Sze Lynn Yen (2018), 5th year veterinary sciences student: Investigating the effect of pterygoid bone medialisation on nasopharyngeal narrowing and surgical outcome in dogs with brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome |
| 5.20–6.00pm | Professor Giles Yeo, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science: The importance of science communication in a post-truth world |
| 6.00pm | Concluding Remarks: Professor Matthew Allen (1985), Professorial Fellow in Veterinary Sciences |
| 7.00pm | Pre-Dinner drinks in the Fellows’ Drawing Room |
| 7.45pm | Dinner in Hall with Dr Adrian Boyle, President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, and Emergency Medicine Consultant at CUH, as our guest speaker |
The Dr Carlo Acerini Memorial Fund
Dr Carlo Acerini (1962–2019) first came to Girton in 2010, initially as a supervisor for the second-year undergraduate course in Human Reproduction and Endocrinology. He was soon appointed Bye-Fellow, and made such a significant contribution to Medicine that he became an Official Fellow within a year. For the last eight years he was the Director of Studies for first- and second-year undergraduates. While he was alive, Carlo spoke of establishing a fund for medical students to present posters at scientific conferences –this has now been created as a broad-based study fund to encompass wider research interests, and to create a fund in Carlo’s memory.
Please would you consider making a contribution to the fund?
You can use the below link and scroll down to The Dr Carlo Acerini Memorial Fund for Academic Skills in Clinical Medicine:
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/alumni-supporters/great-campaign/postgraduate-scholarships
