4 May 2012
This month, Martin Lodemore, Patient and Public Liaison Officer (Medicine), is attempting to canoe the length of the Thames in an inflatable canoe in memory of his nephew Tom, who died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), aged 27. In the UK, 1,000 young people die each year from epilepsy and around half of these are due to SUDEP. Martin reports on his challenge:
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4 May 2012
Between 6–10 May, Alexandra Weldon, Advocacy and Relations Manager (Public Health) at the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), has taken on the challenge to live off just £1 per day for food, reflecting the experiences of the 1.4 billion people currently living in extreme poverty around the world. Alix explains why she is taking part in the annual Live Below the Line fundraising initiative.
Tags: Public Health
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4 May 2012
“Sleeping – I’ll be the first to admit I’ve overdosed on this one this Easter. Yesterday I woke up at 15.00 and the day before, I fell asleep in the middle of revising. But no more! I got up at a respectable hour this morning (10.00, don’t you dare judge me) and got some solid work done after some gentle nudging by my dad. Do I regret my hours of staying up late and sleeping all day? Not at all. But I made a promise to myself to get back into serious study mode for at least the last two weeks of the holidays, a goal I set at the beginning of the break.”
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4 April 2012
Professor Jonathan Waxman is Clinical Chair in Prostate Cancer in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Hammersmith Campus. He founded the Prostate Cancer Charity, the first national organisation promoting research and patient support for this condition. Jonathan writes about how he was inspired to write The Elephant in The Room, his recently published collection of short stories about the lives of cancer patients and the doctors treating them.
Tags: Surgery and Cancer
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24 March 2012
On 21 March five students pitched their ideas for a pilot project or prototype that addresses global health challenges to a panel including Sarah Brown, wife of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI). John Chetwood (Medicine) was named the winner – his project used urinary biomarkers to create a new diagnostic tool to detect Cholangiocarcinoma, an aggressive form of cancer that affects the bile ducts, and is caused by the parasitic worm liver-fluke. Sarah shares her experience of being a judge:
“When I am asked to do anything with students I usually think that I am just invited on behalf of my Twitter followers. If I talk to students on any topic away from politics it is invariably about social media. So it was a welcome diversion to join two health experts to assess five rather brilliant research projects as the ‘lay person’ for IGHI Imperial. I do have an ancient science degree but everything has moved on so far since then it is barely worth mentioning. I loved the energy of each presentation, the breadth of research topics from cancer clusters to river salinity to the hip topic of frugal innovation, and the individuality of each set of PowerPoint images.. I think we identified the right winner but truthfully every one of the students should persevere with their worthwhile and fascinating topics. I wish I had had that confidence and experience when I was 20. My top tip (that I shall immediately tweet of course) is to grab every opportunity to gain public speaking experience – that alone makes everyone a winner.”
Tags: Faculty of Medicine, IGHI
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16 March 2012
Book title and author: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Reviewed by Paula Evans, Principal Library Assistant, Business and Humanities (Central Library)
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28 February 2012
MSc Sustainable Energy Futures student Leslie Hayes-Labruto (Mechanical Engineering), pictured, describes being inspired by a lecture at the College in December given by solar energy researcher Dr Nate Lewis from the California Institute of Technology.
Tags: Mechanical Engineering
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17 February 2012
Reporter met up with Hannah Bryars, Olympic fencing hopeful and 5th year medic, to find out about her training and her determination to make the grade.
Hannah’s training as a member of the GB fencing team took a hit last year when she suffered from a painful knee injury and had to take time out to help reduce the inflammation. As her condition improved, rather than give up on her goal to compete in the Olympics, she returned to training with a renewed sense of purpose, switching coach, turning to a gluten-free diet and strengthening her knee through physiotherapy and Bikram Yoga.
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Tags: Ethos, Faculty of Medicine, olympics, Sport Imperial
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27 January 2012
On 25 November, Research Associate Dr Antoine Vernet (Business School, pictured) attended a one-day summit for business leaders and researchers hosted by the UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~IRC), a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and Imperial. He shares his thoughts on the event:
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26 January 2012
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23 December 2011
Lucca Da Silva Junior, Campus Receptionist (Security Services)
I’m standing by the Christmas tree in the Main Entrance on the South Kensington Campus where I work. I meet so many different people in my role – not only staff and students. I speak to tourists wanting to know more about the design of the building and schoolchildren asking questions like, “Did the Queen really visit the College for its centenary?” I make sure I am clued up on facts about Imperial.
I’d organise a social trip to Richmond Park and get staff and their families to come along, then interview people about their day. I think there should be more College social activities, so staff can get to know each other.
The Imperial College Gospel Choir performed at the X Factor final – it would be great to feature a picture of them on the stage!
Tags: Meet the Reader
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14 December 2011
James Blackley, Assistant Manager at Ethos shares his 12 top fitness tips to guide you through the holiday season.
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9 December 2011
Reporter visited the Post Graduate Open Day on the South Kensington Campus on 7 December 2011, and asked prospective students:
Tags: Biology, Business School, Mechanical Engineering, Open Day, Vox pops
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6 December 2011
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28 November 2011
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