The Queen's College Record 2020

Reports and College Activities
be the weaknesses and strengths of the
NHS and its long-term plan. We thank our
speakers for making the evening that much
more enjoyable and interesting. During the
dinner, we were also able to announce the
winners of the first Chowdhury-Johnson
Prize in Medicine, an essay competition for
medical students which will be held again
next Michaelmas term. Overall, the QCMS
dinner was a great success.
The QCMS dinner in Michaelmas
In Hilary, we held the first ever QCMS Medical Innovation Conference, hosting
speakers Justin Hean, a Principal Scientist at Evox Therapeutics, Dr Krishan Ramdoo,
an NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur and CEO of TympaHealth, and medical
students Iain Broadley and Ally Jaffee who are co-founders of Nutritank. We also heard
from Professor Shafi Ahmed, a laparoscopic cancer surgeon and renowned healthcare
innovator and Professor Elizabeth Molyneux, a paediatrician and founding member
of the WHO course on Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment. We thank all
those who attended the conference and our speakers for delivering such fascinating
and inspiring talks. We hope the QCMS conference will become an annual event.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my year as President of QCMS and would like to wholeheartedly
thank Esme Weeks and Zahra Choudhury for their support as Vice-President
and Treasurer of the Society. I am very proud of what we have been able to deliver and
achieve as a team. We look forward to next year with the newly elected committee:
Yedidiah Tilahun, Elfie Baker and Becky Howitt who will be taking over as President,
Vice-President and Treasurer respectively. 2020 has so far been a very significant year
in Medicine and we believe that now, more than ever, is the time for us to keep up to
date with happenings in the field and so it is important for QCMS to continue to come
together with our shared interests in Medical and Biomedical Sciences.
NETBALL
Captains: Angharad Kellet and Jessica Martin
QCNC started off the year optimistically after recruiting many new members,
including males as we could now field a mixed team – one positive to come out of the
disappointment of being relegated to division two the previous year. With many fresh
faces to the game and the regularity of being able to take seven players plus subs
(many thanks to next year’s captain, Pandora Mackenzie, who roped freshers in at
the last minute), we thought we were on to top the leader board. However, within the
rapid eight-minute halves, it turns out sporting a team where half of you haven’t ever
stepped foot on a netball court before isn’t always a success! Despite this, we always
showed up with enthusiasm after cycling ten minutes to Lady Margaret Hall to play
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