The Queen's College Record 2023

continuation (and growth!) in demonstrating how much the Society has to offer artistic
opportunity at Queen’s. It has been a pleasure to see the Society revive this year,
with it being one of the reasons I applied to Queen’s in the first place. I wish the best
of luck to next year’s Committee, headed by Annalise Dodson (President) and Jacob
Tidmarsh (Treasurer), and I cannot wait to watch the Society’s success continue.
THE QUEEN’S COLLEGE MEDICAL SOCIETY
Sophie Payne, President
Reports and College Activities
This year The Queen’s College Medical
Society (QCMS) continued its goal to
provide a space to bring together
medical students, biomedical students,
medical graduates, and tutors. To
augment the QCMS social calendar with
events suited for everyone, a vote to
introduce the role of Social Secretary
was held at the beginning of the academic year, which passed, allowing the position
to be filled midway through Michaelmas.
The highlight of the QCMS calendar this year was the annual dinner, hosted in
Michaelmas. This brought together over 50 current and Old Members, and we were
joined by guest speaker Dr Karan Rajan. Outside of his clinical work and teaching
commitments at The University of Sunderland, Dr Rajan has been utilising the power
of social media to educate and captivate people of all ages – as demonstrated by his
current five million followers on TikTok. His unique perspective made for an enlightening
conversation surrounding the interaction between medical sciences, social media, and
popular culture, which continued into interesting discussions throughout the evening.
Additional events included a karaoke session at The Mad Hatter, which was well
attended by members, perhaps owing to the presence of Professor Chris Norbury’s
impressive vocals. In Trinity Term, a QCMS sports day was also held, which, after a
resounding success, is likely to be the first of many.
I feel very lucky to have been President of QCMS this year, alongside such a brilliant
group of individuals. I am especially grateful for the support of my fellow Committee
members, Grace Jones and Harry Orwell (Vice-presidents), Oliver Meek (Treasurer),
and Ciaran Sandhu and Karthik Saravanan (Social Secretaries). I am pleased to say
that Grace Jones and Harry Orwell will be continuing as Co-Presidents next year,
alongside Alicja Kwiecinska (Vice-President), Ahmed Hussain (Treasurer), and Ellen
Laker and Harry Pratt (Social Secretaries). I have no doubt that this Committee will
produce a glorious year for QCMS and look forward to seeing them continue to bring
together all those with a passion for the Medical and Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s.
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