College of Medicine 2013

WHAT A YEAR!

“Over 90% of our students are inemployment or further education in the first

year after graduation”

Learning and Teaching goes fromstrength to strength

2012/2013 sees highest undergraduate pass rate yet with 6 Awards given for achievement

National Student Satisfaction survey ranks Biochemistry at 95% and Genetics at 91%

Margam laboratories refurbished for Biochemistry andGenetics teaching

GEM teams brings the National All-Wales Medical and Dental Education ‘Future Directions’ Conference to Swansea

GMC continue to be satisfied

All four years now studying together at Swansea bringingthe total to 280 medics

Students experience international and wildernessmedicine in Chili and the Gambia

Postgraduate Research Conference a resounding success

New MSc courses in Leadership and Autism up and running

It’s not all work andno play though...

The Eisteddfod continues to be a big success

MedSoc hosts itsfirst 4All Ball

Swansea wins the Varsity 21-13

In 2011/12 we earned £7.2m...

In 2012/13 we earned £11.7m!

Prof. Ronan Lyons secures £2.5m from the MRC for the Farr Institute

Prof. David Ford signs us up to the Big Data family with £7.96m from the ESRC

EPSRC granted £500,000 to CNH and Human Computer Interactions research group to become

a Global NanoHealth Hub

Prof. Steve Conlan wins A4Baward of £767,000

EPSRC renewed a 5-year centre grant for the UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility worth £3m

Dr. Yuqin Wang secures $400,000 from BBSRC

Prof. Bill Griffiths wins £687,000 from BBSRC

DR CATHY THORNTON AND CALON CARDIO WIN £1.6M

FROM THE TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD

It’s no wonder Prof. Ian Russell’s submission to REF reported a ‘very impressive 6 years’!

INNOVATION IS KEY

ILS now home to 13 Client Organisations plus anever-growing list of Affiliates

BioBreakfast Series re-launches to a full house

ILS2 named winner of the Best Education BuildingAward by Swansea Council

First Minister officially opens CIPHER worth £4.3m

ILS2020 programme begins

Data Science Building gets the go-ahead

JCRF hosts its first overnight stay clinical trial in August

College welcomes ABMU staff to run JCRF

Rollout

the red carpet

The College gets to spreadits vision to visitors from near

and far including...

Chief Medical OfficerDr Ruth Hussey

MRC Chief Science OfficerDeclan Mulkeen

Former Chairman and CEO of Sony Sir Howard Stringer

Science Innovation Team of theBritish Consul in Chicago

Jack Westwood

Vice Chancellor of Federal and State Relations atTexas A&M University

Guy Diedrich

Wales Rugby Manager Warren Gatland

We also have Government endorsements...

Mark Drakeford launches ‘Help is at Hand’

Edwina Hart AM announces launch of newSwansea supercomputing hub

Welsh Office Minister Baroness JennyRanderson praises our

“considerable and rapid development over the last decade and new approach to educational training”

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

College welcomes Graham Hartill as its first Writer in Residence

ILS and Grove host OPAN exhibition on the Art and Science of Ageing

GEM 2nd Year Leifa Jennings wins University’s Research as Art Competition with ILS Post Doc Miranda Whitton named runner up

Researchers encourage school children to continue studyingSTEMM subjects

We’re a generous bunch too...

11 COMets Race for Life for Cancer Research

Prof. Mike Gravenor opens his garden with the National Garden Scheme

for Macmillan Cancer Support

Prof. Frances Rapport shaves her hair off for

Lymphoedema sufferers

Steven Maceywalks and cycles 350 miles

barefoot in aid of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)

Central Admin Unit fundraise for MedSoc

by dressing up Paul Roberts as a

Kangaroo for the day

Prof. Marc Clement, Ina Laura Pieper, Brian Perkins and Ruth Clement climb Mount Kilimanjaro for St David’s

Medical Foundation

8 academics and clinicians, including Profs Marc

Clement, Mark Rees, Julian Halcox, swim the channel to

raise £100,000 for Heart Research

...and SDMF gives back with 5 seed corn grants to members of the College, ILS, Morriston and Singleton

Hospitals

Appointments and Achievements

Prof. Keith Lloyd, Prof. Ronan Lyons, Prof. Mark Rees, Prof. Ian Russell, Prof John Williams appointed to NISCHR Senior Faculty

Prof. Steve Kelly, Prof. Keith Lloyd and Prof. Ronan Lyons elected as Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales

Prof. Martin Sheldon awarded fellowship of the Royal College ofVeterinary Surgeons

Appointments and Achievements

Dr Farah Bhatti shortlisted for Asian Woman of Achievement Award

Dr Shareen Doak appointed as Expert Member on GovernmentDNA damage committee

Kate Chapman wins “Young Scientist Award” and “Welsh LiveryGuild Travel Scholarship”

Appointments and Achievements

BEACON project shortlisted for an EU Regiostars awards

University retains Athena Swan Bronze Award

College welcomes Prof. Hilary Lappin-Scottas our new PVC and Prof. Andrew Davies as Chair of

ABMU Health Board

Congratulations and thanks to all staff on new appointments and responsibilities in line with the new strategy

…not forgetting the unsung heroes from the Operationalside, Cafe Glas, Marketing, Central Admin, HR office and Research office

So, we’re going to celebrate by...

In 2004/05, the College had just 38 GEM studentsand 88 staff

In 2013/14 we have 418 GEM, Genetics and Biochemistrystudents and over 600 staff

NEXT YEAR, WE’LL BE 10 YEARS OLD!

Launching the Swansea Medical Society

Watching the whole College graduate together in July – from Undergraduate to GEM and Postgraduate

Topping out the Data Science Building

Commissioning a commemorative book

FOLLOW USAS WE CELEBRATE @SwanseaMedicine

We couldn’t have doneit without YOU!

Here’s to another successful decade...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Nadolig Llawena Blwyddwn

Newydd Dda!