Clinical radiology undergraduate research prize
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Deadline is 5pm, 28 March 2025
This research prize is intended to enhance medical students' experience of clinical radiology. This research prize is for an undergraduate student who conducts personal research on a clinical radiology topic.
Funding
£400
Eligibility
UK medical students.
Applying
How to apply
Applications should be submitted by email to [email protected] no later than 5pm on Friday, 28th March 2025. The Royal College of Radiologists' clinical radiology ambassadors will consider the submissions and decide on the winning research paper. Their decision is final and binding. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application as soon as possible after the closing date.
Applications should comprise:
- An indication of which prize the application is for.
- The student's full name, permanent address, and medical school.
- The research paper, which should not exceed 4000 words including references and tables. Please note only the first 4000 words will be assessed.
- A supporting statement from a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, a medical school lead, or consultant project lead, who is aware of the student's work, confirming the research, is the original work of the applicant.
Assessment Criteria:
- Background information/research
- Relevance of research
- Originality of research
- Study design
- Data collection and handling
- Structure and quality of the report
- Conclusion
- Quality of data presentation
*Successful applicants may be asked to present the results of their work at the appropriate RCR meeting.
Enquiries should be directed to [email protected]
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Previous recipients of the clinical radiology undergraduate research and essay prizes
Year | Recipient | University | Title |
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2022 | Matthew Kane | University of East Anglia | Volumetric analysis in post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation: a retrospective cohort study |
2021 | Vinson Chan | University of Leeds | Percutaneous image-guided cryoablation and radio-frequency ablation versus partial nephrectomy for small renal cell carcinomas: a ten-years, single centre observational study |
2020 | Kathryn Twentyman | University of Leeds | Is gadolinium contrast necessary for meningioma MRI surveillance? |
2019 | George Hyde | University of Sheffield | Visualisation of the fetal bowel on antenatal and post mortem T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging scans |
2018 | Tobin Joseph | University College London | Are DEXA scans in adolescents undergoing gender reassignment misleading? |
Year | Recipient | University | Title |
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2022 | Antrea Zouvani | University of Glasgow | Aneurysmal Bone Cysts: Current Understandings and modern management |
2021 | Sadhana Kalidindi | University of Bristol | Workforce crisis in Radiology: Is AI the saviour |
2020 | Finn Alexander | Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry | The Future of Radiology: Artificial or Augmented? |
2019 | Krishanth Ganesan | Sheffield Medical School | The Adrenal Incidentaloma |
2018 | Lara Jehanli | Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry | Image-guided spinal biopsies: A review of practice, patient experience and outcomes |
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