Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

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Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
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Awarded forexcellence of science, contribution to medicine and society and a range of achievement
Sponsored by Academy of Medical Sciences
Date1998 (1998)
Location London, United Kingdom
Country United Kingdom
Total no. of Fellows1261 [1]
Website acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows

Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) is an award for medical scientists who are judged by the UK Academy of Medical Sciences for the "excellence of their science, their contribution to medicine and society and the range of their achievements". [2]

Fellowship

Fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FMedSci; [3] see Category:Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) for examples of fellows.

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References

  1. "Fellowship Statistics".
  2. Anon (2016). "Fellows: Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk. London: Academy of Medical Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. Owens, Joanna (2006). "Simon Campbell CBE, FMedSci, FRS". Nature Reviews Drug Discovery . 5 (8): 626–626. doi: 10.1038/nrd2116 . PMID   16918018.