News - April 2001

-Imperial Medics join academy of UK's top doctors and medical scientists
Twelve of the newly-elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences are from Imperial College School of Medicine - News - 11 April 2001

-Engineering surgery
Trials that ‘cook’ tumours using microwave technology and offer cancer patients extended life expectancy, will begin within a year - News - 3 April 2001

-Restructuring plans unveiled
A plan to keep Imperial College a world leader in higher education will be implemented during the next 18 months - News - 3 April 2001

-The biggest job in British medicine
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz has taken up the mantle of new principal of the school of medicine as science and medicine reach a peak in the public consciousness - News - 3 April 2001

-£2.2M of research funding
Dr Rifat Atun, director of the health management programme and senior lecturer in health management at the management school, has helped secure £2.2 million in research funding - News - 3 April 2001

-Opening a piece of history
Nobel Laureates, Sir Godfrey Hounsfield and Sir John Vane, have opened a new medical image computing laboratory within the department of computing - News - 3 April 2001

-The power of PiRiLiS
Imagine needing an X-ray of a patient as he lies on an operating table. His notes on a table in another city. What does a surgeon do? - News - 3 April 2001

-Youngest QAA board representative
An Imperial graduate is the youngest student representative to be appointed to the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) board - News - 3 April 2001

-Bloodbot plays nurse
Gone are the days of human error when the nurse had several goes at finding your vein with his syringe - News - 3 April 2001

-Dr Jon's poster power
Dr Jon Wells, department of materials, was one of six young scientists from Imperial whose posters were chosen for presentation to MPs in the House of Commons last month - News - 3 April 2001