Congratulations to Dr Laura Benjamin who has been awarded the Federick Murgatroyd Prize. The Federick Murgatroyd Prize is awarded to medical graduates who have made an important contribution to the science or practice of tropical medicine. Laura is a Principal Clinical Research Fellow at The MRC Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology, UCL and an Honorary Consultant Stroke Neurologist at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK. The award was presented to Laura for her contributions to HIV infection and stroke research and for developing stroke care capacity in Malawi.
Professor David Mabey (Past President of RSTMH), Dr Mumtaz Patel (acting RCP President), Dr Laura Benjamin and Professor Tom Solomon, CBE.
