RAMI Research Awards & Lectures

RAMI holds several annual lectures and award programmes that celebrate research and scientific excellence

RAMI Awards

RAMI supports research recognition open to the wider Irish medical research community.

RAMI Research Awards

First held November 2016 · PubMed papers

The first RAMI Research Awards event was held in November 2016. The awards are open to all those involved in Irish medical research who have had a clinical research paper published in an indexed journal. The papers must appear on PubMed.

St. Luke’s Young Investigator’s Award

Established 2004 · Oncology · Winter

Established in 2004 for young oncology researchers. Applicants submit an abstract together with an up-to-date curriculum vitae. Presentations precede the main St. Luke’s Lecture, and the event is held in the winter months.

RAMI Silver Medal

Several of the named lectures award the RAMI silver medal to the invited lecturer — including Conway, Donal Burke, Graves, Haughton, and St. Luke’s.

RAMI Lectures

Annual Presidential Lectures

Winter · Silver Medal

In September 2015 the annual Presidential Lectures were re-introduced. Professor Desmond O’Neill presented his lecture.

Graves Lecture

Spring · Clinical Research · Silver Medal

The Annual Graves Lecture, sponsored by the Academy, is delivered each year in the spring depending on lecturer availability.

Haughton Lecture

Bioengineering · Silver Medal

The Haughton Lecture, in honour of the Rev. Samuel Haughton, is organised by the Section of Bioengineering. An Academy silver medal is awarded to the lecturer.

Conway Review Lecture

Biomedical Sciences · Summer · Silver Medal

Organised mainly by the Section of Biomedical Sciences (originally the Biological Sciences Section).

Donal Burke Lecture

General Practice · Silver Medal

The Donal Burke Memorial Lecture, organised by the Section of General Practice, honours a well-known general practitioner. An Academy silver medal is awarded to the lecturer.

St. Luke’s Lecture

Oncology · Winter · Silver Medal

Sponsored by the Academy and Saint Luke’s Hospital. This lecture is in the field of oncology and is usually delivered in the winter. Selection follows the same conditions as the Graves Lecture: the lecturer is chosen by an Academy/Saint Luke’s committee and receives the silver medal.

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