For this week's podcast, our communications lead Emma Huskinson hosts a one-off episode with Emma Macleod and Charlotte Roe who work for our communications agency Emotive. They chat all about why they made the move to medical communications, what it means to be involved for them and what Emotive are here to do. If you would like to learn more about Emotive, visit their website.  Views, ideas and opinions expressed in this podcast are personal to the individual and Medics4RareDiseases does not accept responsibility for those expressed by guests. M4RD receives funding from commercial com ..read more

3.5 million people in the UK live with a rare condition, which is a global point prevalence of 3.5 to 5.9%. In the UK that number equates to approximately the number of adults living with asthma. For this week's episode of the podcast we listen back to Lucy's Rare Disease 101 talk from the RSM in February 2024. Views, ideas and opinions expressed in this podcast are personal to the individual and Medics4RareDiseases does not accept responsibility for those expressed by guests. M4RD receives funding from commercial companies which it works independently from. M4RD's Partners and Funders do no ..read more

For this week’s episode of the podcast, Lucy chats to Jonathan Gibson who works as the Policy and Public Affairs Officer for Metabolic Support UK.  His background is in genetics and global health and he’s also worked for the NHS within a busy biomedical science laboratory for over four years undertaking the analysis of samples to ensure you receive the right treatment and diagnosis. Within MS UK activist and key partner with communities to elicit change, utilising policy, data and research to develop creative campaigns with measurable goals to ensure action is taken to improve the lives o ..read more

For this week's episode of the podcast, Lucy is joined by Daval Amratlal, who is one of our patient ambassadors and has a rare skin condition called Autosomal Recessive Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex. EBS is a rare skin condition where blistering is caused by trauma to the skin.  Daval graduated in 2021 with a BSc in physics with space science and started an MSc in Planetary Science in September 2023 at UCL. With a passion for science communication, making science more accessible to the general public, Daval has joined Medics for Rare Diseases as an ambassador to raise awareness of EBS, n ..read more

For this week's episode of the podcast, Lucy is joined by Daval Amratlal, who is one of our patient ambassadors and has a rare skin condition called Autosomal Recessive Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex. EBS is a rare skin condition where blistering is caused by trauma to the skin. Daval graduated in 2021 with a BSc in physics with space science and started an MSc in Planetary Science in September 2023 at UCL. With a passion for science communication, making science more accessible to the general public, Daval has joined Medics for Rare Diseases as an ambassador to raise awareness of EBS, not jus ..read more

It's been 10 years since Medics4RareDiseases first hosted The Unusual Suspects at The Royal Society of Medicine in association with the Medical Genetics section. It's amazing to see how far we have come over the years! This year, we had a varied line-up of speakers that gave thought provoking talks throughout the afternoon and one of them was public speaker and author Jono Lancaster, who has Treacher Collins Syndrome and recently sold out Waterstones Picadilly with his book 'Not All Heroes Wear Capes'. Listen back to Jono's inspirational talk now. Views, ideas and opinions expressed in this ..read more

For this week's episode of the podcast, Lucy chats with Kelly Kearley who is the charity manager for PTEN UKI. Kelly's son Austin was diagnosed with P10 harmatoma tumour syndrome.  Hamatoma Tumor Syndrome, or often shortened to P10, is a rare genetic condition. And it causes multiple cancers in adulthood and autism in childhood. You can find out more about PTEN UKI by visiting their website https://ptenuki.org/ More information about Cerebra, also mentioned in this podcast can be found here https://cerebra.org.uk/ Views, ideas and opinions expressed in this podcast are personal to the ..read more

Welcome to the brand new season of the The Rare Disease Podcast for Medics! To kick off the season, we have the wonderful Baroness Nicola Blackwood who speaks to us all about Ehlers-Danlos, patient care and her work in politics. Nicola is a leader in science and entrepreneurship. She is a member of the House of Lords and Chair of Genomics England and Oxford University Innovation. Nicola is also a board member of the biotechnology company BioNTech.   Nicola served as Minister for Innovation in the Department of Health and Social Care under two prime ministers, where she led on life scien ..read more

Welcome to the brand new season of the The Rare Disease Podcast for Medics! To kick off the season, we have the wonderful Baroness Nicola Blackwood who speaks to us all about Ehlers-Danlos, patient care and her work in politics. Nicola is a leader in science and entrepreneurship. She is a member of the House of Lords and Chair of Genomics England and Oxford University Innovation. Nicola is also a board member of the biotechnology company BioNTech.   Nicola served as Minister for Innovation in the Department of Health and Social Care under two prime ministers, where she led on life scien ..read more

This week's episode is a special one-off episode before the launch of Season 6 this March! Lucy speaks with our ambassador Hope Russell-Winter who was a recent runner up on The Voice UK! Hope tells us all about her experience on the show and why she is an ambassador for M4RD. Hope will be performing at  The Social in London on March 7th, please visit her social media for tickets. Views, ideas and opinions expressed in this podcast are personal to the individual and Medics4RareDiseases does not accept responsibility for those expressed by guests. M4RD receives funding from commercial ..read more