Prizes and honours
1 October 2009
The Trust-funded Tree of Life animation has won the Judges' Choice award in the Institutional Category of The Scientist Video Awards. The video was praised for its "beautiful graphics" and "well-written script [that] conveyed info in a clear, concise, engaging manner".
Lucinda Jarrett, Wellcome Trust Fellow and Artistic Director and Chief Executive of artist-led charity Rosetta Life, has been awarded a Clore Leadership Fellowship. The Fellowships aim to strengthen leadership across a range of cultural activities.
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow Professor Vikram Patel of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and was also awarded the Chalmers Medal for 2009 by the Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene for his contributions to the field.
A People Award-funded website that promotes greater awareness of genetics has won the Best Use of New Media Award at the Association of Healthcare Communicators's Communicating Health Awards. ‘Telling Stories’ aims to help nurses, midwives and health visitors understand how genetics has an impact on the people they care for.
Image: Professor Vikram Patel. Credit: Wellcome Images