The Milroy lecture on state medicine and public health was founded by a bequest from Dr Gavin Milroy FRCP to endow an annual lecture on state medicine and public hygiene.
The subject should be of relevance to state medicine and public hygiene, although the interpretation of this can be broad.
Dr Milroy’s intention was to ‘promote the advancement of medical science along with the interests of philanthropic benevolence and of social welfare’. A copy of Dr Milroy’s suggestions on the subject of his bequest is available to download.
The winner of the Milroy lectureship will receive a £100 honorarium.
Applications are open to members and fellows of the RCP and the Faculty of Public Health.
For more information please contact fundingandwards@rcp.ac.uk.
2024: Dr Amitava Banerjee: Non-communicable versus communicable diseases – a paradigm unfit for the 21st century?
2023: Dr Barry Monk: Why can’t we learn from our mistakes?
2019: Professor Simon Capewell: Can we eradicate premature deaths from non-communicable diseases?
2018: Dr Tim Allison: Tackling the biggest killers – Learning from a Century Ago
2017: Professor John Middleton: Secure, healthy, inclusive, green - four dividends for healthier future
2016: Professor Peter Littlejohns: Quality improvement in the NHS 1999-2013: why did it go so wrong?
2015: Professor P Burney: Chronic Respiratory Disease – the acceptable epidemic?
2014: Professor R Viner: Adolescent and young adult medicine: realising the potential for prevention and disease control.
