page_title: Medical Research Society
hierarchical_section_title: Medical Research Society
caption_attribution_description: Minutes from Medical Research Society, 24 October 1930. Archives &amp; Manuscripts Keywords: Thomas Lewis
context_page_description: The Medical Research Society was founded by Sir Thomas Lewis in 1930. The Society was 'instituted for the purpose of advancing knowledge of the causes and processes of disease, by clinical or related experimental studies in man’. The MRS published the journal Clinical Science from 1945 until 1961, and then jointly with the Biochemical Society until 2003. The MRS continued to hold regular research meetings until October 2011 when it merged with the Academy of Medical Sciences. The Academy of Medical Sciences now awards an annual Medical Research Society prize for pre-PhD and PhD students.
context_section_description: The Medical Research Society (MRS) was founded by Sir Thomas Lewis in 1930. The Society was 'instituted for the purpose of advancing knowledge of the causes and processes of disease, by clinical or related experimental studies in man’. The MRS published the journal Clinical Science from 1945 until 1961, and then jointly with the Biochemical Society until 2003.  The MRS continued to hold regular research meetings until October 2011 when it merged with the Academy of Medical Sciences. The Academy of Medical Sciences now awards an annual Medical Research Society prize for pre-PhD (Foundation Year doctors and Academic Clinical Fellows) and PhD students.
caption: Minutes from the first meeting of the Medical Research Society, 24 October 1930.
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