
We have recently learnt that Deanna Wilson, a long-standing member of the MJA, who served on the Executive Committee for many years has died. Deanna worked, primarily on trade and Read more…
ANY organisation which has been around for as long as the MJA has had to say goodbye to a number of members and friends.
So we have created these pages exist to celebrate their lives and swap our own stories about what made these colleagues so special. Please use the comments facility to add your own thoughts.
We have recently learnt that Deanna Wilson, a long-standing member of the MJA, who served on the Executive Committee for many years has died. Deanna worked, primarily on trade and Read more…
Sir Colin Blakemore, an outstanding scientist, is celebrated for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of vision and neural plasticity, the process whereby brain cells reorganise themselves in response to Read more…
Former Daily Express and Telegraph medical correspondent Clare Dover has died after a long illness. We have invited friends and colleagues to pay tributes to Clare who was renowned for Read more…
I know that a number among us will be very sad to learn that Vicky Madden has died. Vicky began her journey in medical journalism at Mediciné, at a time Read more…
By JENNY HOPE Nigel Hawkes, a ‘legend’ in science and health reporting, has died at the age of 78, after a career spanning more than 50 years. His elegant, incisive Read more…
Oliver Gille, 1937-2021: Sixty years ago medicine was the most publicly silent, and privately critical, of professions. Medical debate had been restricted largely to learned journals, medical common rooms, scientific Read more…
Lawrence McGinty remembers a legendary health journalist: Bernard Dixon, who died on 30 October, was my editor at New Scientist for seven years, during which time I learned my trade Read more…
If the MJA had had such things as membership numbers, former chair Alan Massam would have been number one. He claimed to have been the very first MJA recruit and since Read more…
Dr Michael O’Donnell (October 20,1928 – April 6, 2019) Geoff Watts worked for Michael O’Donnell at World Medicine for seven years, first as Science Editor and later as Deputy Editor. Read more…
Nick Henderson, long time MJA member, died in December, aged 92. Nick played a pivotal role in the launch of the association in 1967, along with, amongst others, Ronnie Bedford, Read more…