The winner of the £250 Prize for the Best accepted paper in 2009 was Sweni Shah with the paper "Common ailments observed among students and their parents during travel", published in Volume 7, Issue 5, September 2009. Congratulations Sweni.
First Look - Student Research was a new section launched in 2009 in the Journal Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. The Editor, Dr Jane Zuckerman is delighted to invite Undergraduate and Postgraduate students to submit manuscripts on any aspect of travel medicine, infectious disease or international health for publication in the Journal. The submitted paper should be approximately 3,000 words in length.
The Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow confirmed the establishment of its multidisciplinary Faculty of Travel Medicine in December 2005. The inaugural Annual General meeting and associated educational events were held on 18th October 2006 when its first elected Faculty Board was established. While some of those practicing Travel Medicine will be working primarily within other involved specialties such as primary care, infectious diseases, occupational health, tropical medicine and public health, the Faculty gives a ‘home’ within which experienced and well qualified practitioners can relate closely to each other and actively support Faculty objectives.
