News | Grand Ideas Award Shortlist Member Wins Award

Friday 22nd June 2012.

BMJ Junior Doctor of the Year awarded to Dr Alexander Finlayson.

Dr Alexander Finlayson was presented with the BMJ Junior Doctor of the Year award at a ceremony this week. The Junior Doctor of the Year award acknowledges the doctor in training who has most notably contributed to medicine or healthcare, and significantly impacted on the wellbeing of the wider community.

Alexander has worked across clinical medicine, training and academia and his most notable achievement has been to establish MedicineAfrica, a programme offering medical students and graduating doctors in Somaliland the opportunity to receive weekly live case based education in small groups from faculties across the UK with follow up mentoring. This project is now being developed in Palestine, Tanzania and Ghana.

Alexander is shortlisted for this months Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award with his business MedicineAfrica. You can watch his and the other 9 elevator pitch videos on the Awards page.

After you've watched all 10 elevator pitch videos don't forget to vote for your favourite - your vote could help them win the £1,000 funding.