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OUCAGS alumna wins Lasker Foundation essay contest

Awards

Dr Louise Downs, formerly an OUCAGS academic clinical fellow, was one of five winners of the Lasker Foundation’s 10th annual Lasker Essay Contest. Her essay, ‘Is a test better than no test when there is no treatment?’, weighs the pros and cons of searching for a diagnosis when there is no possibility of treatment.

More information is available on the Nuffield Department of Medicine website.

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