The Turner-Warwick lecturer scheme is named after the RCP’s first female president, Professor Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick. It commemorates her life-time achievements through recognising the exceptional work of RCP’s trainees in the UK. The scheme showcases trainees’ contributions to healthcare and their ability to communicate and reach across wide-ranging medical training specialties and levels.
Dr Saksena, a former NIHR ACF in Internal Medicine Training/Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, won the competition with the lecture titled: ‘The cost of living crisis and poverty-associated diabetes in the United Kingdom’.
Dr Saksena will deliver her lecture at the ‘Update in medicine’ Birmingham 2024 conference on 6th June 2024 (download the programme).
The next Turner-Warwick lecturer scheme is planned for 2026, with abstract submissions opening in 2025 (see the Turner-Warwick Lectures page).