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Why I give to King’s Dr Maurice Rothschild Guy’s, Dentistry, 1955 Dr Maurice Rothschild has enjoyed a successful career as a dental surgeon and continues to operate a private practice in London. In addition to volunteering for the Dental Institute by interviewing prospective students, he recently established the Maurice B Rothschild Medal and Prize for Excellence in Endodontology.
NEW ECONOMIC LESSONS
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With the support of campaign donors, King’s has vastly expanded its global vision and reach during the past decade. One initiative, the International Development Institute, is examining today’s emerging economies, exploring the sources of their success and the major development issues that they continue to face. The institute is focused on understanding how emerging economies are confronting the challenges of promoting growth and broadening their societies’ inclusion in the benefits of growth. The fast-growing societies in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East may offer lessons for the developed West as well as many of the world’s poorest nations.
When I interview potential dental students hoping to study dentistry at King’s, I am highly impressed by the calibre shown by most of the current applicants. Those who ‘make the grade’ have been carefully selected and must thereafter be encouraged to strive for excellence in all that they are capable of achieving. When I was a student, I treasured being awarded the Newland Pedley Medal and Prize in my final year before graduation. By awarding a
similar medal and prize in my chosen specialism, I aim to inspire others to succeed in attaining excellence in the same area of expertise. Helping students makes me feel that I am returning some of the inspired gifts of knowledge and professional skills that I acquired from my teachers. We were taught by dedicated dental professionals whose guidance and tuition remained uppermost in our minds throughout our practising lives. Alas, the pre-eminence of the Guy’s name has faded following the merger with King’s, but the size of the new Dental Institute now makes it a world-class example of how such a merger can change our vision for the future. I would ask all who can do so to be generous in offering contributions to sponsor excellence in future generations, such as through the Dental Circle. In the Guy’s spirit of dare quam accipere, it is always preferable to give than to receive.
MORE PEANUTS, NOT FEWER
JULIAN ANDERSON
FOOD AND DRINK/REX
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King’s researchers are working to improve children’s health on many fronts, with their efforts sometimes going in unexpected directions. Researchers in the Department of Paediatric Allergy are leading clinical studies to determine the best strategy to prevent peanut allergy. The department’s Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) study is one of the largest studies of its kind, and its findings will inform global health policies, helping children in the UK and around the world. LEAP is striving to determine if repeated exposure to peanuts from an early age can eliminate allergic reactions. AUTUMN 2014 IN TOUCH
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