Welcome to the PaeCH / Mohn Centre Joint Christmas Lecture 2026 “Making the UK the best place in the world to pursue a clinical academic career ” Professor Rosalind Smyth CBE Professor Rosalind Smyth CBE is Professor of Child Health at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician at Great Ormond Street Hospital. From 2012-2022 she was Director of the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and also served as Non-Executive Director of Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She was Vice-Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Population Health Sciences (2022-2026).  She has been appointed Vice President (Clinical) of the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences from 2023-2027. She is Non-Executive Director of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (from September 2025), Trustee of the Medical Research Foundation and The Lister Institute. Her current research interest include clinical studies of viral/host interactions in RSV bronchiolitis, clinical trials and systematic reviews of treatments for childhood respiratory disease. She was awarded CBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours 2015, for service to the regulation of medicines for children. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session and drinks reception . Please note this session takes place in person: Lecture Theatre G34, Sir Alexander Fleming building, Imperial College, South Kensington campus SouthKensingtonCampus.pdf – map If you have an enquiry, please get in touch by emailing us at: paech@imperial.ac.uk Register your interest: PaeCH/Mohn Christmas Lecture Thursday 10 December 2026 – Fill out form

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