The UK Academy of Medical Sciences is the independent, expert voice of biomedical and health research in the UK. The Academy’s vision is good health for all supported by the best research and evidence.

Our mission is to help create an open and progressive research sector to improve the health of people everywhere. We achieve this by:

• Supporting researchers with innovative funding and career development opportunities
• Helping create a more sustainable environment for delivering outstanding research
• Helping researchers to work with academia, the public, policy makers and industry to make the greatest difference to health

Our elected Fellows are central to our success; it is their diversity of talent and expertise that enables the Academy to bring authoritative opinion and influence to complex issues of 21st Century medical science and healthcare.

We are:

• An independent, national resource of excellence and expertise in medical science and healthcare.
• Networked to leaders and key influencers in medical science in the UK and abroad.
• Responsive, dynamic and innovative.

Our aims internationally are to enhance biomedical and health research collaboration with the UK and to improve health across the globe by promoting the rapid application of research. Our international strategy identifies four key objectives:

• Promoting the use of research internationally
• Enhancing international collaboration and capacity building
• Strengthening partnerships within the UK and internationally
• Building the Academy’s position internationally