The Caius Medical Association
NB: Please save Tuesday 21 October in your diaries for a talk by Sir Peter Ratcliffe (1972). More information below.
The Caius Medical Association (CMA) was founded in 1997, which coincidentally was the 400th anniversary of William Harvey's graduation from the College in 1597. Over the past 20 years, the CMA has generated considerable enthusiasm and interest. Its intention is to allow Caius medical undergraduates and graduates to keep in touch with each other and with the College, and to maintain a sense of a Caius medical community before and after graduation. The CMA also provides a mechanism whereby older members can provide help and advice to Caius students and younger members, for example about career choices. We have had many offers of support and help of one kind and another, which were much appreciated by the young Caian medics who have taken them up.
A key part of the CMA is the Annual Meeting in October, which combines a social occasion with a scientific meeting. We also provide financial assistance to Caius students who wish to stay in Cambridge over the Long Vacation to complete lab-based projects or Part II courses and to work abroad. Their work is often presented as posters at the October meeting.
- CMA subscriptions and ties
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You are warmly encouraged to join the CMA in supporting present and future Caius medical students in their studies. You can set up a Direct Debit to increase the value of your subscription by Gift Aiding it. The current subscription is 拢30 per annum, but if you feel inclined to pay more to support the CMA the option is available.
Current medical students are eligible for membership without any fee until they have completed their postgraduate clinical foundation training (up to FY2).
Subscribers to the CMA will be invited to the annual meeting in October each year, when we provide a day full of interest followed by a reception in the Master's Garden and the annual dinner in Hall.
The CMA is enormously grateful for the support of all its members, which gives Caius students an opportunity to gain medical experience they would otherwise be unable to access.
To set up your subscription, please visit one of our secure links below:
Please email the Treasurer (treasurer.cma@cai.cam.ac.uk) if you have any queries about subscriptions.
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- A talk by Sir Peter Ratcliffe
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The CMA and CMS will jointly host a talk by Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe FRS on Tuesday 21 October 2025 at 6.00pm in the Bateman Auditorium.
Sir Peter is a Caius alumnus and the Nobel Laureate for Physiology and Medicine 2019.
His talk will be entitled: 'Elucidation of cellular oxygen sensing mechanisms: adventures of a physician in discovery science'.
Please put it in your diaries.
- CMA committee
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For general enquiries please contact the Hon. Secretary (Kevin O鈥橲haughnessy) at cma@cai.cam.ac.uk.
Committee meeting minutes are available from the hon Secretary.
Executive Committee Patrick Chinnery President Kevin O'Shaughnessy Hon. Secretary David Riches Hon. Treasurer Post Currently Vacant Newsletter Editor Directors of Studies in Medicine Patrick Chinnery (Clinical DoS) James Fraser (Part II and Subject DoS) Zoe Fritz (Clinical DoS) Dino Giussani (IA DoS) John Latimer (Clinical DoS) David Riches (1B DoS) Other Medical Fellows and Medical Supervisors Nick Cunliffe James Fitzsimons Ferdia Gallagher Joe Herbert Kay-Tee Khaw Thomas Krieg Richard LePage Helen Mott Kevin O'Shaughnessy Jo Rees John Robson Julian Sale
If any CMA members happen to be passing through Cambridge, any of us would be delighted to accompany you if you wish to make use of one of your lunching and dining rights at High Table - just give one of the committee a call or email the Hon. Secretary.
