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Forty years of the Paediatric Research Society in the United Kingdom
  1. M Cosgrove
  1. Honorary Secretary, Paediatric Research Society
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr M Cosgrove, Honorary Secretary, Paediatric Research Society, Department of Child Health, Singleton Hospital, Swansea SA2 8QA, UK;
    mike.cosgrove{at}swansea-tr.wales.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.88.1.4

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    An organisation which fosters and encourages work by young researchers

    The Paediatric Research Society (PRS) in the United Kingdom is an organisation which fosters and encourages the completion and presentation of work by young researchers in any area of paediatrics and child health. Meetings are held twice each year, in spring and autumn, hosted by members around the UK. On 15–16 March 2002 the spring meeting of the PRS was held in Brighton, hosted by Neil Aiton. With a wonderful sense of occasion, the second day of the meeting coincided exactly with the 40th anniversary of the first meeting of the society, held at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Not wishing to miss any opportunity for a celebration, the society held a special anniversary meeting at which Professor Victor Dubowitz (not quite a founder member, but a key figure in the infancy of the society and an ex-Honorary Secretary) gave the guest lecture on his recollections of the early days, and also made some thought provoking suggestions for current members on how the PRS should continue to evolve.

    To mark this anniversary the editorial board of Archives of Disease in Childhood has kindly granted the indulgence of a short piece on the history of the PRS. For information on the founding of the PRS I am grateful to the late Brian Bower, and also to …

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