Wellbeing of Women, the research charity improving the health of women and babies, hosted its Annual Lunch Debate in celebration of its 50th year with Dame Mary Archer DBE as the guest speaker at the Royal Society of Physicians in London on Thursday 15th January 2015. Sir Victor Blank, Chairman at Wellbeing of Women, welcomed over 200 guests and 17 medical researchers who have benefited from funding by the charity, to the event. Among the other speakers were Professor Catherine Nelson-Piercy, who in 2013 was funded by the charity to develop an e-learning tool on medical problems in pregnancy for trainee physicians and Dr Leo Gurney, who was awarded a Wellbeing of Women fellowship to conduct research into preterm births. Host for the lunch was Sky News TV presenter Kay Burley with Fiona Leishman, the new Chief Executive of the charity giving the closing vote of thanks and acknowledging the continuing support of Pwc, the partner for the Wellbeing of Women Annual Lunch Debate.
About Dame Mary Archer DBE
Dame Mary Archer DBE started her career as a physical chemist and taught Chemistry at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. She was Chair of the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust from 2002 – 2012 and a founder director of Cambridge University Health Partners from 2009 – 2012. In 2012, she was appointed DBE for services to the NHS.
Dame Mary is Chair of the Science Museums Group, Chair of Imperial Collage Health Partners’ Expert Advisory Board and President of the National Energy Foundation, the UK Solar Energy Society and the Guild of Church Musicians. She is a Trustee of the UK Stem Cell Foundation and the Britten Sinfonia and she has recently joined the Hydrodec Group plc as a non-executive director
About Wellbeing of Women
Wellbeing of Women is the charity dedicated to improving the health of women and babies across the UK. Every year it invests in special research projects and allocates funds towards the training of specialist doctors and midwives. Wellbeing of Women funds much-needed research into crucial female health issues including miscarriage, stillbirth, gynaecological cancers, endometriosis, menopause and urinary incontinence. Established in 1964 the charity has enabled the major breakthroughs in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Visit www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk for further information