{"id":1426,"date":"2025-09-15T14:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-delighted-to-support-this-years-mja-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:15:09","slug":"dauk-delighted-to-support-this-years-mja-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-delighted-to-support-this-years-mja-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"DAUK delighted to support this year&#8217;s MJA Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Doctors\u2019 Association UK (DAUK) is delighted to support the Medical Journalists\u2019 Association (MJA) Awards 2025.\r\n\r\nDAUK is sponsoring the Feature of the Year (specialist audience) category.\r\n\r\nThe three features on the shortlist are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li><strong>Simar Bajaj <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-01294-7\">Nature: The World Was on Track To End the Aids Epidemic. Then Came Trump<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Jessica Hamzelou<\/strong> \u2013 MIT Technology Review: A strange kind of limbo<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Margaret McCartney, Deborah Cohen<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/386\/bmj.q1706\">BMJ: Galleri promises to detect multiple cancers\u2014but new evidence casts doubt on this much hyped blood test<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mental Health Story of the Year category includes a nomination for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/386\/bmj.q1879\">Adele Waters, of the BMJ<\/a>, for telling the powerful story of DAUK\u2019s GP co-lead Dr Sarah Jacques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MJA Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, which takes place in central London on Wednesday.\r\n\r\nDr Ellen Welch, DAUK co-chair, said: &#8220;We\u2019re really delighted to be supporting the MJA Awards again this year.\r\n\r\n\u201cGood medical journalism makes such a difference. It helps the public understand complex issues, shines a light on the challenges we face in medicine, and tells the human stories.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe value our close relationship with the MJA, and we\u2019re pleased to play a part in recognising and supporting journalists doing such important work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DAUK and the MJA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAUK has strong links with the MJA. We sponsored Feature of the Year (Specialist Audience) category at last year\u2019s awards.\r\n\r\nThe award was won by Carolyn Wickware, executive editor, The Pharmaceutical Journal, for her work published in The Pharmaceutical Journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/pharmaceutical-journal.com\/article\/feature\/uncompassionate-use-the-inconsistent-offering-of-life-saving-unlicensed-medicines\">Uncompassionate use: the inconsistent offering of life-saving unlicensed medicines<\/a>.\r\n\r\nDAUK has also supported the MJA\u2019s annual symposium.\r\n\r\nEmma Wilkinson, the association\u2019s vice-chair, took part in a discussion on medics and the media at our recent conference. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0piJtw0s7Sg\">watch the discussion again<\/a> on our YouTube.\r\n\r\nAnd plans are in the pipeline for the MJA to host a webinar to give doctors a greater understanding of how to work with journalists.\r\n\r\nDAUK committee members are all volunteers and speak to the media about issues facing frontline doctors in their own time. Please support our work by <a href=\"https:\/\/dauk.org\/membership\/\">joining DAUK<\/a> or donating to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-the-work-of-the-doctors-association-uk-dauk\">our GoFundMe<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_10217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10217\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MJA24First_019LOW-600x408.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Left to right: Dr Ellen Welch, DAUK co-chair, Carolyn Wickware, executive editor of The Pharmaceutical Journal, and Dr Sian Williams, awards host. (Credit: Vicki Sharp Photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Doctors\u2019 Association UK (DAUK) is delighted to support the Medical Journalists\u2019 Association (MJA) Awards 2025. 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