The ‘Nicola Claire Hood Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement’ is a prestigious annual prize of £1,000 (index linked) given in memory of King’s medical student Nicola Hood who died in July 2014, aged 26, having been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
The prize will be awarded to one medical student each year for outstanding achievement in their Student Selected Component (SSC). Shortlisted students will be personally invited to apply for the prize and the winner will be selected following a brief presentation to a panel, summarizing their work.
Nicola won this award in 2009 for her SSC on “The Placebo Effect: Physiology or Psychology” hence the association.
Past Winners
| 2025 | Raphael Birch | Understanding the Nature of Asthma Exacerbations in Patients on Tezepelumab –Click here |
| 2024 | Benjamin Birns | Misophenomena in Tourette Syndrome – Click here |
| 2023a | Ayesha Unadkat | An Emotional Rollercoaster – Click here |
| 2023b | Elif Nur Vural | Representing Pain Through Art – Click here |
| 2022 | Nikhil Patel | Reflecting on the Historical and Modern Representations of the Female Body and Mind – Click here |
| 2021 | Alice Waterfield | Deaf Awareness – Click here |
| 2020a | Alessandra Gibson | Understanding Patient’s Stories – Coming soon |
| 2020b | Jessica O’Logbon | Ethnicity influences total serum vitamin b12 concentration – a study of black, Asian and white patients in primary care – Click here |
| 2019 | Celina Pook | How good are NHS Urology Websites? – Click here |
| 2018 | Jessica Little | The Representation of Long-Term Physical or Mental Pain in Art and Medicine – Click here |
| 2017 | ……………………………. | Award not given (SSC changed from Year 1 to Year 2) |
| 2016 | Bethany Wildridge | Medical Anthropology – Click here |
| 2015 | Lucy Tomasetti | What Effect Do Sex Differences Have On PTSD? – Click here |
| 2009 | Nicola Claire Hood | The Placebo Effect: Physiology or Psychology? – Click here |
Nicola Claire Hood Memorial Award 