#DARE TO THINK RARE

Our Mission

We are driving an attitude change towards rare diseases amongst medical students and doctors in training.

With over 7000 rare diseases, it’s impossible to know about all of them. However it is possible for doctors to:

Appreciate that rare diseases are collectively common
Recognise the exceptional challenges faced by patients with rare diseases

M4RD provides education in the Rare Disease field for medical students and doctors in training. Our ultimate aim is to improve the patient-doctor relationship and speed up the journey to diagnosis.

Medical Schools

We help medical students create their own rare disease societies and events

Competitions

Keep up to date with the latest competitions and opportunities for doctors and medical students

Events

M4RD can help find speakers for and promote an event at your medical school or hospital

Learning Resources

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1 in 17 people will be affected by a rare disease at some point in their lives Source: Rare Disease UK

The Student Voice Prize 2019 is now open Click the banner below to find out more

Meet the Team

We’re a group of passionate people helping medics to dare to think rare.

Lucy McKay

CEO

Tanya Collin-Histed

Trustee

#DARE TO THINK RARE

Our Mission

We are driving an attitude change towards rare diseases amongst medical students and doctors in training.

With over 7000 rare diseases, it’s impossible to know about all of them. However it is possible for doctors to:

Appreciate that rare diseases are collectively common

Recognise the exceptional challenges faced by patients with rare diseases

M4RD provides education in the Rare Disease field for medical students and doctors in training. Our ultimate aim is to improve the patient-doctor relationship and speed up the journey to diagnosis.

Medical Schools

Competitions

Events

Learning Resources

1 in 17 people will be affected by a rare disease at some point in their lives Source: Rare Disease UK

The Student Voice Prize 2019 is now open Click the banner below to find out more

Meet the Team

Lucy McKay

Debra Fine

Tanya Collin-Histed

Hannah Grant

Chris France

Dan Jeffries

Upcoming Events

The unusual suspects: rare diseases in everyday medicine

The unusual suspects: rare diseases in everyday medicine

#DARE TO THINK RARE

Our Mission

We are driving an attitude change towards rare diseases amongst medical students and doctors in training.

With over 7000 rare diseases, it’s impossible to know about all of them. However it is possible for doctors to:

Appreciate that rare diseases are collectively common

Recognise the exceptional challenges faced by patients with rare diseases

M4RD provides education in the Rare Disease field for medical students and doctors in training. Our ultimate aim is to improve the patient-doctor relationship and speed up the journey to diagnosis.

Medical Schools

Competitions

Events

Learning Resources

1 in 17 people will be affected by a rare disease at some point in their lives Source: Rare Disease UK

The Student Voice Prize 2019 is now open Click the banner below to find out more

Meet the Team

Lucy McKay

Debra Fine

Tanya Collin-Histed

Hannah Grant

Chris France

Dan Jeffries

Upcoming Events

The unusual suspects: rare diseases in everyday medicine

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