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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

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Our work is for the benefit of everyone with rare diseases and their communities. By preparing doctors to diagnose and manage rare conditions, M4RD is improving the patient experience. Help us grow so we can achieve our ultimate goal – mandatory medical education in rare disease at an undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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The Unusual Suspects: Rare Diseases in Everyday Medicine

Videos from this year’s symposium at The Royal Society of Medicine will be released weekly. Starting with Dr Richard Scott, Clinical Lead for Rare Disease at Genomics England and a Consultant in Clinical Genetics at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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“It’s not all in my head!” – The complex relationship between rare diseases and mental health problems

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Meet the Team

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

Lucy McKay

Lucy McKay

CEO
Debra Fine

Debra Fine

Treasurer
Tanya Collin-Histed

Tanya Collin-Histed

Trustee
Hannah Grant

Hannah Grant

Trustee
Chris France

Chris France

Chair of Trustees
Dan Jeffries

Dan Jeffries

Trustee
Find out more about the M4RD Team
Medics4RareDiseases Ltd is a registered UK charity, Registered Charity Number 1183996. M4RD is registered at Companies House as a private company registered by guarantee without share capital, Company Number 11119884. Our registered address is: c/o Analogue Wonderland, Unit 32 BasePoint - Cressex Enterprise Centre, Lincoln Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3RL.

M4RD is currently funded by company sponsorship with unrestricted grants. To find out more click here.

Please note that M4RD does not provide any clinical services and staff are not able to assist in making a diagnosis or clinical referrals. The information on this website is provided for driving awareness and should not be interpreted as or a substitute for professional medical advice.

Upcoming Events

  1. Wolfram Syndrome virtual conference

    September 26

  2. RareFest20

    November 27 - November 28

  3. The Unusual Suspects 2021

    10th February 2021 @ 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm

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