Shortlist 2026

The shortlist for the 2026 Edinburgh Medical School Student Awards has been announced.

Edinburgh Medical School Student Awards 2026

The short-list for the 2026 Edinburgh Medical School Student Awards is as follows:

Student society/group/club of the year

Arabic Medical Society

Edinburgh Medics' Reveal

Widening Participation Medics Society 

Exceptional leader

Alsadeg Bilal

Justin Wei

Event of the year

Biomedical Society

Edinburgh Medics' Reveal

Global Health Society

Healthcare Professional Graduate Medic Group 

Medics' Musical 2026

Outstanding community impact

Conscious Edinburgh

Edinburgh Medics' Reveal 

Mohamed Al-Zubaidi

UoE Saving Lives

Undergraduate student representative of the year

Helmut Yeung

Jack Tierney

JC Santos 

Rory Maciver 

Zainab Hayat-Saleem

Postgraduate student representative of the year

Bernice Pollacco

Collaboration of the year

Benjamin Adams 

Biomedical Society

Outstanding volunteering achievement

Jess Lonsdale

Campaigning for change

Cassie Richardson 

MBChB year 4 students (2025/26)

Big Blether award: compassion and wellbeing

Linzi Clark

WellMed

Edinburgh Medical School Alumni Award

Adharsh Prasad

Fatima Kaab 

Maha Arif

Moray Grigor

Edinburgh Medical School 300 award

CMVM Post-graduate Research Representatives

JC Santos

Medics' Musical 2026