From the discovery of penicillin in a lab at St Mary's nearly a century ago, to the scientific programmes underpinning our most recent REF impact scores, our stories of discovery and innovation - and the better treatments and healthier communities they've delivered - bear witness to the long history of outstanding science across our campuses, and the real-world impact our work has had on people's lives across the globe.
Imperial Stories: 25 years of medicine impact
In 1997 the distinguished west London medical schools of St Mary’s and Charing Cross & Westminster, and the respected postgraduate institutes at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and National Heart and Lung Institute came together to form a new medical faculty and school within Imperial. In 2022 this Faculty celebrated 25 years since its formation, and took the opportunity to look back and celebrate some of the many fields in which Imperial's medical research has responded to health needs across the last quarter of a century...
