Photography: Norah Alghafis
Barts and London Student Assocation Empire House
This building was opened in 1995-1997 as a medical research centre for Barts and London School of Medicine and Dentistry. It was named the Blizard Institute’s National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation. This building contains offices, laboratories, and teaching spaces. This building is named after John Abernethy, the instigator of St Bartholomew’s Medical College.
Sources Used:
Abernethy Building (2020) Available at: https://surveyoflondon.org/map/feature/1063/detail/ (Accessed: 15/10/2023)
The information page contains all the information that can be found on the virtual tour in one, easy to navigate, page.
The people page shows all the key figures mentioned throughout the tour, whose revolutionary work in their respective fields still assist in research today.
The stories page shows a walk through of how both the medical colleges were founded, as well as how they merged to become what we know today.
The community page celebrates the hard work and selflessness of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry community, and how this has benefited the local community.