Congratulations to Aksha Ramaesh, Medical Student at Edinburgh University, on winning the 2015 UK Intensive Care Society Medical Student Essay Prize. Her research project, 'Incidence and long-term outcomes of adult patients with diabetic ketoacidosis admitted to Intensive Care: a retrospective cohort study', was funded by a Medical Research Scotland Vacation Studentship and supervised by Dr Nazir Lone. Medical Student Essay Prize Medical Research Scotland Publication date 14 Jan, 2016