Prizes and Awards
Find out about the Newcastle University Medical Sciences Doctoral Thesis Prize
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Student Achievement Awards 2012
Congratulations to Fiona Young who was awarded runner-up in the category of Academic and Peer Presentation.
Vitae Public Engagement Winners
Congratulations to both Emma Kirkpatrick (current PhD student) and Dr Sally Williamson (Research Associate) for winning Tuesday's competition. After a training event in Newcastle, both Emma and Sally will be going on to present at the Sheffield Winter Garrdens on 7th July as part of the Sheffield Children's Festival.
College of Occupational Therapists Merit Award
Congratulations to Christine Elliott, an Occupational Therapist and current PhD student at Newcastle. The British Association of Occupational Therapists have awarded Christine a highly prestigious merit award for her contribution to the profession.
The merit awards were established in 2008 to celebrate excellence as recognised by a British Association of Occupational Therapists member's peer group.
Copy of Scopus Young Researcher Award for 2011
Former CBE graduate student Lucy Asher, receives a prestigious award in the category of Health and Medical Sciences
Lucy Asher, a former CBE student was recently invited to receive a 2011 UK Scopus Young Researcher Award. Awards were presented at a ceremony held at the Royal Society in London.
Lucy, and her fellow young researchers were assessed by a jury of 40 comprised of former Fulbright Scholars, academic journal editors and other subject-specific experts. Michael Arthur, Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds, Chair of the Russell Group and Chair of the jury, co-presented the awards with Ron Mobed, Elsevier's CEO Science & Technology. During the ceremony Michael Arthur said, "a part of the UK's strength in research is the ability of universities to attract and train excellent researchers...the level of excellence of the researchers we honour here tonight is a reconfirmation of the UK's continued excellence in global research."
Lucy did her PhD in the Centre for Behaviour and Evolution graduating in 2008 and has recently taken up a lectureship at Nottingham following a post-doc at the Royal Veterinary College. Half of the 14 publications contributing to Lucy’s award are based on her research conducted with at Newcastle.
Congratulations Lucy.
Medical Sciences Postgraduate Research Student Public Lecture Prize
On May 19th Laura Ions, Stephen Hall and Sally Spendiff delivered talks on their research as part of the public lecture series.
Winners of the Faculty of Medical Sciences’ postgraduate public speaking prize were invited to present their work to the public as part of the Insights Public Lecture Series. Prize winners were also awarded a cash prize. Prize winners and talks were
Laura Ions - How can we live healthier for longer?
Stephen Hall - All you need is love... the impact of early-life stress on the brain
Sally Spendiff - Regenerating the Batteries
The competition for these awards was very strong, shortlisted candidates who also recieved communication training were also commended they were
Anne Oyewole; Jonas Zimmermann; Deborah Harrison
