Celebrating achievements of students and researchers

Sydney Medical School’s annual Scholarships, Prizes and Grants Reception 2009 was held in MacLaurin Hall on October 29. The evening celebrates the achievements of medical students and researchers who received Medical Foundation grants. It also brings together the recipients of awards with donors, including alumni, friends and professional organisations.

Medical Foundation grants were presented by the recently elected President of the Medical Foundation, Mr Roger Corbett. Dr Paul Lancaster spoke about the contribution of alumni, and the Medical Alumni Association scholarships.

A full list of prize, scholarship and grant recipients is below along with photos from the night.

Sydney Medical Program prizes and scholarships

Anaesthesia

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Prize (2008)
Phillipa Claire Rains

Anatomy and Histology

John and Lillian Frances Laycock Memorial Prize for the best dissection in anatomy (2008)
Lillian Jenkins

J L Shellshear Memorial Prize in Anatomy (1959)
Marille Dhilukshini Umakanthan

Professor John Irvine Hunter Prize for Research in Anatomy Prize (1990)
Daniel James Vagg

The Renwick Prize No.1 in Anatomy (1877)
Melinda Catherine Wosik

Cancer Medicine

Jan Coppleson Memorial Prize for Cancer Medicine (1984)
Yu Yang Soon
Sarah Isabella Sutherland

General Practice

The AMA Prize in General Practice (1936)
David Abelson
Sally Cohen
Aneuryn Rozea

NSW Department of Health Rural Health Essay Prize (1989)
Sarah Kate Tolerton

Medicine

Harold Alfred Waldron Memorial Prize in Bacteriology (1938)
Daniel Stuart Trevena

George Allan Prize for Therapeutics (1952)
Emily Meg Gregory-Roberts

Harold John Ritchie Memorial Prize for Clinical Medicine (1955)
Sonia Afsari

Harry J Clayton Memorial Prize for Medicine and Clinical Medicine (1929)
Rebecca Bronwyn Saunderson

Robert Scot Skirving Memorial Prize for Medicine and Surgery (1975)
Jessica Elizabeth Lane

Semmelweis Prize in Clinical Infectious Diseases (1991)
Phoebe Williams

Arthur Edward Mills Prize for the best Sydney Medical Program Honours paper (1940)
Rebecca Bronwyn Saunderson

GS Caird Scholarship No I in Basic & Clinical Sciences in Medicine (1918)
Daniel Matthew Raper

GS Caird Scholarship No II for a Project in Community Doctor Theme
Dale Marchant

John Harris Scholarship in the Basic and Clinical Sciences (1887)
Karen Jessica Fullard

John Wait Scholarship in the Preclinical Sciences (1944)
Mark Taylor

McMahon Tennent Prize in Biochemistry (1952)
Peter Manders

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology

Dame Constance d’Arcy Memorial Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1952)
Cheryl Xian-Yi Phua

Dr Grace Cuthbert Browne Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1990)
Holly Angela Sinclair

Mabel Elizabeth Leaver Memorial Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1955)
Peter Manders

RANZCOG Women’s Health Award in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2005)
Emily Meg Gregory-Roberts
This award was presented by Dr Kirsten Black

Ophthalmology

James and Margaret Claffy Prize in Ophthalmology (1965)
Geoffrey Broadhead
Timothy Richmond Sullivan

Clarence and Mabel Clark Prize in Ophthalmology (1988)
Roderick O’Day

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists Prize (1965)
Ian Ng
Jennifer Snaith
Shiu Kei Eric Tang

Paediatrics and Child Health

Paediatric Health Education Prize (1984)
Rebecca Bronwyn Saunderson
Sarah Kate Tolerton

The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Medical Staff Council Prize in Paediatrics (1998)
Natalie Janette Purcell

Pathology

Allan Douglas Gillies Memorial Prize for Pathology (1942)
Margaret Shaw

Inglis and Ward Prize in Pathology and Bacteriology (1953)
Lukas Burns Cheney

Parkinson Memorial Prize for Pathology (1910)
Srihari Mahadev

Psychological Medicine

A T Edwards Memorial Prize in Psychological Medicine (1985)
Hamish Paul Dunn

Campbell Kordick Memorial Prize in Psychological Medicine (1988)
Korana Musicki
Yu Yang Soon

Cedric Swanton Memorial Prize in Psychological Medicine (1974)
Emily Meg Gregory-Roberts

Norton Manning Memorial Prize in Psychological Medicine (1907)
Danielle Louise Winch

P J V Beumont Prize in Psychological Medicine (2001)
Jeffrey Scott Ball

Surgery

K C T Rawle 104 ACCS Association Prize in Surgery (1981)
Hayley A Berry
Michael Joseph Seitz

Robert Craig Prize in Surgery (1918)
Emma Louise Gray
Katie Ruth Willis

Sir John Loewenthal Prize in Surgery (1981)
Giuseppe Femia

William Henry and Eliza Sharp Prize in Surgery (1938)
Mithun Joshi

Sidney B Clipsham Memorial Prize in Operative Surgery (1913)
Michelle Thurston

A M Taylor Scholarship in Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery (2008)
Nicholas Damien Cardillo
Richard Coles
Kate Alexandra Gerahty
John Thomas Morellato
David Jacob Samra

Other prizes and scholarships

The Martin William Kimmings Elective Term Scholarship (2009)
Jonathan Noonan
Yun Wang

Technion Exchange Scholarship (2007)
Choisung Cathy Ngo
Owen Sainsbury

George Institute China Exchange Scholarship (2008)
Nathan Lum

Dr John Osborne RN Scholarship (1919)
Hugh Lewis Henry Giddings

Edith Collins Prize for Research into Alcohol Abuse and Related Disorders (2002)
Holly Angela Sinclair

Dr Carl Richard Jackson Scholarship
Adrian Lo
Katherine Miller

Joye Prize in Medicine (2008)
Joshua Daniel Smith

Postgraduate research prize

Peter Bancroft Prize for Research Work (1923)
Wendy Anne Cooper
Francis Fung Lam
Luciana Andrade Carneiro Machado
Jingqin Wu

Medical Foundation Grants and Scholarships

The Medical Foundation Scholarship 2009
Dr Aniruddh Vijay Deshpande

Medical Foundation Grant, CHAMP (Concord Health & Ageing in Men Project)
Professor Robert Cumming

Medical Foundation/Reginald Ward & Adrian Cotter Foundation Fellow, Prostate Cancer
Dr Qihan Dong

Medical Foundation Fellow, Ophthalmology
Professor Mark Gillies

Medical Foundation Grant, Rural Adolescent Cohort Study
Professor Katherine Steinbeck

Medical Foundation Chapman Fellow, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Dr Gemma Figtree

Medical Foundation Chapman Fellow, Cardiac Arrhythmia
Dr Eddy Kizana

Medical Foundation Capital Works Grant, Department of Adolescent Health, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Associate Professor Sue Towns

Medical Foundation Grant, Chair of Developmental Neurobiology
Professor Tom Becker