TSANZ Current award winners
2020/2021 Award Winners have been announced
Congratulations to all of the Winners
During the 39th TSANZ virtual Annual Scientific Meeting, winners were announced by President, Professor Toby Coates at the Awards night on the 15th March 2021.
The Mark Cocks Award (Sponsored by Transplant Australia)
This prestigious award is to recognise the life of Mark Cocks and his contribution to Transplant Australia and the wider transplant community. It has been generously offered by Transplant Australia through their Team Life program.
2021 Winner - Nicole De la Mata
TSANZ Aviva Rosenfeld Award for Excellence in Patient Care in Transplantation
This award has been established in honour of Aviva Rosenfeld, the TSANZ Executive Officer from 1996 to 2015.
The Aviva award will recognise an outstanding clinician (including physicians, surgeons, nurses, psychologists, social workers, other allied health professionals) who has demonstrated excellence in patient care in transplantation – by putting patients/families first, involving patients in care, communicating effectively and providing compassionate and empathetic care.
2020 Winner - Danielle Sweeney
2021 Winner - Kathy Kable
TSANZ Ian McKenzie Prize for Outstanding Contribution in Transplantation
This prestigious award recognises researchers who have demonstrated excellence and exceptional contribution in the field of transplantation.
Preference will be given to applicants who are within 10 years of embarking on their own research program either in the field of basic science, clinical research or both. The defining period for assessment will be the postdoctoral research years or a similar independent research period.
2021 Winner - Frank Ierino
The Josette Eris Memorial Award (Sponsored by Astellas)
This biennial award, kindly sponsored by Astellas, is to recognise the life of Josette Eris and her contribution to Transplantation. The target candidate is a emerging female leader in the field of Transplantation.
2021 Winner - Kate Wyburn
KHA Awards (Sponsored by Kidney Health Australia)
2021 Winner (Clinical Research) - Darren Lee
2021 Winner (Laboratory Research) - Debbie Watson
Lafferty Award
2020 Winner - Mauro Sandrin
President Prize People's Choice Award (Clinical Science)
2021 Winner - Dylan Barnett
2020 Winner - Ahmer Hameed
President Prize People's Choice Award (Basic Science)
2021 Winner - Leigh Nicholson
2020 Winner - Eric Son
President Prize (Clinical Science)
2021 Winner - Ankit Sharma
2020 Winner - Ahmer Hameed
President Prize (Basic Science)
2021 Winner - Nathan Zammit
2020 Winner - Eric Son
Best Poster (Clinical Science)
2021 Winner - Samuel Shun Kwan Chan
Best Poster (Basic Science)
2021 Winner - Jennifer Louise McRae
Early Career Researchers Award (Clinical Science) (Sponsored by Novartis)
2021 Winners -
Dylan Barnett
James Hedley
Georgina Irish
Brenda Maria Rosales
Ankit Sharma
Karen Waller
Denghao Wu
Jinna Yao
Peter Daechul Yoon
Early Career Researchers Award (Basic Science)
2021 Winners -
Peter Cuthbertson
Sarah Dart
Atharva Kale
Mario Leong
Jennifer Li
Leigh Nicholson
Moumita Paul
Griffith Boord Perkins
Jeanette Villanueva
Nathan Zammit