Certificates of TSANZ ASM Attendance will be emailed out to all attendees during the week of June 30

TSANZ 2025 Award Winners

Congratulations to all of the Winners

During the 43rd TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, the winners were announced at the TSANZ Annual Awards dinner held at Old Parliament House Canberra on Monday 23 June 2025

Early Career Researchers Award (Basic Science)

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

Karli Shaw
Daniel Babekuhl
Matthew Jack Tunbridge
James Besanko
Yashutosh Joshi
Cheng Sheng Chai
Griffith Boord Perkins
Taeyoung Son
Jennifer Rigterink
Amy Prosser


Early Career Researchers Award (Clinical Science)

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

Rachel Cutting
Yashutosh Joshi
Harry Robertson
Charles William George Risbey
Craig Coorey
Nida Saleem
Sanjay Dutta
Alex Gilbert
Brenda Maria Rosales
James Hedley


The Prestigious President's Prize

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

Yashutosh Joshi (Basic Science)
Harry Robertson (Clinical Science)

President's Prize People's Choice Award

Yashutosh Joshi (Basic Science)
Yashutosh Joshi (Clinical Science)


Best Poster award

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

Nirupama Verma (Basic Science)
Alison Weightman (Clinical Science)


TSANZ Award for the highest scoring abstract relating to Transplantation - Heart

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

Warren Pavey


TSANZ Award for the highest scoring abstract relating to Transplantation - First Nations People

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

Wathsala Munasinghe


TSANZ Award for the highest scoring abstract relating to Transplantation – Gender Equity

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

Tennille Vitagliano


TSANZ Aviva Rosenfeld Award for Excellence in Patient Care in Transplantation

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

This award has been established in honour of Aviva Rosenfeld, the TSANZ Executive Officer from 1996 to 2015. The award recognises an outstanding clinician who has demonstrated excellence in patient care in transplantation.

Calina Ting


Josette Eris Memorial Award

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

In support of emerging female leaders in transplantation.

Debbie Watson


TSANZ Ian McKenzie Prize for Outstanding Contribution in Transplantation

Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Assoc Professor Nicole Isbel

This prestigious award recognises researchers who have demonstrated excellence and exceptional contribution in the field of transplantation.

​Natasha Rogers


KHA Awards Sponsored by Kidney Health Australia

Presented by Roxanne Perry - Kidney Health Manager

Alex Gilbert (Laboratory Research)
Tracey Ying (Clinical Research)


Lungitude Foundation Award - Sponsored by the Lungitude Foundation

Presented by A/Prof Bronwyn Levvey

Sanjay Dutta


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

Not offered this year


TSANZ Lafferty Distinguished Service Award

This biennial award is named in memory of Kevin Lafferty, an Australian pioneer in transplantation biology who discovered that co-stimulation was required for T cell activation and graft rejection.

Not offered this year