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 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 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 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 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 Professor Nicole Isbel
Warren Pavey
TSANZ Award for the highest scoring abstract relating to Transplantation - First Nations People
Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Professor Nicole Isbel
Wathsala Munasinghe
TSANZ Award for the highest scoring abstract relating to Transplantation – Gender Equity
Presented by TSANZ Vice-President Professor Nicole Isbel
Tennille Vitagliano
TSANZ Aviva Rosenfeld Award for Excellence in Patient Care in Transplantation
Presented by TSANZ Vice-President 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 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 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 Assoc 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