Child Health

2019 Child Health Prizes and Awards

Undergraduate Prizes

2019 RCPCH Medical Student Prize

Awarded to Andrew Croall, for the successful application for nomination on behalf of the School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing

2019 Yorkhill Portfolio Prize

  • 1st prize awarded to Victoria Holdstock
  • Runner up prize awarded to Rebecka Nagyova 

2019 Yorkhill Essay Prize

1st prize awarded to Craig McMillan for the essay, "The re-emergence of measles"

Runner up prize awarded to Liam Vandewalle for the essay, "Gender dysphoria in children and adolescents" 

2019 Hall Prize in Child Health

Awarded to Cameron Morrice

Postgraduate Prizes

2019 Harry Stewart Hutchison Prize

Awarded to Dr Ruairi Wilson, for the research publication, "The use of ommaya reservoirs to deliver central nervous system-directed chemotherapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia" Springer Nature, Pediatric Drugs 2018;

2019 Yorkhill Postgraduate Research Prize

  • 1st prize awarded to Dr Vaios Svolos for the paper, "Treatment of active Crohn's disease with an ordinary food-based diet that replicates exclusive enteral nutrition"  Gastroenterology 2019; 156: 1354-1367
  • Runner-up prize awarded to Dr Shuko Joseph for the paper, "Fractures and linear growth in a nationwide cohort of boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with and without glucocorticoid treatment. Results from the UK Northstar Database"  JAMA Neurology June 2019; Volume 76, number 6

 

Congratulations to all recipients of Child Health prizes and awards for 2019