BIS Award Holders

Updated Jan 2008

 

Barnett Christie Lectureship

2005       Dr Mahdad Noursadeghi, UCL, London

Innate Immunity and the Acute Phase Response

2004       Dr Guy Thwaites, Brighton & Sussex University Hospital

Tuberculous Meningitis: New Challenges, Old Solutions

2003       Dr Nicholas Price, Department of infectious Diseases, Imperial College, London

Tadpole tales and tissue destruction in tuberculosis

2002       Steven Lawn, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London

AIDS in Africa: the impact of coinfections on HIV-1 pathogenesis

2001       Dr Karen Robinson, University of Nottingham

Self-defence against meningococcal disease.

2000       Dr David Dockrell, University of Sheffield Medical School

Apoptotic cell death in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases – to apoptose or not to apoptose?

1999       Dr Mark Evans, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Mycobacterium ulcerans: an emerging disease

1998       Dr Richard Bellamy, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Host genetics and infectious diseases: current progress in the search for mycobacterial susceptibility genes

1997       Dr Andy Hamilton, London

Fungal superoxide dismutase - heterogeneity in form and function

1996       Dr Jonathan Kerr, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

Studies of parvovirus B19 infection

1995       Dr Annette Jepson, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Infection and the new genetics

1992       Dr Peter Flegg, City Hospital, Edinburgh

The natural history of HIV infection in Edinburgh drug users

1991       Dr Sunil Shaunak, Hammersmith Hospital, London

Mechanisms determining HIV infection of CNS derived cells and the use of PCR to detect early neurological involvement

 

BIS Research Fellowship: previous winners

2006        Dr Ravi Gupta, University College London

               Dr Brendan Payne, University of Newcastle

2005        Dr Sarah Anderson, University College London

               Dr Rachel Exley, Imperial College London

2004        Dr Tihana Bicanic, St Georges Hospital Medical School

2003        Dr Jeremy Day, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool

2002        Dr Megan Cornere, Imperial College, London

 

BIS International Fellowship

2003        Ms Piengchan Sonthayanon, Wellcome Trust Unit, Bangkok and Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand

 

BIS Clinical Exchange Award

2006        Dr Steven Walker, LSHTM

2004        Dr William Hope, University of Manchester

2001        Dr Nichola Jones, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

 

BIS Autumn Trainees' Meeting Best Presentation Prize

2007       Dr Juliet Elvy, Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation NHS Trust, Exeter

2006       Dr Clare L Taylor, North Manchester General Hospital

2005       Dr Lionel Tan, Royal Free Hospital, London

 

BIS Spring Meeting Presentation Prize

2007 Dr Neil Jenkins, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

2006       Dr Michael Brown, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex

2005       Ms Abigael Hopkins, HPS Scotland

2004       Dr Charlotte Hawkey, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex

2004       Dr John Northfield, University of Oxford, Oxford

2003       Dr R Phillips, Komfo Anoke Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana & St George's Hospital Medical School, London

2002       Dr Ian Teo, Imperial College, London

2001       Dr Gail Thomson, North Manchester General Hospital

2000       Dr Madhad Noursadeghi, Imperial College London

 

BIS Spring Meeting Clinical Case Presentation Prize

2006       Dr Nikhil Premchand, Newcastle

2005       Dr Anjali Shetty, Department of Microbiology, Cardiff

2004       Dr Donald Inverarity, Department of Medical Microbiology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

2004       Dr Erica Peters, Department of Infectious Diseases, Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow combined BIS/SGM Meeting)

2003       Dr Penny Smith, Royal Free Hospital, London

2002       Dr Steven Lawn, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London

 

BIS Prizes at FIS Meeting

2007 BIS/MSD Bursary for best presentation Phillippa Mathews, University of Oxford.

2007 BIS Travel Bursary for best presentation Rachael Moores, Imperial College London.

2007 BIS/MSD Travel Award (anti-microbial resistance) Murial Marufa and Miranda Bachelor, HPA Centre for Infections, London.

2007 BIS/MSD Prize for best presentation (ESBLs) Kerry Williams, Royal Free Hospital

2007 Best Clinical Lesson Jane Davies, Royal Liverpool University Hospital

2006 BIS/MSD Bursary for best presentation Derek Sloan, Liverpool.

2006 BIS Travel Bursary for best presentation Fiona Cooke, Sanger centre, University of Cambridge.

2006 BIS/MSD Travel Award for best presentation (anti-infectives) Karen Bowker, Bristol.

2006 BIS/MSD Prize for best presentation (resistant gram negatives) Dearbhaille Morris, University College Galway

2005 BIS/MSD Bursary for Best presentation Dr. Carolyn Hemsley, CMMI, Imperial College London

2005 BIS/Sanofi-Aventis Bursary for Best presentation Dr. Susie Jerwood, Worthing Hospital, Sussex

2005 BIS/MSD Travel prize (anti-infectives) Dr. David Wyllie, Oxford

2005 BIS/MSD Travel Prize (resistant gram-negatives) Dr. Suganya Reddy, Preston

2005 Best Clinical Lesson Dr. Thushan Da Silva, Sheffield

2004 BIS Travel Bursary (Best Oral presentation): Dr Paul Morrison, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London

2004 BIS Travel Bursary (Best Poster presentation): Dr Julie Andrews, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, UCH, London

2003 BIS/Aventis Best Oral Presentation: Dr Brendan Healy, Dept. of Microbiology, UHW, Heath Park, Cardiff

2003 BIS/Aventis Best Poster Presentation: Dr Carolyn Hemsley, Dept of Infectious Diseases, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London

2003 BIS Travel Bursary for an excellent presentation: Dr Julia Grieg, Dept of Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham

2002 BIS/Aventis Pharma Best Oral Presentation: Dr Sue Snape, Institute of Infection and Immunity, University of Nottingham

2002 BIS/Aventis Pharma Best Poster Presentation: Ms Tina Miles, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Imperial College London

2002 BIS Travel Bursaries Best Oral presentation: Dr Neil Jenkins, Tropical and Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital

2002 BIS Travel Bursaries Best Poster presentation: Dr Claire Donnelly, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cork University, Ireland

2000 BIS/HMR Best Oral Presentation: Dr D Burgner, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, St Mary's Hospital

2000 BIS/HMR Best Poster Presentation: Dr Mark Meltzer, Dept of Microbiology, St Thomas' Hospital

 

BIS Travel Awards

2006       Dr Mahabaleshwar Albur, Middlesborough; Ms Penelope Gamiri, University of Bristol;

Dr Alessandro Pasqualotto, School of Medicine, University of Manchester

2004       Dr. Frank Post, Guy's, King's, and St. Thomas' School of Medicine

2003       Dr Nashaba Matin, Health Protection Agency, Collindale, London; Dr Lori Synder, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford

2002        Dr Kyle Knox, Department of Microbiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Dr Nicola Jones, Department of Microbiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Dr Shamez Ladhani, New General Hospital, London; Dr Cressida Auckland, Southampton PHL; Dr Gavin Barlow, University of Dundee, Scotland; Dr Martin Llewelyn, Imperial College London

2001       Dr Lori Snyder, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford; Dr David Wareham, Homerton Hospital, London

2000       Dr Nicholas Price, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London; Dr Anna-Maria Murdin-Geretti, King's College, London


BHIVA/BIS Prizes 2007

Best oral presentation: Tihana Bicanic, St George's. Immune reconstitution in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: incidence, risk factors, clinical features and CSF response.

Best poster: Emma Thompson, Imperial College London. Delayed antibody seroconversion in HIV-positive men superinfected with hepatitis C virus.