Following a fascinating annual award lecture given by Prof Justine Smith from Flinders University, Institute Director Prof Andrew Dick and Prof Alison Hardcastle announced the winners of this year's IoO awards.
We received many nominations to recognise and celebrate academic, teaching and collegiality activities from staff and students who have made significant contributions to the Institute in the last year.
The award categories are: research excellence, teaching, and collegiality.
Also, in collaboration with Moorfields BRC, this year we launched the Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) award to recognise excellent PPIE in research.
Research Excellence award
Winner:
- Sylvia Schroeder
For her paper: "Arousal modulates retinal output", publihshed in Neuron
Runners-up:
- Reena Chopra
For her article: "Predicting conversion to wet age-related macular degeneration using deep learning", published in Nature Medicine
Collegiality award
Winners:
- Facilities Management Team:
- Lloyd Springer
- Robbie (full name: Adu Gyamfi Brobbey)
- Dennis Lincoln
- George Bradley
- Mervyn Davies
- Shaun Fagan
Directors' award for exceptional citizenship
Winner:
- Laboratory Facilitation Team:
- Abi Li
- Naheed Kanuga
- Claire Cox
- Gopinath Damodaran
- James Wyles
- Jill Cowing
Teaching excellence award
Winner:
- Omar Mahroo
NIHR Moorfields BRC Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) award
Winners:
- Louca-Mai Brady, Annegret Dahlmann-Noor and Jacq Miller for setting up the Eye-YPAG (young persons’ advisory group for eye and vision research) at Moorfields Eye Hospital
Joint runners-up:
- Omar Mahoo
- Victoria Tovell