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Listed below are award winners since 2010, the year of the formation of the BIA.
Click here to see list of award winners prior to 2010. 

Barnett Christie Lectureship

2021 Dr Rishi Gupta, University College London
          Precision targeting of preventative therapy for tuberculosis

2020 Dr Ankur Gupta-Wright, University College London
          Tuberculosis diagnostics to reduce HIV-associated mortality 

2019 Dr Tom Parks, University College London
          Genetics, complement and immunoglobulin genes, and why people get group A streptococcal disease

2018 Dr Bernadette Young, University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
          Passengers and pathogens: how can bacterial genomes help us understand Staphylococcus aureus infections?

2017 Dr Timothy Rawson, Imperial College London
          What is the role of biosensors and artificial intelligence in achieving individualised antimicrobial therapy?

2016 Dr James Price, Brighton & Sussex University
          The staphylococcus aureus controversy: hospital hygiene or bad bugs?

2015 Dr Tim Walker, University of Oxford
          Whole genome sequencing of M tuberculosis: how big a revolution?

2014 Dr David Eyre, University of Oxford
         Whole genome sequencing in your lab - opportunity or distraction?

2013 Dr Dimitria Peppa, Mortimer Market Centre, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
         Killer cells in chronic Natural hepatitis B virus infection: Friend or foe?

2012 Dr Manish Pareek, University of Leicester
         Immigrant screening for tuberculosis: a missed opportunity to improve tuberculosis control in the United Kingdom

2011 Dr Joe Jarvis, London
         Novel Strategies for Treatment and Prevention of HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis

2010 Dr Susanna Dunnachie, Oxford
         Malaria Vaccines - The Limits and the Possibilities

 

BIA/MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship (first awarded 2014)

2015 Nicholas Norton (2014-2017)
  

BIA Research Fellowship

2015  Robert Evans, University of Sheffield  
          Developing the zebrafish as a model for investigating eicosanoid signalling during cryptococcal infection
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           Julia Colston, University of Oxford  
          T cell memory “inflation” as a tool for the design of novel adenoviral vaccine strategies

2014  Dami Collier, University College London

2013  Dr Anna Goodman, University College London
         Dr Tomasz Prajsnar, University of Sheffield

 

BIA Research Project Grants

2016  Claire Broderick, LSHTM  
          Latent tuberculosis infection: evaluating the transcription responses to treatment
          James Price, University of Sussex  
          Does cryptic carriage explain apparent acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus?
          Naomi Walker, LSHTM  
          Matrix Degradation Products (MDPs) for TB diagnosis

2015  Paul Collini, University of Sheffield
         Geraldine O'Hara, LSHTM 
         Brendan Payne, University of Newcastle

2014   Daniel Neill, University of Liverpool
          Philippa Matthews, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
          Chris Duncan, Newcastle University
 

BIA Clinical Exchange Award

2016    Michael Benedict, University of Liverpool - Institute of Infection & Global Health  
             Using Intravital multiphoton microscopy to visualise leucocyte chemotaxis in a murine model of herpes simplex encephalitis 

2015   Geraldine O'Hara, LSHTM

2014   Steven Ray, University of Liverpool

 

BIA Travel Awards

2016  Daniel O'Connor, University of Oxford, Oxford Vaccine Group
            ESPID 2016
         Kyriaki Giorgakoudi, University of Cambridge Disease Dynamics Unit
            CMTB at the University of Nottingham - Infectious disease modelling and public health policy

2015  Thomas C Darton, Sheffield Teaching Hospital Trust 
             9th International Conference on Typhoid and Invasive NTS Disease
          Louise Frances Hill, London School of Hygiene & Trop Med
             33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
          Sara Brilha, Imperial College London 
             Poster Presentation Final yr of PhD. ECI in Vienna
          Elvire Berthenet, Swansea University 
             Speaker Award winner for CHRO meeting in NZ
          Stephen Tuffs, Roslin Institute 
             Oral presentation at Staph mtg in Gordon conference Tuscany
          Fadil Bidmo, Imperial College London 
             Poster at European Meningococcal disease Society Amsterdam
          Anna Last
          Hema Sharma 

2014   Clark Russell, University of Edinburgh
           Defres Sylviane, University of Liverpool
           Enrique Castro Sanchez, Imperial College London
           Clare Turner, Imperial College London
           Megan Osbourne, Queen's University Belfast 
              Frontiers of Immunology in Health & Disease, Sept 2014
           Sabrina Roberts, Kingston University London 
               XIXth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conf (IPNC), October 2014
           Madeleine Malina, Royal Free Hospital London
           Jennifer Roe, University College London
           Jamie Whitehorn, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

2013  Felicia Lim; Paul McAdam 

 

BIA Travel From Overseas Award

 

Prize Winners from BIA Annual Meetings

Spring 2016 (19th Annual Meeting)

Free Scientific Paper Presentation
          1st   Claire Turner, Imperial College, London
                  Discovery of an epidemic lineage of group A Streptococcus with enhanced nasopharyngeal infection and transmission      

          2nd   Ji Soo Baik, Imperial College London
                   Investigating vancomycin therapy across secondary care pathways: are we dosing patients appropriately?

Clinical Case   Sara Boyd, Imperial College London
                       A helpful pre-operative fever

Poster Prize   Andrew Kemp, Nottingham University NHS Hospitals Trust
                       Alcohol gels: More harm than good? 

 

Spring 2015 (18th Annual Meeting)

Free Scientific Paper Presentation
          1st   Emma Johnson, Sheffield Teaching Hospital
          2nd   Tom Winfield, Imperial College London

Clinical Case   Megan Jenkins

Poster Prize   Joanna Randall

Trainees Presentation Prize   No award made 2015 

 

Spring 2014 (17th Annual Meeting)

Free Scientific Paper Presentation  
          1st   Meghan Perry, Western General Edinburgh
                        Arsenic, antimony & Leishmania 
          2nd  Paul Collini, University of Sheffield
                         HIV-1 reduces macrophage apoptosis-associated killing of streptococcus pneumoniae                        
Clinical Case   Thomas Lavender, Royal Victoria Infirmary
                              A tale of two Darlington Heliophiles 
Poster Prize   Celia Jackson, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
                             The diagnostic challenges of malaria: current perceptions and practices in the Tanga region of Tanzania
Trainees Presentation Prize   Lucy Rivett, Addenbrookes
                                                      Fulminant hepatitis after Rituximab 

 

Misc Awards

Glasgow University Meeting
          Best Oral Prize      A Burnham
          Best Poster Prize   A Wilson

2014 Dr David Eyre, University of Oxford:  Whole genome sequencing in your lab - opportunity or distraction?

• 2013 Dr Dimitria Peppa, Mortimer Market Centre, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust:  Natural Killer cells in chronic hepatitis B virus infection: Friend or foe?
• 2012 Dr Manish Pareek, University of Leicester:  Immigrant screening for tuberculosis: a missed opportunity to improve tuberculosis control in the United Kingdom
• 2011 Dr Joe Jarvis, London:  Novel Strategies for Treatment and Prevention of HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis
• 2010 Dr Susanna Dunnachie, Oxford:  Malaria Vaccines - The Limits and the Possibilities
• 2009 Rod Escombe, Imperial College:  Tuberculosis transmission, infectiousness and infection control.
• 2008 Dr Anthony Solomon, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:  Can azithromycin help to eliminate trachoma by the year 2020?
• 2007 Dr Daniel Webster, University of Oxford:  Trials and tribulations.
• 2006 Dr John Frater, University of Oxford:  HIV and immune escape – what is the cost of viral evolution?
• 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. 

BIA (BIS) Research Fellowship: previous winners

• 2013      Dr Anna Goodman, University College London; Dr Tomasz Prajsnar, University of Sheffield
• 2009      NO AWARD PENDING MERGER WITH AMM
• 2008      Dr. Richard Maude, Oxford University. 
• 2007      Dr. Thushan de Silva. MRC Unit The Gambia
• 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

• 2009        NO AWARD PENDING MERGER WITH AMM
• 2008        Dr.Christine Jones, St. Mary’s Hospital/University of Cape Town
• 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

• 2012       Moerida Belton, Imperial College; L C Goodwin, Liverpool
• 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

• 2012       Amandip Sahota, Leicester; Richard Maude, Worcester
• 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 Small Grant Awards

• 2009        NO AWARD PENDING MERGER WITH AMM
• 2008        Dr. Sarah Bailey, University of Sussex; Dr.Louis Grandjean, Imperial College; Dr. Jonathon Tyrell-Price, Imperial College
• 2007        Dr. T. Curran, Royal Victoria Belfast;  Dr. Andrew Kirby, Liverpool University;  Dr. D. Peppa, Mortimer Market Centre;  Dr. P. Robertson, Gartnavel General Hospital

BIA Clinical Exchange Award & Small Research Project Grant

• 2013       Gayti Islam, University of Sheffield;  Joby Cole, University of Sheffield;  Alex Cochrane, University of Bristol and North Bristol NHS Trust;  Anna Goodman, University College London
• 2012       Tom Wingfield, North Manchester General Hospital;  Catriona Waitt, University of Liverpool

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.