The 270th Scientific Meeting of OMSRS which is the 2024 Research Staff Awards was held on the 19th June at Colquhoun Lecture theatre between 5-6.30 pm. This year four staff shortlisted by Editorial Panel led by Dr Adam Middleton presented.
The meeting was convened by Professor Shyamal Das, President of OMSRS, and judges for presentation were Dr Adam Middleton, Dr Benedict Seo, Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee and Dr Natasha Flack.
The winner was Jerry Hsu from the Department of Psychological medicine (Abstract: CW Hsu, CC Lin, Gray A, Ross J, Akuhata-Huntington Z. Investigating an ‘overdose’ of digital mental health intervention targeting depression using cognitive bias modification). The winner received a certificate and $500 prize money.
The runner up was Teodora Georgescu from the Department of Anatomy (Absttract: T Georgescu, I Sawyer, AM Stewart1 M Gillett, SR Ladyman, DR Grattan. Suppression of both bacterial and viral fevers in late pregnancy in mice.).The runner up received a certificate and $250 prize money.
These awards are kindly sponsored by the Otago Postgraduate Medical Society (OPMS). The CEO of OPMS, Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee was present to hand over the Awards.
Congratulations Jerry and Teodora!
Best wishes,
Professor Shyamal Das
President, Otago Medical School Research Society
