{"id":471,"date":"2024-10-23T11:50:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T22:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/?p=471"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:23:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:23:02","slug":"phd-student-award-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/phd-student-award-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Student Award 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 271<sup>st<\/sup> Scientific Meeting of OMSRS, which is the 2024 PhD meeting, was held on August 14<sup>th<\/sup> at the Barnett Lecture Theatre from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. This year, nine shortlisted PhD students presented. Unfortunately, one shortlisted student could not present due to illness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was convened by Professor Shyamal Das, President of OMSRS, and the judges for the presentations were Dr. Adam Middleton, Dr. Benedict Seo, Associate Professor Tania Slatter, Dr. Emily Gray, and Dr. Frances March de Ribot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The winner was Sara Crellin from the Department of Psychological Medicine (Abstract: S Crellin, P Glue, P Sheard, PM Heyward, D De-Ridder. &#8220;Novel therapeutic targets in the treatment of bipolar disorder&#8221;). She received a certificate and $500 in prize money.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Sara-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-473\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Sara-135x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Sara-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Sara-461x1024.jpg 461w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Sara-768x1707.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Sara-691x1536.jpg 691w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Sara-922x2048.jpg 922w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Sara-scaled.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The runner-up was Venus Michaels from the Department of Women&#8217;s &amp; Children&#8217;s Health (Abstract: VR Michaels, A Boucsein, JJ Haszard, B Galland, KA Meredith-Jones, Y Zhou, SD Jones, RG Paul, E Wiltshire, C Jefferies, MI de Bock, BJ Wheeler. &#8220;Impact of AID on sleep in type 1 diabetes for young people with suboptimal glycemia&#8221;). She received a certificate and $250 in prize money, kindly sponsored by MediRay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Venus-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-472\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Venus-135x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Venus-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Venus-461x1024.jpg 461w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Venus-768x1707.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Venus-691x1536.jpg 691w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Venus-922x2048.jpg 922w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-award-Venus-scaled.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Division of Health Sciences Pro-Vice Chancellor, Associate Professor Megan Gibbons, attended as the Chief Guest. She appreciated the high standard of presentations and handed over the awards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-awards-2024-all-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-474\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-awards-2024-all-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-awards-2024-all-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-awards-2024-all-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-awards-2024-all-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-awards-2024-all-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-awards-2024-all-2048x922.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/files\/2024\/10\/PhD-awards-2024-all-500x225.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Sara and Venus!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ng\u0101 mihi,<br \/>\nProfessor Shyamal Das<\/p>\n<p>President, Otago Medical School Research Society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 271st Scientific Meeting of OMSRS, which is the 2024 PhD meeting, was held on August 14th at the Barnett Lecture Theatre from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. This year, nine shortlisted PhD students presented. 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