2025 Winners

Advances in Infection and Biofilm


WINNER: Phillip Bowler, Independent Researcher, Wound Biofilm

 SILVER Ph.D Thomas Bjarnsholt, Professor, University of Copenhagen

BRONZE Dr. Adam Astrada, DHSc., CNS, RN, Assistant Professor

Antimicrobial Stewardship


WINNER: Professor Banasiewicz Tomasz Poznan, University of Medical Sciences

SILVER : The Advanced Practice Nurses: Andrés Roldán Valenzuela, Advanced Practice Nurse in Complex Chronic Wounds, and Verónica Galindo Cantillo, Advanced Practice Nurse in Complex Chronic Wounds, Aljarafe District, North Seville

BRONZE: Izaskun Arriaran Mendialdua, Nurse, Hospital Debagoiena, Spain

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Best Clinical Research


WINNER: Louise Hitchman, Vascular Surgery Specialty Trainee, University of Hull

SILVER: Dr. Jonathan Johnson, Plastic Surgeon, Comprehensive Wound Care Services, US

BRONZE: Catherine Arundel, Research Fellow, York Trials Unit, University of York

Best Diabetic Foot Intervention


WINNER: Morgan Jones, Highly Specialist Podiatrist Tissue Viability Lead, Cardiff Royal Infirmary

SILVER: Julia Xiaoli Zhu - The Healing Group, Senior Wound Nurse Clinician, PhD Candidate, Singapore

BRONZE: Luigi Uccioli, Professor of Endocrinology, University of Rome, Tor Vergata

Cellular, Acellular and Matrix-like Products (CAMPs) Award


WINNER: Allyn Forsyth, PhD, Director, MIMEDX

SILVER: William Tettelbach, Chief Medical Officer, RestorixHealth

BRONZE: Mark Suski, Plastic Surgeon/Medical Director, Los Robles Hospital Center for Advanced Wound Healing

Compression Therapy for Venous and Lymphatic Disorders


WINNER: Misako Dai, Professor, Japan

SILVER: Liz Hawes, Advanced Wound Care Nurse and Research Nurse, Homewoundcare Ltd

BRONZE: Kana Fajar, ETN, West Java

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Cost-effective Wound Management


WINNER: Rachel Jump, Clinical Lead, Lytham District Nursing Team, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

SILVER: Jayesh Shah, President, TIMEO2 Healing Concepts LLC.CMO PACT 2, NW Health Center, Staff Wound Care Physician, Audie Murphy Vetarans Hospital

BRONZE: Ramon Rillera, Vascular Nurse Specialist, The Royal London Hospital

Effective Burn Care


WINNER: Richard Smith, Crew Manager and Andrew Scotting, Watch Manager, Gatwick Airport Fire and Rescue Service

SILVER:  Christia Huntington, PhD Student, The University of the West of England

BRONZE: Naiara Santín Pérez, Clinical Nurse, and Silvia Mínguez Abia, Supervisor, Burns Unit at Cruces Hospital

Innovation in Chronic Wound Healing


WINNER: Rachel Torkington-Stokes, Clinical Solutions Director, Convatec

SILVER: Christian Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer, Woundtech, US

BRONZE: Trent Brookshier, Podiatric Surgeon, DPM, Private Practice, CEO, North Park Podiatry

Innovation in Debridement


WINNER: Laura Swoboda, Wound Specialist, Healing Institute

SILVER: Usha Sharma, Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse, The Tissue Viability Team, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

BRONZE: Gregory Bohn, President, American Board of Wound Healing

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Innovation in the Care Home or Home Care setting


WINNER: Martina Collins-Stiff, Tissue Viability Nurse, West Suffolk Foundation Trust

SILVER: Ross Joannides, Deputy Director of Nursing, Barchester Healthcare

BRONZE: The Nursing Home Telehealth tissue viability team, Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centres, UK

Innovation in Surgical Site Infection


WINNER: Multidisciplinary Team, University of Bristol

 SILVER: Michael Magro, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

BRONZE: Joseph Cutteridge, Academic Foundation Doctor, Hull Royal Infirmary

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Innovation in Wound Care


 WINNER: Andrew Cameron, CEO, FeelTect Limited

 SILVER: Widasari Sri Gitarja, WOCARE, Indonesia

BRONZE: Santiago Roviralta Gomez, Centro Salud Ribadeo, Spain

Michelle Deeth New Talent Award


WINNER: Abigail E Chaffin, MD, FACS, CWSP, MAPWCA , Professor of Surgery and Program Director

SILVER: The Skin Integrity Team, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster Royal Infirmary

BRONZE: Liliana Morais, Professional Doctorate student, CNS Tissue Viability RCSI Dublin, University Hospital Waterford

In memory of Michelle Deeth


Most Innovative Product


 WINNER: Stimulan®, Biocomposites Ltd

 SILVER: TRAVERSE PRFM KIT, Traverse Medical Solutions
BRONZE: Corplex P', StimLabs LLC

Most Progressive Society


WINNER: The International Surgical Wound Complications Advisory Panel (ISWCAP)

 SILVER: The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC)

BRONZE: Wound Ostomy Incontinence Nurses' Society (YOIHD)

Patient Activation


WINNER: David Hughes MBE, Assistant Head and Clinical Lead Podiatry & Orthotics Service, Swansea Bay University Health Board

SILVER: Windy Cole, Director of Wound Care Research, Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine

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Nina Kovolyan, Clinical Research Assistant

BRONZE: Claire Peart, National Lead Dementia Nurse Specialist, Barchester Healthcare


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Pressure Care


WINNER: Hannah Wilson, Research Lecturer in Nursing and Tissue Viability, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland

SILVER: Lourdes Rivera, Tissue Viability Nurse, Whipps Cross University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

BRONZE: Kelly Phillips, Skin Integrity Nurse Consultant, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Wound Care Collaborators


WINNER:  The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board Nottingham City Care, UK

SILVER: Central London Community Healthcare Trust, Merton Community Nursing and Tissue Viability Team

BRONZE: Kimberly LeBlanc & Jennifer Bilbie, Specialized Nurses, Wound, Ostomy, and Continence, Canada

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