Congratulations to all of our finalists!
The Best Clinical Research Award
Karen Bock, Clinical instructor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science, and Athletic Training, University of Kansas Medical Center & Jeanette Muldoon, Clinical Commercial Researcher
Suzanne Moloney, Founder / CEO, HidraMed Solutions
Sadanori Akita, Professor, Fukushima Medical University
Best Diabetic Foot Intervention Award
Vignesvararajah Lokeesan, PhD Student, Queensland University of Technology
Suriadi Jais, Wound care specialist, Private practice, Kitamura wound Clinic, and the Institute of Technology and Health Muhammadiyah Pontianak, Indonesia
Bury and Oldham Acute Podiatry Team, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
The Cost-effective Wound Management Award
Matthew Wynn, Lecturer, University of Salford
Julian Guest, Professor, Catalyst Health
Kelly Moore, Skin Integrity Lead Nurse and Jean Tucker Clinical Specialist – Procurement, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Most Innovative Product Award
duomed® soft 2easy®, medi UK
UrgoK1, Urgo Medical
NovoX® Cup, MOSS S.p.A.
Innovation in Surgical Site Infection Award
Tomasz Banasiewicz, Professor, Institute of Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Dr Ross Lathan, Clinical Research Fellow, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Raghavan Vidya, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon & Muskaan Khosla, Senior Clinical Fellow, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Innovation in Wound Care Award
Michelle Thompson RN and the HS Team in Dermatology at Salford Royal Foundation Trust
Neerod Kumar Jha, Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Judy Harker, Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust
The Pressure Care Award
Dr. Pinar Avsar PhD, MSc, RGN, BSc Lecturer/Programme Director, School of Nursing & Midwifery
Heather Hodgson & Sean Chambers, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Kunyu Li & Yu Chen, Head Nurse, Chengdu 3rd People's Hospital
Michelle Deeth New Talent Award
Emma Woods, Rachel Allaway, Lucy Holroyde & Dhimple Patel, VAD CNS team and TVN, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Hayley Turner-Dobbin, Clinical Delivery Lead, Accelerate
Emma Bann, Tissue Viability Clinical team leader, Walsall Healthcare Trust
Safe and Effective Wound Care in a Non-specialist Setting Award
Georgina McKay, Operational Manager Nursing & Tissue Viability, Care Plus Group
Tim Hickey, Primary and Urgent Care Lead & Jason Ayres, Advanced Paramedic in Urgent Care, East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST)
The Community Nursing Teams in North Cumbria
Advances in Infection and Biofilm Award
Blaine Fritz, Postdoctoral student, Institute for Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen
The Skin Integrity Team, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Adam Astrada, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Esa Unggul University, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Patient Activation Award
Mikhaelle Roy, Global Brand Manager, Urgo Medical
Khairul Bahri, Enterostomal Therapy Nurse, Lecture, Researcher, Indonesian ETNEP Wocare Coorporate University, Clinical Nurse Specialist Wocare Center, Professional Board KISS
Caitriona O'Neill, Director of Clinical Services and Lymphoedema, Accelerate CI
The Tissue Regeneration Award
NovoSorb® BTM (Biodegradable Temporising Matrix), PolyNovo UK Limited
Marc R. Matthews, MD, MS, MCG, FACS, University of Arizona, Phoenix
Dr Ruben Vellettaz, General surgery, Vascular surgery
The Antimicrobial Stewardship Award
Leeds Community Healthcare, Tissue Viability Service
Ilker Uçkay, Head of Infectiology, Head of Clinical Research in Orthopedic Department, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Samantha Boulerice, RN, BScN, NSWOC, WOCC(C) Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurse, Perley Health
The Most Progressive Society Award
Febe Bruwer, President, Woundclinic
Samantha Holloway, President, International Skin Tear Advisory Panel
Widasari Sri Gitarja, Indonesian Wound Care Clinician Association - WOCARE
The Effective Burn Care Award
Children's Burns and Plastics Unit, Nottingham Children’s Hospital
Mohammad Javad Baradaran Kenari, Wound Nurse, Babolsar Kian Wound Clinic
Kristina Stiles, Plastic Surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
