Innovation in Wound Care Award
Winner: Wound Care Service
Sponsored by:
Second: Legs Matter
Joint Third: Skin Integrity Team, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Joint Third: Margaret Connolly, Heather Hodgson and Frances Paton, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Innovation in Surgical Site Infection Award
Winner: Ilene Paglinawan, Barts Health NHS Trust
Sponsored by:
Second: Dr Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts, St John of God Hospital Midland, Australia and Curtin University
Third: Mark Granick, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Innovation in Chronic wound healing
Winner: Iulian Cioanta, SANUWAVE Health Inc
Second: Massimo Rivolo and Karen Staines, Accelerate CIC London
Third: Julie Sturges and Hannah Fulton, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
The Compression Therapy for Venous and Lymphatic Disorders Award
Winner: Southern Health Tissue Viability Team, Southern Health Foundation Trust
Second: Solihull primary care leg ulcer assessment hubs, Solihull
Third: Tissue Viability & Lymphoedema Services, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
The Best Clinical Research Award
Winner: Julie Cummings, Essity, a BSN Medical company, Professor Karen Ousey, University of Huddersfield, Hannah Thomas and Dr Samantha Westgate, Perfectus Biomed
Second: Kimberly LeBlanc and Kevin Woo, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University and Queen's University
Third: Jemell Geraghty, Royal Free Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust
Best Diabetic Foot Intervention Award
Winner: David Armstrong, Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
Sponsored by:
Second: Graham Bowen, Solent NHS Trust
Third: Shahriar Mirpour and Sara Fathollah, Eindhoven University of Technology and Amirkabir University of Technology
The Cost-effective Wound Management Award
Winner: WoundReference Team, WoundReference Inc, Newton Medical Center
Second: Julie Sturges and Hannah Fulton, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Third: Sara Sandroni, Azienda USL Toscana Sudest Italy
The Professional Education Award
Winner: Jane Wigg, Lymphoedema Training Academy
Second: Georgina Passmore, The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
Joint Third: Karen Ousey, University of Huddersfield
Joint Third: Wound, Ostomy and Continence Institute, Ottawa, ON Canada
The Pressure Care Award
Winner: Maarit Ahtiala, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Sponsored by:
Second: Ana Lúcia Martins de Oliveira, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Third: Sue Harris and Bibiana Baumgart, Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Research in Amniotic Tissues and Skin Substitutes
Winner: Christian Bianchi, Loma Linda University, California
Second: Bill Tettelbach, MiMedx, Inc.
Third: Matthew G. Garoufalis, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL
The Best Research from a Developing Country Award
Winner: Amaravadi Sampath Kumar, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
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Second: Viviane Fernandes de Carvalho, Guarulhos University
Third: Dr. Basavraj Nagoba, Dr. Rajan Gandhi, Dr. Arunkumar Rao, MIMSR Medical College, Latur, India
The Most Innovative Product Award
Winner: UrgoStart Plus, Urgo Medical
Second: GPC 3D WoundCare, GPC Systems
Third: Woulgan bioactive Beta-Glucans
Michelle Deeth New Talent Award
Winner: Jemell Geraghty, Royal Free London, NHS Foundation Trust
Second: David Armstrong, Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
Third: Suzanne Mollony, HidraMed Solutions Ltd.