The Faculty of Medicine & Health presents awards to students annually for their outstanding achievements throughout the year. We would like to acknowledge the students listed below for their awards in 2022:
Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Clare Faulkner awarded The Combined Teaching Hospitals Senior Staff Prize for Performance in the Phase 3 Integrated Clinical Examination for the best performance in Phase 3 Integrated Clinical Examination
- Clare Faulkner awarded The Frank Rundle Prize for Surgery in Phase 3 for the best performance in Surgery in Phase 3
- Clare Faulkner awarded The Wallace Wurth Prize for the best overall performance in the Bachelor of Medical Studies Doctor of Medicine program
- Clare Faulkner awarded The Best Overall Performance in the Doctor of Medicine for the best performance in all assessments in the MD
- Daniel Lin awarded The First Year Prize for the best performance in First Year (based on all assessments)
- Dylan Kalas awarded The W G Tellesson Memorial Prize in Clinical Application of Biomedical Sciences for the best performance in the Biomedical Sciences Correlation Viva Voce Exam (MFAC3512) by a student in Phase 3 Medicine
- Emily Fergusson awarded The W G Tellesson Memorial Prize in Clinical Application of Biomedical Sciences for the best performance in the Biomedical Sciences Correlation Viva Voce Exam (MFAC3512) by a student in Phase 3 Medicine
- Jay Patel awarded The Bachelor of Medical Studies Clinical Excellence Prize for the best performance in Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical skills examinations
- Jay Patel awarded The Bachelor of Medical Studies Graduate Prize for the best performance in all assessments in BMed
- Katerina Theocharous awarded The Prize for Medicine in Phase 3 for the best performance in the Medicine component of Phase 3 assessments
- Yi An Lai awarded The W G Tellesson Memorial Prize in Clinical Application of Biomedical Sciences for the best performance in the Biomedical Sciences Correlation Viva Voce Exam (MFAC3512) by a student in Phase 3 Medicine
- Zachary Gan awarded The Bachelor of Medical Studies Academic Excellence Prize for the best performance in written course and phase examinations in Phase 1 and Phase 2.
Awarded by the School of Biomedical Sciences
- Aine Harrison awarded The D I McCloskey Stage 3 Physiology Prize for the best performance in any three Stage 3 Physiology courses
- Caitlin Hosking awarded The School of Medical Sciences Stage 2 Pharmacology Prize for the best performance in PHAR2011 Introductory Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Clement Wang awarded The W E Glover Physiology Prize for the best performance in the Physiology Practical examination at the end of Phase 1
- George Banis awarded The G R Cameron Stage 3 Pathology Prize for the best performance in any three Stage 3 Pathology courses
- Isabella Taplin awarded The Maurice (Toby) Arnold Anatomy Prize for the best performance in the Anatomy Practical examination at the end of Phase 1
- Isabella Taplin awarded The G R Cameron Pathology Prize for the best performance in the Histology, Embryology and Histopathology Practical examination at the end of Phase 1
- Ishika Jaitly awarded The F C Courtice Stage 2 Physiology Prize for the best performance in both Physiology 1A and 1B - PHSL2101/2121/2501 and PHSL2202/2221/2502
- James Downey awarded The School of Medical Sciences Pharmacology Prize for the best performance in the Pharmacology Practical examination at the end of Phase 1
- Jack Hamilton awarded The Paxinos and Watson Neuroscience Honours Prize for the best performance in Neuroscience (NEUR) Honours
- Jessica Gonzalez awarded The Dami Atapattu Stage 2 Anatomy Prize for the best performance in an Introductory Anatomy course: ANAT1521 Anatomy for Medical Science or ANAT2111 Introductory Anatomy
- Konstantina Harellis awarded The Istvan Tork Stage 3 Anatomy Prize for the best performance in any three Stage 3 Anatomy courses
- Lewis Waugh awarded The Athol Lykke Stage 2 Pathology Prize for the best performance in PATH2201 Processes in Disease or PATH2202 Processes in Disease for Health and Exercise Science
- Mika Haung awarded The D N Wade Stage 3 Pharmacology Prize for the best performance in any three Stage 3 Pharmacology courses
- Oliver Arkell awarded The Winifred Dickes Rost School of Medical Sciences Honours Prize for the best performance in SOMS Honours.
Awarded by the School of Clinical Medicine
- Amanda Pilley awarded The David Greenberg Prize in Forensic Mental Health for the best performance in Masters of Forensic Mental Health
- Angela Chen awarded The Sandy McColl Prize for the best overall performance in Phase 1
- Brenda Huang awarded The Ken Cox Prize for Surgery for the best performance in the discipline of Surgery for Phase 3 students at the St George and Sutherland Clinical School
- Callum Betteridge awarded The Graham Macdonald Prize for Medicine for the best performance in the discipline of Medicine for Phase 3 students at the Prince of Wales Clinical School
- Charis Guilfoyle awarded The Peter Reed Prize for Surgery for the best performance in the discipline of Surgery for Phase 3 students at the Rural Clinical School
- Clare Faulkner awarded The Max Thorpe Prize for the best performance in disciplines taught at the Prince of Wales Clinical School and assessed in the Phase 3 Integrated Clinical Examination
- Clare Faulkner awarded The John Coleman Prize in Surgery for the best performance in the discipline of Surgery for Phase 3 students at the Prince of Wales Clinical School
- Clare Faulkner awarded The Gordon Lowe Memorial Prize for the best aggregate mark from course and Phase assessments in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Phase 3
- Clare Faulkner awarded The Pediatrics Staff Prize for the best performance in the Phase 3 Pediatrics course and in the Pediatric components of the Phase 3 Integrated Clinical Examination
- Daniel Heidegger awarded The St Vincent's Clinical School Prize for the best performance in disciplines taught at the St Vincent's Clinical School and assessed in the Phase 3 Integrated Clinical Examination
- Daniel Heidegger awarded The Doug Tracy Prize for Surgery for the best performance in discipline of Surgery for Phase 3 students at the St Vincent's Clinical School
- Daniel Heidegger awarded The John Hickie Prize for Medicine for the best performance in discipline of Medicine for Phase 3 students at the St Vincent's Clinical School
- Emma Watson awarded The Sandy Reid Prize for the best performance in disciplines taught at the Rural Clinical School and assessed in the Phase 3 Integrated Clinical Examination
- Emma Watson awarded The James Curran Prize for Medicine for the best performance in the discipline of Medicine for Phase 3 students at the Rural Clinical School
- Harpreet Kaur awarded The Gordon Lowe Memorial Prize for the best aggregate mark from course and Phase assessments in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Phase 3
- Joseph Burton awarded The Annual RCC Peter Vine Prize for the best overall performance in Phase 2
- Katerina Theocharous awarded The David de Carle Prize for the best performance in disciplines taught at the St George and Sutherland Clinical School and assessed in the Phase 3 Integrated Clinical Examination.
- Katerina Theocharous awarded The John Edmonds Prize for Medicine for the best performance in the discipline of Medicine for Phase 3 students at the St George and Sutherland Clinical School
- Lily Minihan awarded The RANZCP Prize for Psychiatry for the best performance in Psychiatry Phase 3
- Nasir Shah awarded The Prince of Wales Clinical School Postgraduate Research Day Prize for the best Poster at the Postgraduate Research Annual Seminar
- Princess Neila Litkouhi awarded The Neil McConaghy Prize for Psychiatry for the best performance in the Psychiatry component of Phase 3 assessments
- Sascha Spencer awarded The Prince of Wales Clinical School Postgraduate Research Day Prize for the best Oral Presentation at the Postgraduate Research Annual Seminar
- Shannon Thomas awarded The Prince of Wales Clinical School Postgraduate Research Day Prize for the best Oral Presentation at the Postgraduate Research Annual Seminar
Awarded by the School of Health Sciences
- Brishna Shah awarded The Exercise Physiology Stage 4 Prize for the best performance throughout the Exercise Physiology program
- Ella Marshall awarded The School of Health Sciences Practicum Prize in Exercise Physiology for the best performance in clinical practicum in the Exercise Physiology program
- Ethan Grimmond awarded The Exercise Physiology Stage 3 Prize for the best performance in third year of the Exercise Physiology program
- Jonathan Chen awarded The Exercise Physiology Stage 1 Prize for the best performance in first year of the Exercise Physiology program
- Monika Sroba awarded The Exercise Physiology Stage 4 Research Project Prize for the best performance in the Exercise Physiology Stage 4 Research Internship
Awarded by the School of Population Health
- Emanuela Porrello awarded The John Hirshman International Health Prize for the best performance in PHCM9605 International Health
- Emanuela Porrello awarded The John Hirshman Prize in Public Health for the best overall performance in the Master of Public Health program
- Emanuela Porrello awarded The School of Population Health Prize for the best performance by a student enrolled in a postgraduate coursework Masters program at the School of Population Health
- Hannah Ryan awarded The Muru Marri Aboriginal Undergraduate Merit Prize for exemplary performance in Medical School at UNSW
Awarded by the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences
- Alexandra Clark awarded The Research Project Prize in Master of Clinical Optometry for the best overall mark in the research project in the final year of the Bachelor of Vision Science Master of Clinical Optometry program
- Alexandra Clark awarded The Luxottica Prize for Clinical Ocular Therapeutics for the best performance in OPTM8513 Clinical Ocular Therapy 5A and OPTM8523 Clinical Ocular Therapy 5B (Master of Clinical Optometry Stage 2)
- Emily Field awarded The Stage 2 Clinical Optometry Prize for the best performance in OPTM2133 The Clinical Environment and OPTM2233 Optical Dispensing
- Helen Lin awarded The CooperVision Prize in Contact Lenses for the best performance in course OPTM6411 Contact Lenses in Stage 1 of the Master of Clinical Optometry program
- Jack Chi-Hong Choy awarded The Specsavers Prize for Excellence in Patient Management for excellence in patient management by a student in the final year of the Bachelor of Vision Science Master of Clinical Optometry program
- Josie Wehbe awarded The Stage 2 Clinical Optometry Prize for the best performance in OPTM2133 The Clinical Environment and OPTM2233 Optical Dispensing
- Julia Ho awarded The ACBO Prize in Binocular and Children's Vision for the best overall performance throughout the Master of Clinical Optometry program in Binocular and Children's Vision
- Karuna Darvesh awarded The Mivision Prize in Recognition of Excellence in Social Engagement to recognise students that have demonstrated excellence in communication, advocacy or in promoting eyecare to the community or other professions
- Kin Pong Chan awarded The Postgraduate Ocular Therapeutics Prize for the best performance in Postgraduate Ocular Therapeutics
- Leona Ngo awarded The Mivision Prize in Recognition of Excellence in Social Engagement to recognise students that have demonstrated excellence in communication, advocacy or in promoting eyecare to the community or other professions
- Lina Shen awarded The Specsavers Prize for overall excellence in the Bachelor of Vision Science Master of Clinical Optometry program for the best overall weighted average mark (WAM) in the Bachelor of Vision Science Master of Clinical Optometry program
- Madeline Crow awarded The Designs for Vision Prize for the best overall performance throughout the Bachelor of Vision Science Master of Clinical Optometry program in Primary Care Optometry
- Madeline Crow awarded The Research Project Prize in Master of Clinical Optometry for the best overall mark in the research project in the final year of the Bachelor of Vision Science Master of Clinical Optometry program
- Madeline Crow awarded The Dr Andrew Whatham Prize for Stage 5 CFEH Clinical Excellence for the best performance in the Centre for Eye Health (CFEH) Stage 5 Clinical Rotation (Master of Clinical Optometry Stage 2)
- Ngozi Chidi-Egboka awarded The Brian Kirby Prize for Research Excellence in Optometry for the Doctoral student in Optometry with the best thesis
- Rachel Lau awarded The Stage 3 Environmental Optometry and Dispensing Prize for the best performance in Stage 3 Environmental Optometry and Dispensing
- Rui Liu awarded The Stage 1 Optics Prize for the best performance in VISN1111 Geometrical and Physical Optics and VISN1221 Visual Optics
- Vivian Tran awarded The Optometry NSW/ACT Prize in Ocular Therapeutics for the best performance in OPTM6413 Anterior Eye Therapeutics and OPTM6423 Therapeutics and the Posterior Eye in Stage 1 of the Master of Clinical Optometry program
- Yi Wei awarded The Stage 3 Ocular Diseases Prize for the best performance in OPTM3105 Disease Processes of the Eye 1 and OPTM3205 Disease Processes of the Eye 2.