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RCoA President's Award for Undergraduate Research

The President's Award for Undergraduate Research is awarded at the Anaesthetic Research Society Winter Meeting and presented by the President of the RCoA. Details of previous winners can be found below.


Friday 14 December 2012



First Prize Winners


Sinead Barrowman 2

Ms Sinead Barrowman
Clinical Research
Presentation title: Anaesthetists as source of theatre acquired bacterial load


Tom McKitrick on behalf of Catherine Geldart 2

Mr Tom McKitrick on behalf of Miss Catherine Geldart (joint winners)
Laboratory Based Research
Presentation title: Identification of two mutations (F758W & F758Y) in the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor glycine-binding site that selectively prevent competitive inhibition by xenon without affecting glycine binding


Runners up


Adam Garland 2

Mr Adam Garland
Clinical Research
Presentation title: Adult Dependency and Illness Severity Survey: can inpatient surveys help plan critical care services?


Ayush Kapila 2

Mr Ayush Kapila
Laboratory Based Research
Presentation title: Does surgery accelerate the pathogeneses of Alzheimer's disease?


Monday 28 November 2011



First Prize Winners

Mr Mervyn Chong
Laboratory Based Research
Presentation title: Xenon protects agains renal graft cold ischemia-reperfusion induced tubular injury


Miss Julia Orr
Clinical Research
Presentation title: A comparative pilot study of anaerobic threshold values obtained from arm crank and bike ergometer exercise tests

Runners up

Mr Anthony Fung
Presentation title: Remote brain injury following kidney transplantation: possible cellular mechanisms of cognitive decline


Mr Bob Yang
Presentation title: Helium: a noble assassin? The anti-cancer properties of helium in vitro



Thursday, 11th November 2010



First Prize Winners

Mr Jack Penn
Laboratory Based Research
Presentation title: The therapeutic potential of atorvastatin in attenuating postoperative cognitive decline after unilateral nephrotomy

Mr Dominic Tabor
Clinical Research
Presentation title: Spread of large volume injectate from three different transversus abdominis plane block injection sittes: a cadaveric study


Runners up

Ms Evgenia Petrides
Laboratory Based Research
Presentation title: Sevoflurane for labor analgesia: implications for foetal brain protection

Ms Rebecca Fisher
Clinical Research
Presentation title: Chronic pain in the homeless