infection science award

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the infection science award is an exchange scheme that facilitates the most promising trainee and early career presenters from the federation of infection societies (fis) annual conference (infectious disease futures session) to present at the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢? annual conference (infection forum) and vice versa.

eligibility

all self-defining early career and trainee presenters are eligible for the scheme. as a guide, the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢? ’s ec forum considers you an early career microbiologist if you’re an undergraduate or postgraduate student, or within five years of appointment to your first position after your highest degree earned. however, if this doesn’t fit your situation and you consider yourself an early career researcher, you are welcome to participate.

how to enter

if you are eligible for and wish to be considered for the infection science award via a talk in the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢? infectious disease futures session, please provide a statement (max. 150 words) outlining your current position and how the award will benefit your professional development. the judging panel will review this statement alongside your abstract to shortlist the entrants that will be considered for the award during the session.

the awardees will be offered registration for the reciprocal meeting and invited to submit a publication to journal of medical microbiology (jmm).

award criteria

abstract shortlisting

the abstracts submitted by eligible entrants will be shortlisted against the following criteria:

for the fis infectious disease futures session

  • essential:

    1. coherent and well written abstract
    2. rationale, data collected, interpretation and conclusions clearly stated
    3. clear relevance of clinical/medical topic to infectious disease
     
  • desirable:

    4. topic of potential interest to basic scientist
    5. clinical/medical topic lacking in basic scientific infection research
    6. topic that would potentially benefit from interaction with basic infection scientists and 英格兰vs美国谁会赢? annual conference attendees

for the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢? infection forum

  • essential:

    1. coherent and well written abstract
    2. rationale, data collected, interpretation and conclusions clearly stated
    3. clear relevance of topic to the microbiology of infection
     
  • desirable:

    4. topic of potential interest to clinicians and medical/biomedical related fis attendees
    5. basic scientific infection research topic lacking in translation to clinical/medical/biomedical and related practice
    6. topic that would potentially benefit from interaction with clinicians and medical/biomedical related fis attendees
session presentations

a judging panel will attend the session to judge the entrants and select the awardees for announcement in the weeks following fis or the 英格兰vs美国谁会赢? annual conference. the judges will focus on scientific content and communication and criteria related to the translation potential of research outlined in presentations. the full judging criteria can be found below:

英格兰vs美国谁会赢? infection science award judging form

 

annual conference 2024 winners

  • seána duggan, university of exeter
  • antonia molloy, aston university
  • joshua newson, eth zurich


event winner(s)
annual conference 2024

seána duggan, university of exeter

antonia molloy, aston university

joshua newson, eth zurich
fis 2023
neil cunningham, nhs
 
eva bernadette benyei, university of cambridge
 
ijeoma okoliegbe, nhs grampian, aberdeen
 
james shepherd, university of glasgow- mrc centre for virus research
annual conference 2023
amber barton, london school of hygiene and tropical medicine, uk
 
james larkin, university college cork, ireland
 
blanca perez-sepulveda, university of liverpool, uk

fis 2022

eve laycock, university hospitals birmingham nhs foundation trust/london school of hygiene and tropical medicine, uk
 
dowan kwon, university hospitals bristol and weston nhs foundation trust, uk
 
joshua nazareth, university hospitals of leicester nhs trust, uk
 
ho kwong li, imperial college london, uk
 
annual conference 2022
eleanor marshall, imperial college london, uk
 
rebecca mchugh, university of strathclyde, uk
 
matthew mckracken, university of plymouth, uk
 
fis 2021
matthew beaumont
 
luke mair
 
luke turner
 
annual conference online 2021
srishti baid
 
alyson hockenberry
 
brenda morris
 
ann-kathrin
 
johannes westman
 
fis/his 2020
sarita mohapatra
 
mariya molai
 
anna wild
 
ioannis baltas
 
fis 2019
abigail walker-jacobs
 
christopher rooney
 
jordan skittrall
 
vivien price