Congratulations to all of our finalists!
Best Research
Shawn Swanson, Graduate Research Assistant, Human Photonics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US
Prof Kayvan Shokrollahi (MWL Teaching Hospital NHS Trust/University of Liverpool) , Alistair Hampden-Martin (University of Liverpool) & Prof Kathryn Whitehead (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Carlos Alberto Alvarado Dumas, Medical Director, Binnovo
Best Diabetic Foot Intervention
Andrew Sharpe, Advanced Podiatrist, Salford Care Organisation
Jayne Robbie, senior lecturer/specialist podiatrist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust/ Birmingham City University
Marco Meloni, Medical Doctor, PhD, Rome, University Hospital of Tor Vergata
Cost-effective Wound Management
Nicky Richardson, Lead Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist, Torbay & South Devon NHS FT
Nelson Pinto, Professor, University of the Andes-Chile
Ter-Er Kusu-Orkar, Plastic Surgery Registrar, Morriston Hospital
Innovative Dressing Technology Award
Tabatha Rando, Advanced Nurse Consultant - Plastics/Wound Management, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Laura Swoboda, Professor of Health Sciences, Family Nurse Practitioner, Medical College of Wisconsin and Waukesha County Technical College
Hans Smola, Medical Doctor, Professor of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology at the University of Cologne in Germany
Innovation in Chronic Wound Healing
Julian-Dario Rembe, , Senior Clinician Scientist / Assistenzarzt Klinik für Gefäß- und Endovaskularchirurgie, Klinik für Gefäß- und Endovaskularchirurgie Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
Mark Suski, Plastic Surgeon/Medical Director, Los Robles Hospital Center for Advanced Wound Healing
Gadi Borkow, Chief Scientist, MedCu Technologies
Innovation in Surgical Site Infection
Ziyad Gunga, chief resident in cardiac surgery, CHUV Lausanne university Hospital
Ross Lathan, Academic Clinical Fellow, Hull Royal Infirmary
Breast Dressings Team, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Innovation in Wound Care Award
WoundReference & ELCOS Team
Mohammad Mohammad Amini, CEO and Founder, SENSOMATT
Community Tissue Viability Team Manchester University Foundation Trust
Pressure Care
Seyma Adibelli, Research Assistant, Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing
Sumarno Adi Subrata PhD, Nursing Lecturer / PhD in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia
Joan Enric Torra, PhD RD, Sapiens Consultants
Michelle Deeth New Talent Award
Nicole Dixon, TVN, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation
Helen Myers, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Danielle Burnside, Skin Integrity Specialist nurse
Innovation in the Care Home or Home Care setting
Hannah Fulton, Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse, Buckinghamshire NHS Trust
Angela Proctor, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Aila Evangelista, RGN, Atfield House
Advances in Infection and Biofilm Award
Abdulaziz Binkanan, Wound Care and Ostomy Lead, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, King Fahad Medical City
Mads Lichtenberg, Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen
Ewa Stürmer, Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Surgical Director, Comprehensive Wound Center Head of Translational Wound Research
The Patient Activation Award
Karen Friett, Lymphoedema Support Network, Chief Executive
Ellie Lindsay, Life President, The Lindsay Leg Club Foundation
Tracy Conroy, Specialist Lead - Tissue Viability, Local Community Partnerships CIC
The Cellular, Acellular and Matrix-like Products (CAMPs) Award
Eric Lullove, Chief Medical Officer, West Boca Center for Wound Healing
Shiva Akbarzadeh, Group Leader, Skin Bioengineering Laboratory, Alfred Health
American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA)
The Antimicrobial Stewardship Award
Karly Harvey, Operational Clinical Lead Nurse, Swansea Bay Wound Care Service
Karen Staines, Director of Research and Wound Care, Accelerate CIC
Iva Pranjic, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St James's Hospital Dublin
The Most Progressive Society Award
Heather Hodgson, Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Malta Association of Skin and Wound Care
Laura Cappuyns, Senior Clinical Fellow in Burns and Plastic surgery, Mersey burn centre, Mersey and West Lancashire teaching hospitals NHS Trust
