Winners 2018

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

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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 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.