Tracy Cowan, JWC's Consultant Editor, is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s JWC Awards!

We celebrated the excellence and achievements of the most exceptional individuals and organisations in the wound care industry.

The awards are 'The Olympics of Wound Care' and which culminated in an evening that celebrated excellence in practicing research internally. 

Nominations were open to individuals, teams, organisations, societies, companies, charities, and government organisations whose work has made a huge impact based on work carried out over the last year.

Congratulations to all of the winners of the Journal of Wound Care Awards 2023. Your exceptional contributions to the field of wound care have made a significant impact on the lives of patients around the world. We look forward to seeing your continued achievements in the years to come.

Without further ado, we are delighted to announce the winners of this year's awards:

INNOVATION IN WOUND CARE AWARD

GOLD
Judy Harker, Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust

SILVER
Neerod Kumar Jha, Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

BRONZE
Michelle Thompson and the HS Team in Dermatology at Salford Royal Foundation Trust

Sponsored By

DEBX Medical

BEST DIABETIC FOOT INTERVENTION AWARD

GOLD
Vignesvararajah Lokeesan, PhD Student, Queensland University of Technology

SILVER
Bury and Oldham Acute Podiatry Team, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

BRONZE
Suriadi Jais, Wound care specialist, Private practice, Kitamura wound Clinic, and the Institute of Technology and Health Muhammadiyah Pontianak, Indonesia

Sponsored By

Urgo

INNOVATION IN SURGICAL SITE INFECTION AWARD

GOLD
Dr Ross Lathan, Clinical Research Fellow, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

SILVER
Dr Raghavan Vidya, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon & Muskaan Khosla, Senior Clinical Fellow, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

BRONZE
Tomasz Banasiewicz, Professor, Institute of Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Sponsored By

Essity ISWCAP

TISSUE REGENERATION AWARD

GOLD
Marc R. Matthews, MD, MS, MCG, FACS, University of Arizona, Phoenix

SILVER
Dr Ruben Vellettaz, General surgery, Vascular surgery

BRONZE
NovoSorb® BTM (Biodegradable Temporising Matrix), PolyNovo UK Limited

Sponsored By

MIMEDX

MICHELLE DEETH NEW TALENT AWARD

GOLD
Hayley Turner-Dobbin, Clinical Delivery Lead, Accelerate

SILVER
VAD CNS team and TVN, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

BRONZE
Emma Bann, Tissue Viability Clinical team leader, Walsall Healthcare Trust
Michelle devoted her life to the progress of wound healing both in the NHS as a Lead Tissue Viability Nurse and in Industry. Michelle has been widely cited by her many publications. She sadly died too early last year.

In memory of

Michelle Deeth

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP AWARD

GOLD
Leeds Community Healthcare, Tissue Viability Service

SILVER
Ilker Uçkay, Head of Infectiology, Head of Clinical Research in Orthopaedic Department, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich

BRONZE
Samantha Boulerice, RN, BScN, NSWOC, WOCC(C) Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurse, Perley Health

Sponsored By

ActivHeal

EFFECTIVE BURN CARE AWARD

GOLD
Kristina Stiles, Plastic Surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

SILVER
Children's Burns and Plastics Unit, Nottingham Children’s Hospital

BRONZE
Mohammad Javad Baradaran Kenari, Wound Nurse, Babolsar Kian wound clinic

Sponsored By

FlenHealth

PATIENT ACTIVATION AWARD

GOLD
Caitriona O'Neill, Director of Clinical Services and Lymphoedema, Accelerate CI

SILVER
Khairul Bahri, Enterostomal Therapy Nurse, Lecture, Researcher, Indonesian ETNEP Wocare Corporate University, Clinical Nurse Specialist Wocare Center, Professional Board KISS

BRONZE
Mikhaelle Roy, Global Brand Manager, Urgo Medical

Supported by

Legs Matter

PRESSURE CARE AWARD

GOLD
Yu Chen & Kunyu Li, Chengdu 3rd People's Hospital

SILVER
Heather Hodgson & Sean Chambers, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde             

BRONZE
Dr. Pinar Avsar PhD, MSc, RGN, BSc Lecturer/Programme Director, School of Nursing & Midwifery

supported by

EPUAP

ADVANCES IN INFECTION AND BIOFILM AWARD

GOLD
Adam Astrada, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Esa Unggul University, Jakarta, Indonesia

SILVER
Blaine Fritz, Postdoctoral student, Institute for Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen

BRONZE
The Skin Integrity Team, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

sponsored by

Essity ISWCAP

SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WOUND CARE IN A NON-SPECIALIST SETTING AWARD

GOLD
The Community Nursing Teams in North Cumbria

SILVER
Tim Hickey, Primary and Urgent Care Lead & Jason Ayres, Advanced Paramedic in Urgent Care, East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST)

BRONZE
Georgina McKay, Operational Manager Nursing & Tissue Viability, Care Plus Group

supported by

Society of Tissue Viability

BEST CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

GOLD
Suzanne Moloney, Founder / CEO, HidraMed Solutions

SILVER
Sadanori Akita, Professor, Fukushima Medical University

BRONZE
Karen Bock & Jeanette Muldoon, Clinical instructor, physical therapy, Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science, and Athletic Training, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, US

sponsored by

FlenHealth

MOST PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY AWARD

GOLD
Widasari Sri Gitarja, Indonesian Wound Care Clinician Association – WOCARE

SILVER
Samantha Holloway, President, International Skin Tear Advisory Panel

BRONZE
Febe Bruwer, President, WHASA

Supported by

WUWHS

MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCT AWARD

GOLD
UrgoK1, Urgo Medical

SILVER
duomed® soft 2easy®, medi UK

BRONZE
NovoX® Cup, MOSS S.p.A.

COST EFFECTIVE WOUND MANAGEMENT AWARD

GOLD
Matthew Wynn, Lecturer, University of Salford

SILVER
Julian Guest, Professor, Catalyst Health

BRONZE
Kelly Moore, Skin Integrity Lead Nurse, and Jean Tucker Clinical Specialist – Procurement, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust