We are 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 2024. 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:

Antimicrobial Stewardship

GOLD
Iva Pranjic, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St James's Hospital Dublin

SILVER
Karly Harvey, Operational Clinical Lead Nurse, Swansea Bay Wound Care Service

BRONZE
Karen Staines, Director of Research and Wound Care, Accelerate CIC

Sponsored By

FlenHealth

Advances in Infection and Biofilm Award

GOLD
Ewa Stürmer, Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Surgical Director, Comprehensive Wound Center Head of Translational Wound Research

SILVER
Mads Lichtenberg, Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen

BRONZE
Abdulaziz Binkanan, Wound Care and Ostomy Lead, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, King Fahad Medical City

Sponsored By

ActivHeal

Innovative Dressing Technology Award

GOLD 
Hans Smola, Medical Doctor, Professor of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology at the University of Cologne in Germany

SILVER
Laura Swoboda, Professor of Health Sciences, Family Nurse Practitioner, Medical College of Wisconsin and Waukesha County Technical College

BRONZE
Tabatha Rando, Advanced Nurse Consultant - Plastics/Wound Management, Royal Adelaide Hospital

INNOVATION IN WOUND CARE AWARD

GOLD
Mohammad Mohammad Amini, CEO and Founder, SENSOMATT  

SILVER
Community Tissue Viability Team Manchester University Foundation Trust

BRONZE
WoundReference & ELCOS Team

Sponsored By

DEBX Medical

INNOVATION IN SURGICAL SITE INFECTION AWARD

GOLD
Breast Dressings Team, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

SILVER
Ross Lathan, Academic Clinical Fellow, Hull Royal Infirmary

BRONZE
Ziyad Gunga, chief resident in cardiac surgery, CHUV Lausanne university Hospital

Sponsored By

Essity

Cellular, acellular and matrix-like products (CAMPs) AWARD

GOLD
Shiva Akbarzadeh, Group Leader, Skin Bioengineering Laboratory, Alfred Health

SILVER
American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA)

BRONZE
Eric Lullove, Chief Medical Officer, West Boca Center for Wound Healing

MICHELLE DEETH NEW TALENT AWARD

GOLD
Danielle Burnside, Skin Integrity Specialist nurse

SILVER
Nicole Dixon, TVN, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation

BRONZE
Helen Myers, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation 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

PATIENT ACTIVATION AWARD

GOLD
Tracy Conroy, Specialist Lead - Tissue Viability, Local Community Partnerships CIC

SILVER
Ellie Lindsay, Life President, The Lindsay Leg Club Foundation     

BRONZE
Karen Friett, Lymphoedema Support Network, Chief Executive

Supported by

Legs Matter

Innovation in the Care Home or Home Care setting

GOLD
Aila Evangelista, RGN, Atfield House

SILVER
Hannah Fulton, Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse, Buckinghamshire NHS Trust

BRONZE
Angela Proctor, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

supported by

Society of Tissue Viability

MOST PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY AWARD

GOLD
Prof Kayvan Shokrollahi, Dilnath Gurusinghe & Laura Cappuyns, Mersey Burn Centre, MWL Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

SILVER
Malta Association of Skin and Wound Care

BRONZE
Heather Hodgson, Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Supported by

WUWHS

BEST DIABETIC FOOT INTERVENTION AWARD

GOLD
Jayne Robbie, senior lecturer/specialist podiatrist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust/ Birmingham City University

SILVER
Salford Lower Limb Multi-Disciplinary Service

BRONZE
Marco Meloni, Medical Doctor, PhD, Rome, University Hospital of Tor Vergata

Cost-effective Wound Management Award

GOLD
Ter-Er Kusu-Orkar, Plastic Surgery Registrar, Morriston Hospital

SILVER
Nelson Pinto, Professor, University of the Andes-Chile

BRONZE 
Nicky Richardson, Lead Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist, Torbay & South Devon NHS FT

PRESSURE CARE AWARD

GOLD
Joan Enric Torra, PhD RD, Sapiens Consultants

SILVER
Sumarno Adi Subrata PhD, Nursing Lecturer / PhD in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

BRONZE
Seyma Adibelli, Research Assistant, Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing

BEST CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

GOLD
Prof Kayvan Shokrollahi (MWL Teaching Hospital NHS Trust/University of Liverpool), Alistair Hampden-Martin (University of Liverpool) & Prof Kathryn Whitehead (Manchester Metropolitan University)     

SILVER
Carlos Alberto Alvarado Dumas, Medical Director, Binnovo

BRONZE
Shawn Swanson, Graduate Research Assistant, Human Photonics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US

Innovation in Chronic Wound Healing Award

GOLD
Julian-Dario Rembe, Senior Clinician Scientist, University Hospital Dusseldorf

SILVER
Mark Suski, Plastic Surgeon/Medical Director, Los Robles Hospital Center for Advanced Wound Healing

BRONZE
Gadi Borkow, Chief Scientist, MedCu Technologies