Thesis Prize
Graduation 2010
The National Heart and Lung Institute awards the NHLI Thesis Prize yearly to the NHLI thesis and student voted as being the most outstanding for that year.
Competition Details 2012
To be eligible to enter the competition:
- The thesis must not have been entered into previous NHLI Thesis Prize competitions
- The thesis (MS, MD, MD(Res), MPhil, PhD) must have been awarded between 1 January 2011 and 1 May 2012
- The supervisor must submit a letter of recommendation and complete their section within this form
- The student must complete and submit this Form
along with the final examiners’ reports (please request these in advance if you do not have copies) - All the paperwork must be electronically received by Monday 14 May 2012, 5pm
The winning student will be awarded a certificate and a monetary prize of up to £500. The prize will be presented to the winner at the Annual NHLI Postgraduate Research Day on Friday 22 June 2012, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus.
For further information, please email Emma Watson.
Prize Winners
2011
Dr Antonios Konitsiotis receiving the NHLI Thesis Prize 2011, presented by Professor Tony Magee
Dr Antonios Konitsiotis - For his PhD entitled: 'Analysis of extracellular and intracellular interactions of the collagen receptor DDR2'.
2010
Dr Sarah Maher - For her PhD thesis entitled: 'Identification of the prostanoid receptor mediating PGE2-induced cough'.
2009
Dr Matthew Hyde - For his PhD thesis entitled: 'Studies of hepatic metabolism in a piglet model of the neonate on total parenteral nutrition'.
2008
Dr Mark Tanner - For his MD thesis entitled: 'Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance of Siderotic Cardiomyopathy in Thalassaemia Major'.
Dr Harsha Kariyawasam - For his PhD thesis entitled: 'Airway Remodelling and Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β Superfamily Signalling in Allergen-Induced Asthma'.
2007
Dr Jennifer Kearley - For her PhD thesis entitled: 'Manipulating allergen-specific Th2 responses'.
Dr Sejal Saglani - For her MD thesis entitled: 'The pathology of preschool and infant wheeze'.
2006
Dr Omar Usmani - For his PhD thesis entitled: 'Assessing the lung deposition and clinical response in asthmatic subjects as a function of β-adrenergic aerosol particle size'.
