2021 Publication Prizes Outcome

The Melbourne Medical School is delighted to announce the winners and finalists of the MMS Student and ECR Publication Prizes.

Awarded annually, with winners and finalists invited to present at the Melbourne Medical School Research Symposium.  These prizes recognise and reward high-calibre research produced by our talented cohort of students and ECRs. The prizes are highly competitive and receive a high number of outstanding applications each year.

The Melbourne Medical School is proud to announce the 2021 prize winners and finalists:

ECR Category

Dr Yet Hong Kor (Winner)

Department of Medicine, Austin Health
Ambulatory Oxygen in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease

Dr Chantal Attard (Finalist)

Department of Paediatrics
Long-term outcomes of warfarin versus aspirin after Fontan surgery

Dr Chamara Basnayake (Finalist)

Department of Medicine, St Vincents Hospital 
Standard gastroenterologist versus multidisciplinary treatment for functional gastrointestinal disorders (MANTRA): an open-label, single-centre, randomised controlled trial

Student Category

Dr Anis Hamid (Winner) 

Department of Surgery 
Transcriptional profiling of primary prostate tumor in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer and association with clinical outcomes: correlative analysis of the E3805 CHAARTED trial5

Ms Victoria Soriano (Finalist)

Department of Paediatrics
Infant pacifier sanitization and risk of challenge proven food allergy: A cohort study

Ms Emma Webb (Finalist)

Department of Paediatrics
Feasibility and acceptability of targeted salivary cytomegalovirus screening through universal newborn hearing screening