Student prize

 

The 2024 HealthSense Student Prize is now OPEN!

The aim of this competition is to test your research skills by asking you to evaluate four hypothetical research protocols and rank them in order of quality.

Entries are invited from two groups of students:

  • Medical and dental students
  • Students of nursing, midwifery and professions allied to medicine

In each group there is a first prize of £500 and up to five runner-up prizes of £100.

Entries must be submitted before 23:59 BST on Tuesday 30 April 2024. Entries received after that time will not be considered.

The HealthSense Student Prize is open to students from all nationalities, living in any country worldwide.

For further information, to download the terms and conditions and protocols and for the online entry form, click here:

Entry form

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Prize winners will be invited to receive their awards at the HealthSense Award Ceremony in London near the end of the year.

We are extremely grateful to the Royal College of Surgeons of England for their generous sponsorship of this year's competition.

Free student membership

Whether you enter the competition or not, if you are a full-time student, please consider taking advantage of our offer of free Student Membership of HealthSense.

Winners

Click on the year to see the winners.

2023

Medical and dental student section

First Prize (£500)

Sakshee Ramakrishnan, Lancaster Medical School

Runners-up (£100 each)

Lorenzo Verani, Imperial College London

Matthew Lim, University of Glasgow Medical School

Toni Oduwole, University College London

Oyeyemi Opeyemi Victor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Nursing, midwifery and professions allied to medicine section

First Prize (£500)

Noelle Yau, University College London

We are grateful once again to The Royal College of Surgeons of England for their generous support of this year's competition.

2022

Medical and dental student section

First Prize (£500)

Lydia Shackshaft, Kings College London

Runners-up (£100 each)

Honey Panchal, University College London

Jack Coumbe, Kings College London

Nursing, midwifery and professions allied to medicine section

Unfortunately, there were no winners in this section this year.

We are grateful to The Royal College of Surgeons of England for their generous support of this year's competition.

2021

Medical and dental student section

First Prize (£500)

Will Duggleby, University of Cambridge

Runners-up (£100 each)

Jack Coumbe, King's College London

Matthew Kingham, King's College London

Shun Qi Yong, Glasgow University

Highly Commended (Certificate)

Conor Hennessy, Oxford University

Hanna Spielmann, Medical School Hannover

Nursing, midwifery and professions allied to medicine section

First Prize (£500)

Jenny Jones, Bangor University

Runners-up (£100 each)

Catrin Sohrabi, Queen Mary University of London

We are grateful to The Royal College of Surgeons of England for their generous support of this year's competition.

2020

Medical and dental student section

First Prize (£500)

Matthew Choy, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine

Runners-up (£100 each)

Rahul Penumaka, Imperial College London Medical School

Edward Christopher, Edinburgh University Medical School

David Hewitt, University of Glasgow Medical School

Highly Commended (Certificate)

Faraaz Khan, Oxford University School of Medicine

Matthew Kingham, Kings College London School of Medicine

Emily Lancastle, Edinburgh University Medical School

Shafeer Rishad, University of Glasgow Medical School

Nursing, midwifery and professions allied to medicine section

Unfortunately, there were no winners in this section this year.

We are grateful to The Royal College of Physicians of London for their sponsorship of this year's competition.

2019

Medical and dental student section

First Prize (£500)

Nicholas Heng, University of Dundee

Runners-up (£100 each)

Robert Grant, University of Leicester

Pavithran Maniam, University of Dundee

Nader Raafat, University of Oxford

Charles Southey, Kings College London

Nursing, midwifery and professions allied to medicine section

First Prize (£500)

Sylvester Odame-Amoabeng, Kings College London (currently based at University College Hospital, London)

Runners-up (£100 each)

Unfortunately, there were no runners-up in this section this year.

We are grateful to The Royal College of Physicians of London for their sponsorship of this year's competition.

2018

Medical and dental student section

First Prize (£500)

Abdul Badram, Cambridge University

Runners-up (£100 each)

Nicholas Heng, Dundee University

Edward Christopher, Edinburgh University

Mathew O’Donnell, Queens University Belfast

Nursing, midwifery and professions allied to medicine section

First Prize (£500)

Susan Pope, Greenwich University

Runners-up (£100 each)

Unfortunately, there were no runners-up in this section this year.

We are grateful to The Royal College of Physicians of London for their sponsorship of this year's competition.

2017

Medical and dental student section

First Prize (£500)

Julius Kremling, a medical student at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Runners-up (£100 each)

Dominic Allen, a medical student at Imperial College London

Jungwoo Kang, a medical student at Queen Mary University

Sumir Chawla, a medical student at the University of Southampton

Certificate of Merit for achieving the correct ranking of the protocols

Monica Dingwall, a medical student at the University of Manchester

Simon Rabinowicz, a medical student at Imperial College London

Yuan Ye Beh, a medical student at the University of Aberdeen

Harriet Hunter, a medical student at the University of Cambridge

Emma Kirby, a medical student at the University of Cardiff

Gloria Nneoma Onwuneme, a medical student at the University of Nottingham

Alysha Chouhan, a medical student at the University of Manchester

Jessica Court, a medical student at the University of Birmingham

Stephanie Rees, a medical student at the University of Leicester

Fong Wei Chern Gavin, a medical student at Queens University Belfast

Callum Donaldson, a medical student at Kings College London

Parth Patel, a medical student at the University of Cambridge

Bella Plumptre, a medical student at Imperial College London

Victoria Elizabeth Roberts, a medical student at the University of Bristol

Saranya Baleswaran, a medical student at Queen Mary University

Dimitrios Karponis, a medical student at Imperial College London

Cheh Juan Tai, a medical student at University College London

Millie Ngaage, a medical student at the University of Cambridge

Nadja Bednarczuk, a medical student at Imperial College London

Andi Stanescu, a medical student at the University of Exeter

Jess Charlton, a medical student at the University of Cambridge

Calisha Allen, a medical student at the University of Manchester

Ke Wei Foong, a medical student at the University of Cambridge

Yasmin Zeina, a dental student at the University of Bristol

Nursing, midwifery and professions allied to medicine section

Unfortunately, there were no prize winners in this section this year.

Highly Commended

Arleah Laidley, a nursing student at the University of Southampton

Certificate of Merit for achieving the correct ranking of the protocols

Katie Heath, a nursing student at Kings College London

We are grateful to Cambridge University Press for sponsorship of the competition.

2016

Medical and dental student section

First Prize (£500)

Emma Mills, a student of medicine at the University of Aberdeen

Runners-up (£100 each)

Dylan Rakhra, a student of dentistry at the University of Bristol

Yuan Ye Beh, a student of medicine at the University of Aberdeen

Mitchell Burden, a student of medicine at the University of Sheffield

Highly Commended

Howell Fu, a student of medicine at the University of Oxford

Musammad Rashida Begum, a student of medicine at Barts and The London

Avirup Chowdhury, a student of medicine at the University of Glasgow

Grace Petkovic, a student of medicine at the University of Oxford

Nursing, midwifery and professions allied to medicine section

Unfortunately, there were no prize winners in this section this year.

We are grateful to Cambridge University Press for sponsorship of the competition.

2015

First Prize (£500)

Andrew Fulton, a student of dentistry at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Runners-up (£100 each)

Wong Li Chin, student of medicine at University College London

Vivek Vijay, student of medicine at University College London

We are grateful to Cambridge University Press for sponsorship of the competition.

2014

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Yuhan Ong, Aberdeen University Medical School

Runners-up

Jenifa Jeyakumar, King’s College London Medical School

Keith Sacco, Malta Medical School

On Fai Arthur Woo, University of Glasgow

Alicia Barnes, Keele University Medical School

Students of Nursing, Midwifery and Professions Allied to Medicine

First prize

Lynette Fox, Nottingham University

Runners-up

Raphaela Furnivall, University of St Andrews

Adam Peel, University of East Anglia

We are grateful to Cambridge University Press for sponsorship of the competition.

2013

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Dylan Mac Lochlainn, University College London

Claire Wood, University of Glasgow

Students of Nursing, Midwifery and Professions Allied to Medicine

First prize

Henry Lancashire, University College London

Runner-up

Shuchang Liu, University College London

We are grateful to Professor John Garrow for sponsorship of the competition.

2012

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Jonathan Batty, University of Leeds

Elizabeth Blamire, Anglia Ruskin University

Runners-up

Sarah Gentry, Peninsula Medical School

Hanadi Katerji, City University

We are grateful to the Medico-Legal Society for sponsorship of the competition.

2011

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Derek Ho, Imperial College Medical School

Runners-up

Jennifer Johnson, University of Warwick

Mark Loughrey, Peninsula Medical School

Students of Nursing, Midwifery and Professions Allied to Medicine

First prize

Sara-Jane Bateman, Nottingham University School of Nursing

We are grateful to the Medico-Legal Society for sponsorship of the competition.

2010

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Siôn Edryd Williams, Cardiff Medical School

Runners-up

Sarah Sneller, Cardiff Medical School

Kenneth Chan, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Claire Parke, Aberdeen Medical School

Ross Mirvis, Imperial College Medical School

Corinne Locke, Cardiff Medical School

We are grateful to the Medico-Legal Society for sponsorship of the competition.

2009

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Suzanna Jefferson, Queen Mary’s University of London

Runners-up

Simon Rowland, Imperial College London

Lauren Ewington, Imperial College London

Rohit Narayan, Birmingham

Ross Mirvis, Imperial College London

We are grateful to the Ajahma Trust for sponsorship of the competition.

2008

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Joanna Smeeton, King’s College Medical School

Runners-up

Ashley Simpson, Queen Mary’s University of London

Charity Santeng, Queen Mary’sUniversity of London

Yasser Madani, Queen Mary’sUniversity of London

Khalil Hassanally, Queen Mary’s University of London

Antonia Bull of Brighton and Sussex Medical School

We are grateful to the Ajahma Trust for sponsorship of the competition.

2007

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Alison Myers, Royal Free and University College Medical School

Runners-up

Alexandros Georgiou, Liverpool UMS

Ruth Heseltine, Barts and the London

Philip Jones, Nottingham

Gillian Norrie, Aberdeen

George Peck, Imperial College London

Students of Nursing, Midwifery and Professions Allied to Medicine

First prize

Sarah Linge, Edinburgh

Runner-up

Lisa Common

We are grateful to the Ajahma Trust for sponsorship of the competition.

2006

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

First prize

Emma Court, Barts and The London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry

Runner-up

Janet Richards, Swansea University’s School of Health Science

We are grateful to the Ajahma Trust for sponsorship of the competition.

2005

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Kar Hao Teoh, Edinburgh University Medical School

Runners-up

Emma Court, of Barts and the London QMUL

Students of Nursing, Midwifery and Professions Allied to Medicine

First prize

Wendy Ellingford, University of Bangor

We are grateful to the Ajahma Trust for sponsorship of the competition.

2004

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Emma Court, Barts and The London Medical School

Runners-up

Christopher Coyle

Elizabeth Fairfax

Thomas Nolan

Vinay Parmar

Hoong Wei Gan

We are grateful to the Ajahma Trust for sponsorship of the competition.

2003

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

Katerina Denediou, University College London

Shirley Moore, University of Aberdeen

Runners-up

Simon Harrison, Bristol

Kathryn Musgrave, Cambridge Pembroke

Danny Lim, Imperial College London

Mareeni Raymond, University College London

We are grateful to the Ajahma Trust for sponsorship of the competition.

2002

The winners of the HealthWatch Student Prize competition for critical analysis of clinical research protocols were:

Medical students

First prize

James Hopkins, Guy’s Hospital

Students of Nursing, Midwifery and Professions Allied to Medicine

First prize

Elaine Sweet, King’s College.

We are grateful to the Ajahma Trust for sponsorship of the competition.