These prizes are awarded to students graduating from IBMS-accredited BSc Hons programmes who have achieved academic distinction.
University of Plymouth
Molly Crawford was awarded the IBMS President’s Prize at the recent graduation ceremony at University of Plymouth, having graduated with a BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science degree specialising in Blood Science. Molly completed her degree with integral clinical placements with her honours research project in quality assurance performance in autoimmune diagnostics at Universities Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. She has since taken up employment with Conquest Hospital, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in Hastings. Pictured: Molly Crawford along with Malcom Owen (member of the IBMS South West Regional Executive Committee), Dr Craig Donaldson (Head of School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Plymouth), Dr Lynn McCallum (Programme Lead Healthcare Science, University of Plymouth).
University of Wolverhampton
Mohammed Ahmed was awarded the President’s Prize at the University of Wolverhampton. Mohammed plans to continue studying at the University of Wolverhampton by undertaking an MSc in Biomedical Science. He is pictured receiving the award from Karen Williams of the IBMS West Midlands Region.
University of Hull
Gemma-Kaur-Brown was awarded the President’s Prize at the graduation ceremony at the University of Hull. She said she thoroughly enjoyed studying biomedical science, especially the investigation of the properties of microparticles released from pancreatic cancers cells, which she undertook as part of her dissertation. Gemma is looking forward to using the skills and knowledge gained from her degree in her future career.