Prizes and bursaries
The London Division has created a prize for the best submission by a medical undergraduate within the London Division.
This can be any of the following:
- An essay written on a subject in psychiatry
- A research project in psychiatry where the student is either the main author or has made a significant contribution
- A literature review on a topic in psychiatry
- An essay on psychiatry which is especially relevant to London, due either to historical importance or another topic of local significance.
Prize
A maximum of three prizes of £200 each are offered, depending on the standard and number of submissions.
Frequency
Annually
Who can enter?
Medical undergraduates currently in the London Division area
Where presented
London Division Annual Academic Event - 30 October 2018
Terms
- The submission should ideally be between 6000 and 8000 words.
- Research projects should be written in the format normally associated with research articles published in the academic press, and should also include an abstract of no more than 200 words.
- The submission should be the applicant's own work.
- Only one submission per applicant will be accepted.
- The submission is to be forwarded as a Word document.
Submissions should be made electronically to Jennifer Edwards
Closing Date
17:00, 15 October 2018
View previous winners:
- Ieuan Lewis, Jessie Pairman, Gavin Spickett, Julia L Newton for work entitled:
Clinical characteristics of a novel subgroup of chronic fatigue syndrome patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome - Rhian Hayes for work entitled: What is the relationship between autism spectrum disorder and offending behaviour, if any?
- Robert Vaughan for work entitled: Is Anorexia New: Do Historical Accounts of Self Starvation Undermine Western Society’s Purported Role in Anorexia Nervosa’s Aetiology?
Julie Hammond for work entitled: Assessing Parenting Capacity in Psychiatric Mother and Baby Units: A case report and review of literature
and Katherine Wiles with [Claudia Lage, Sukhwinder S Shergill, Derek K Tracy] for work entitled: A systematic review of the effects of low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on cognition
- Shumei Germaine Liu for work entitled: Implementing the 4 'A's Test: Detecting delirium in acutely admitted older adults in a London teaching hospital.
- Mayowa Oyesanya received a Highly Commended for work entitled: Psychiatric Co-Morbidity in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome receiving Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Ally Saetta for work entitled: Muscle Dysmorphia - under researched and potentially over diagnosed
- Aneka Popat has been Highly Commended for the work Anorexia Nervosa in 21st Century Females
- Sally Bramley for work entitled: The relationship between metacognitive ability, cognitive insight and mood in healthy participants.
- Runner up is Eleanor Turner-Moss for her work: Labour Exploitation and Health: a case series of men and women seeking post-trafficking services in the UK
- Shuo Zhang for work entitled: Cross-Cultural Contact - psychosis and the city in modern life.
- The runner up is Titilopemi Oladosu for Paternal Postnatal Depression.
- Celia Shiles for her work entitled: Is there a significant interaction between life adversity and the brain derived neurotrophic factor gene in mood disorders?
- Noa Keren received a Highly Commended for work entitled: The Role of Inhibitory Control and Social Cognition in a Naturalistic Theory of Mind Test
- Marcus Wade for his work entitled: Does Smoking Cannabis Increase the Risk of Developing Schizophrenia?
- Eleri Clissold received a Highly Commended for work entitled: Suffering in Silence - Psychiatric co-morbidities in autistic spectrum disorders.