SBCR Awards 2023
Awards received at recent Blood 2023 Conference, Melbourne
Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ)
HSANZ (Inaugural) Leadership in Haematology Award
Professor P Joy Ho
The inaugural HSANZ Leadership award honours an individual who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to leadership in haematology across their career.
HSANZ & Leukaemia Foundation PhD Scholarship
Dr Eric Wenlong Li
Haematopathology and Clinical Haematology Fellow, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Eric will undertake a PhD project at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, focussing on improving our understanding of a recent breakthrough anti-cancer drug venetoclax. Theproject will explore genetic and epigenetic (cell environment where genes operate) causes of venetoclax resistance at a single cell level.
HSANZ Nursing – Best Poster
Dr Tracy King PhD, MN, RN
Myeloma Clinical Nurse Consultant, Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor Cancer Care Research Unit, The University of Sydney.
Selinexor supportive care guidelines: consensus best practice initiative from HSANZ Myeloma Specialists Practice Network (M-SPN).
Finalist Baikie Medal the premier HSANZ medal for young researchers
Dr Rebecca Wayte
Title: Tisagenlecleucel for relapsed/refractory large B cell lymphoma: a single centre Australian experience
Thrombosis & Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand (THANZ) Scientific Medal
Dr Yvonne Kong
PhD candidate, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney; Honorary postgraduate fellow, Institute of Haematology, RPAH; Lecturer, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney.
SEC61B regulates calcium flux and platelet hyperactivity in diabetes mellitus
