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Siemens Award (formerly Bayer Award & Ames Medal)
First donated in 1971 by Miles Laboratories Ltd., Ames Division and later by Bayer Diagnostics UK Ltd. Now donated by Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics Ltd.
The award is made on the basis of an oral communication presented by a member of the Association under 35 years of age on the date of the competition. The winner of the Award receives a Silver Medal and a cheque for £250.
Applications to take part in the competition are made at the time of submission of an abstract to the National Meeting. Applicants must be prepared to certify that the work, or a substantial and clearly defined part of it, is his or her own. The Awards Committee (comprising the President of the Association, the Chairman of Council, the Association Secretary, the Association Meetings Secretary and a representative of Bayer Diagnostics UK Ltd) selects participants for the competition from the submitted abstracts. Not less than six weeks before the competition, the successful applicants will be informed of their involvement. All competitors are encouraged to consider submitting their completed study for possible publication in the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry.
At the competition itself, participants will be given 15 minutes to make their presentation and a further 5 minutes for questions. The judges on the Awards Committee will look for evidence of original science that is relevant to Clinical Biochemistry. They will also look for a clear and interesting delivery, careful timing, good audiovisual aids and the ability to discuss the project and answer questions.
The presentation to the winner will be made during the evening of the day on which the
competition is held.
Winners:
1971 Dr GM Murphy1972 Miss HM Flegg
1973 Dr J Alaghband-Zadeh
1975 Mr JF Pickup
1976 Dr GC Forrest
1978 Dr LG Morgan
1980 Mr ML Knapp
1981 Dr DB Freedman
1983 Mr RN Dalton
1984 Dr SK Cunningham
1985 Dr A Lambert
1986 Dr JD Berg
1987 Miss VJ Lyfar
1988 Mrs R Lapworth
1989 Mr RN Seabrook
1990 Dr GN Turner
1991 Dr AP Day
1992 Dr JC Chamberlain
1993 Mr D Athey
1994 Dr M Badminton
1995 Dr SJR Heales
1997 Dr R,M Ayling
1998 Dr D.J Halsall
1999 Dr J Wassell
2000 Miss J Brady
2001 Dr CS Davies
2002 Miss CM Jones
2003 Miss AM Jones
2004 Miss L Wood
2005 Dr S Vickery
2006 Dr LT Ford
2007 Dr K Parham
2005 winner, Dr S Vickery
Ron Newall of Bayer talks to award winners and presenters at the 30th Anniversary of the award in 2001