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April 2008
A very successful meeting in Covnetry this Spring, with a great number of high quality presentations. Plenty of discussion was stimulated, from nanoparticles to toilet seats and in the end it was Mr J. Tysome (London) who was awarded the Philip Stell Prize for his presentation entitled "Oncolytic vaccinia virus armed with endostatin-angiostatin fusion protein; a novel therapy for head & neck cancer".
The Junior presenters prize went to Miss K Birchenall, a medical student from Bristol, for her presentation on laryngopharyngeal reflux disease and changes in laryngeal mucosal flora.
A special mention goes go to Mr C. Hobbs who won this year's much coveted Xomed-Treace prize, and so will be flown to Chicago by Medtronic to attend and present at the American Academy meeting.
September 2007
Congratulations go to Mr E. Chisholm (London) on winning this year's Angell-James prize for his worthy presentation on "Gene therapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma - imaging a cancer-selective, systemically-administered agent".
Congratulations also to Mr K Patel on winnning the Junior Presenter's prize.
There were four council members voted in at the AGM - Mr Justin Wier (re-elected), Mr Henry Pau (ex-trainee representative), Mr Vin Paleri (Newcastle) and Mr Russell Cathcart (trainee representative).
Mr Graeme Weiner has stepped down from his post in council and the Society thank him greatly for his support and input over the past four years.
April 2007
Congratulations to Ms S.De - winner of this year's Philip Stell Prize for her presentation entitled "Matrix metalloproteinase-9 in nasal secretions of children exposed to passive smoking".
Congratulations to T. Kunanandam for winning the first Junior Presentors prize offered by the society.
Congratulations to Mr Malcolm Buchanon for winning the presitgious Xomed-Treace Prize for 2006. Malcolm will now be flown to the American Academy meeting to present his work there, courtesy of Medtronic.
Finally, congratulations (again) to Mr Kim Dae for being awarded the first ORS research grant. We look forward to hearing the results of his important work.
September 2006
Congratulations to Reza Nouraei, winner of the 2006 Angell-James prize at this years Autumn meeting in London.
Mr Iain Swan (Glasgow) was voted in as President-Elect at this years Autumn meeting
April 2006
Congratulations to Mr Dae Kim - winner of this year's Xomed-Treace prize.
Congratulations also to Mr Shomeshwar Singh, from London - winner of this year's Philip Stell prize for his presentation entitled "Event related potentials - are they useful in paediatric cochlear implant patients?".
Feb 2006
The ORS now offers a small research support grant of up to £2000 to it's members. Closing date for the next round of applications will be 1st December 2006. For more information on applying for this grant, click here. |
