BSG Award Winners
The list below comprises winners from the last few years of the BSG awards.
2024
Arthur Hurst Lecture Granted at the president’s discretion, winner gives keynote lecture at the Annual Meeting, and receives a copy of the Arthur Hurst lectures book rebound to include their lecture, and inscribed by the President. | Anton Emmanuel, Professor in neuro-gastroenterology and consultant gastroenterologist, University College Hospital |
President’s Medal Granted at the president’s discretion and awarded at the Annual Meeting to two recipients who receive free registration for the day and travel expenses. | Bjorn Rembacken, Leeds Teaching Hospitals |
Sir Frances Avery Jones Award Encourages research by gastroenterologists working in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. | Christopher Black, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the University of Leeds |
Sheila Sherlock Lecture An invited lecture by the BSG Liver section. |
Graham Foster, Queen Mary University of London |
Dame Parveen Kumar Education and Training Award - winner This award recognises the work of excellent trainers in developing the future of the gastroenterology and hepatology specialty. | Sarah Clark, Consultant Hepatologist, St George’s Hospital |
Dame Parveen Kumar Education and Training Award - highly commended |
Phedra Dodds, Lead for the South West Endoscopy Training Academy and JAG JETS Workforce Clinical Lead
Louise China, Consultant Hepatologist, Royal Free Hospital |
Trainee Leadership and Management Prize Identifies and promotes talented trainee leaders nationally in order to promote leadership in gastroenterology for the future. | Emma Saunsbury |
Trainee Out of Programme Award Designed to help gastroenterology trainees access training opportunities that aren’t available as part of their local training rotations. | Nasar Aslam Gaurav Nigam, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford |
Young Gastroenterologist of the Year – Clinical & Translational Science Identifies and promotes talented trainee clinical scientists nationally in order to promote research and science in gastroenterology for the future. | Andreas Hadjinicolaou |
Outstanding Contribution to GI and Hepatology Nursing Award Recognises an individual that has made outstanding contributions to any field within GI nursing. | Lorna Bailey, Specialist Hepatology Nurse, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary |
CSSC Service Development Prize The award is for an individual or team that has made a demonstrable impact on patient care by innovative service improvement. | 1st place: Elmuhtady Said, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Dominic Bullas, Bethan Potter. 2nd place: Zameer Mohamed, Consultant Gastroenterologist 3rd place: Alan Lobo, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Alvin Ochieng, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Joint FMT Lead |
CSSC Service Development Prize - nurse winners | Joint winners: Stacey Munnelly, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Gastroenterology, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Alex Hadall, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Gastroenterology, Manchester Royal Infirmary |
UK Barretts Oesophagus Registry (UKBOR) Prize Recognises an up-and-coming researcher and provides them with expenses to allow them to travel to the USA Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) meeting. | Keith Tan, University of Cambridge |
Hopkins Prize for Endoscopy Recognises a technical innovation in the field of endoscopy, a new method using existing endoscopic equipment, or contribution to endoscopy research. | Rehan Haidry, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Cleveland Clinic, UCLH |
Professor John Nicholls Lecture Invited by the Colorectal Section. | Mark Middleton, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust |
Dr Basil Morson Lecture Invited by the Pathology Section. | Rhonda Yantiss, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine |
Endoscopy Foundation Lecture Invited by the Endoscopy Committee and the VP Endoscopy. | Alessandro Repici, Humanitas Research Hospital |
BMJ Gut best laboratory science abstract Awarded to the best basic science abstract for oral presentation. | Alexander Seager, South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust |
BMJ Frontline Gastroenterology Award Awarded to the highest scoring abstract for oral presentation. | Gaurav Nigam, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford Amar Srinivasa, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust |
BMJ Open Gastroenterology Award Honours the best clinical science abstract for oral presentation. | Nurulamin Noor, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals |
Bryan Warren Best Pathology Abstract Award This year’s best scoring Pathology abstract. | Eleanor Hackney, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust |
New Perspectives Lecture | Dianne Addei, Senior Public Health Advisor NHIIP, NHS England |
Best Poster | |
Endoscopy | Rebecca Osborne |
IBD | Peter Rimmer |
Liver | Naw April Phaw |
Small Bowel & Nutrition | Ria Smith |
Colorectal | Christina Dobson |
Neurogastroenterology & Motility | Emma Fairhurst |
Pancreas & neuroendocrine | Stacey Munnelly |
Education and Training | Anil Prabhu |
Service | Jennifer Nobes |
Oesophageal | Mie Thu Ko |
Gastroduodenal | Hussein Mansour |
Best Oral | |
Oesophageal | Nosheen Umar |
Gastroduodenal | Ahmed Abdulelah |
Nurses | Miguela Villa |
Colorectal | Rawen Kader |
IBD | Nurulamin Noor |
Pancreas & neuroendocrine | Shabbir Jivanjee |
Neurogastroenterology & Motility | Mohsin Butt |
Liver | Damien Leith |
Small Bowel & Nutrition | Daniel Griffith |
Service | Amar Srinivasa |
Endoscopy | Gaurav Nigam |
Sustainability | Gareth Parkes |
2023
Arthur Hurst Lecture | Granted at the president’s discretion, winner gives keynote lecture at the Annual Meeting, and receives a copy of the Arthur Hurst lectures book rebound to include their lecture, and inscribed by the President. | Prof Brian Saunders Consultant Gastroenterologist, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College, London |
President’s Medal | Granted at the president’s discretion and awarded at the Annual Meeting to two recipients who receive free registration for the day and travel expenses. | Dr Ian Penman, Luminal GI Consultant |
Sir Frances Avery Jones Award | Encourages research by gastroenterologists working in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. | Chris Lamb, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University, and Honorary Consultant in Gastroenterology, Newcastle Hospitals |
Sheila Sherlock Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Liver section. | Prof Rajiv Jalan The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
Leadership and Management Prize | Identifies and promotes talented trainee leaders nationally in order to promote leadership in gastroenterology for the future. | Sunny Raju, Out of Programme, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Out of Programme | Designed to help gastroenterology trainees access training opportunities that aren’t available as part of their local training rotations. | Joint winners – William Blad, IBD Clinical Research Fellow, University College London Hospital Mohammed Tauseef Sharif, Specialty Registrar, Addenbrookes Hospital |
Young Gastroenterologist of the Year – Clinical & Translational Science | Identifies and promotes talented trainee clinical scientists nationally in order to promote research and science in gastroenterology for the future. | James Alexander, Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London & Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
Nurse Award for Service Development – Winner | Identifies an individual or a team who have made a demonstrable positive impact on patient care. | Babitha Joseph, IBD Clinical Specialist Nurse, St Mark’s Hospital, ‘IBD Dysplasia Surveillance Pathway (DSP)’ |
The Alistair McIntyre Prize for Improving Gastroenterology Training | The award is to support a project looking at an aspect of training in Gastroenterology. | Mohammed Tauseef Sharip, Specialty Registrar, Addenbrookes Hospital |
CSSC Service Development Prize | The award is for an individual or team that has made a demonstrable impact on patient care by innovative service improvement. | 1st: Danielle Morris, Consultant Gastroenterologist, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 2nd: Mark Follows, GPwER in gastroenterology and clinical lead for planned care and gastroenterology for Norfolk and Waveney CCG 3rd: Matthew Foxton, Consultant Heptaologist & Gastroenterologist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Chirantha Premathilaka, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen |
CSSC Service Development Prize highly commended | Jaimik Patel, Doctor, Norfolk and Norwich, Kevin Monahan, Gastroenterologist, St Mark’s Hospital, Mark McAlindon, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Thornbury Hospital, Sheffield, Cheh Kuan Tai, Gastroenterologist, Royal Free NHS Trust, Dr Andreas Koutsoumpas, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Dr Kalpesh Besherdas, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, David Sanders & Jeremy Woodward, Luminal Gastroenterologist, Addenbrookes Hospital | |
UK Barretts Oesophagus Registry (UKBOR) Prize | Recognises an up-and-coming researcher and provides them with expenses to allow them to travel to the USA Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) meeting. | Mohamed Abdelrahim, Gastroenterology Registrar (ST7), Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, ‘4-year clinical research (PhD) fellowship investigating the application of artificial intelligence (AI) for the detection and characterization of Barrett’s neoplasia during endoscopy’ |
Endoscopy Rising Star | Recognises a technical innovation in the field of endoscopy, a new method using existing endoscopic equipment, or contribution to endoscopy research. | Omer Ahmad, consultant gastroenterologist and interventional endoscopist, University College Hospital London, ‘The tale of a successful translational journey in endoscopic research and a roadmap for future technological innovation’ |
Professor John Nicholls Lecture | Invited by the Colorectal Section. | Prof Simon Buczacki, Professor Of Colorectal Surgery University Of Oxford |
Endoscopy Foundation Lecture | Invited by the Endoscopy Committee and the VP Endoscopy. | Dr Barham Abu Dayyeh, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA |
BMJ Gut best laboratory science abstract | Awarded to the best basic science abstract for oral presentation. | Paul Kelly “Therapeutic Approaches to Malnutrition Enteropathy (TAME): a randomised controlled trial in children with severe acute malnutrition in Zambia and Zimbabwe” |
BMJ Frontline Gastroenterology Award | Awarded to the highest scoring abstract for oral presentation. | Umair Kamran “Consensus on upper gastrientestinal endoscopy quality indicators; a modified Delphi procesS” |
BMJ Open Gastroenterology Award | Honours the best clinical science abstract for oral presentation. | Neil Chanchlani “Undertanding the anti-TNF treatment failure mechansims and management of loss of response to anti-TNF therapy, three year data from the PANTS study” |
New perspectives Lecture | Prof Laurence Lovat Clinical Director, WEISS, UCL Professor of Gastroenterology & Biophotonics, UCL | |
Lifetime achievement award | Dame Parveen J Kumar, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Education, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. Honorary Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Barts & The London NHS Trust, Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust. | |
Barbers' Company Award 2023 for Trainees in Gastroenterology | Introduced in 2021, this award has been established by the Barber’s Company in memory of Sir Francis Avery Jones, past Master of the Barbers’ Company and past President of the BSG. The purpose of the award is to help provide a UK trainee in gastroenterology or hepatology with an opportunity to gain training that would not otherwise be available as part of his/her training programme, or to develop a clinical service that will benefit patients. | Mohamed Abdelrahim, Gastroenterology Registrar (ST7), Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, ‘4-year clinical research (PhD) fellowship investigating the application of artificial intelligence (AI) for the detection and characterization of Barrett’s neoplasia during endoscopy’ |
2022
Arthur Hurst Lecture | Granted at the president’s discretion, winner gives keynote lecture at the Annual Meeting, and receives a copy of the Arthur Hurst lectures book rebound to include their lecture, and inscribed by the President. | Prof. Ailsa Hart, Gastroenterologist, St Mark’s Hospital Bugs, drugs, shrugs and hugs in Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
President’s Medal | Granted at the president’s discretion and awarded at the Annual Meeting to two recipients who receive free registration for the day and travel expenses. | Dr Bu’ Hussain Hayee, Consultant at King’s College London |
Dr Stuart McPherson, Consultant Hepatologist at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | ||
Sir Frances Avery Jones Award | Encourages research by gastroenterologists working in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. | Dr Upkar Gill, Clinical Lecturer, The Centre for Immunobiology at the Blizard Institute From organoids to organs: A journey of clinical translation |
Sheila Sherlock Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Liver section. | Prof. James Neuberger, Honorary Consultant, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham Liver Transplantation – more than hard graft |
Leadership and Management Prize | Identifies and promotes talented trainee leaders nationally in order to promote leadership in gastroenterology for the future. | Dr Michael FitzPatrick, Clinical Lecturer, University of Oxford |
Out of Programme | Designed to help gastroenterology trainees access training opportunities that aren’t available as part of their local training rotations. | Dr Nuru Noor, Clinical Research Fellow, Cambridge University Hospitals |
Young Gastroenterologist of the Year – Clinical & Translational Science | Identifies and promotes talented trainee clinical scientists nationally in order to promote research and science in gastroenterology for the future. | Dr Rebecca Harris, Spr, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust |
Dr Thomas Marjot, Hepatology SpR, Oxford Liver Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Doctoral Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow, University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) | ||
Nurse Award for Service Development – Winner | Identifies an individual or a team who have made a demonstrable positive impact on patient care. | Shannon Berry, Senior Sister Endoscopy Pre Assessment -LGI, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
Rebecca Ullah, Matron, Endoscopy Services, Abdominal Medicine and Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | ||
The Alistair McIntyre Prize for Improving Gastroenterology Training | The award is to support a project looking at an aspect of training in Gastroenterology. | Dr Srivathsan Ravindran, Endoscopy Research Fellow, JAG / St Mark’s |
Dr Karishma Sethi Arora, ST7 Specialist Registrar, Northern Care Alliance | ||
CSSC Service Development Prize | The award is for an individual or team that has made a demonstrable impact on patient care by innovative service improvement. | 1st: Dr Richard Aspinall, Consultant Hepatologist, Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust |
2nd: Mr Valerio Celentano, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital | ||
3rd: Dr Paul Brennan, Clinical Research Fellow, University Of Dundee/NHS Tayside | ||
UK Barretts Oesophagus Registry (UKBOR) Prize | Recognises an up-and-coming researcher and provides them with expenses to allow them to travel to the USA Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) meeting. | Dr Mohamed Hussein, Gastroenterology Spr (st7), University College London Hospital |
Hopkins Prize for Endoscopy | Recognises a technical innovation in the field of endoscopy, a new method using existing endoscopic equipment, or contribution to endoscopy research. | Dr Massimiliano Di Pietro, Senior Clinical Investigator Scientist And Consultant Gastroenterologist, University of Cambridge |
Dr Basil Morson Lecture | Invited by the Pathology Section. | Prof. Robert Goldin, Professor of Liver & GI Pathology, Histopathologist, Imperial College London The liver biopsy in fatty liver disease; time for a rethink |
Professor John Nicholls lecture | Invited by the Colorectal Section. | Prof. Jens Rittsher, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford Artificial Intelligence and prevention of PCCRC |
Endoscopy Foundation lecture | Invited by the Endoscopy Committee and the VP Endoscopy. | Prof. Evelien Dekker, Gastroenterologist, Professor of Gastrointestinal Oncology, University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Medicine Best practice in colorectal cancer screening and surveillance: now and in the future |
Gut Award | Awarded to the best basic science abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Polychronis Pavlidis, King’s Health Partners The interleukin 22/ /neutrophil axis is associated with treatment resistance in ulcerative colitis |
Frontline Gastroenterology Award | Awarded to the highest scoring abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Umair Kamran, Research Fellow, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Variation in post endoscopy upper gastrointestinal cancer across endoscopy providers in England: a population-based study |
BMJ Open Gastroenterology Award | Honours the best clinical science abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Robert Logan, Consultant, King’s College London Duplicate FIT testing as a safety netting strategy for patients at risk of colorectal cancer |
2021
Arthur Hurst Lecture | Granted at the president’s discretion, winner gives keynote lecture at the Annual Meeting, and receives a copy of the Arthur Hurst lectures book rebound to include their lecture, and inscribed by the President. | Prof Emad El-Omar, University Of New South Wales |
President’s Medal | Granted at the president’s discretion and awarded at the Annual Meeting to two recipients who receive free registration for the day and travel expenses. | Dr Tony Tham, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Ulster Hospital, Belfast |
Sir Frances Avery Jones Award | Encourages research by gastroenterologists working in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. | Dr Fotios Sampaziotis, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute From organoids to organs: A journey of clinical translation |
Sheila Sherlock Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Liver section. | Prof John O’Grady, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Liver Transplantation |
New Perspectives Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG President. | Dame Parveen Kumar, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Caring for the Profession |
Leadership and Management Prize | Identifies and promotes talented trainee leaders nationally in order to promote leadership in gastroenterology for the future. | Dr Arun Sivananthan, Clinical Research Fellow/ST5, Imperial College London |
Out of Programme | Designed to help gastroenterology trainees access training opportunities that aren’t available as part of their local training rotations. | Phoebe Hodges, Clinical Research Fellow, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London |
Young Gastroenterologist of the Year – Clinical & Translational Science | Identifies and promotes talented trainee clinical scientists nationally in order to promote research and science in gastroenterology for the future. | Omer Farouk Ahmad, Gastroenterology SpR, University College London Hospital |
Nurse Award for Service Development – Winner | Identifies an individual or a team who have made a demonstrable positive impact on patient care. | Lisa Whitley, Lead IBD CNS |
Nurse Award for Service Development – Runner up | Identifies an individual or a team who have made a demonstrable positive impact on patient care. | Loraine Mahachi, Endoscopy Clinical Nurse Lead |
The Alistair McIntyre Prize for Improving Gastroenterology Training | The award is to support a project looking at an aspect of training in Gastroenterolgy. | Dr Mohammad Farhad Peerally, ST7 Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust |
CSSC Service Development Prize | The award is for an individual or team that has made a demonstrable impact on patient care by innovative service improvement. | Dr Mohid Khan, Wales Neuroendocrine Cancer Service; Cardiff & Vale University Health Board; University Hospital of Wales |
CSSC Service Development Prize – Runner up | The award is for an individual or team that has made a demonstrable impact on patient care by innovative service improvement. | Professor Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Royal Free Hospital and UCL |
CSSC Service Development Prize – Runner up | The award is for an individual or team that has made a demonstrable impact on patient care by innovative service improvement. | Dr Philip J Smith, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and University of Liverpool |
NIHR Awards | Category A: Principal Investigator (PI) or Chief Investigator (CI) making an outstanding contribution in design, conduct and dissemination of research, and/or building research capacity | Professor Colin Rees, Professor of Gastroenterology at Newcastle University and South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust |
NIHR Awards | Category B: Early Career Researcher and those new to research showing a significant contribution to recruitment into NIHR portfolio studies | Dr Louise China, Hepatology Consultant at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at UCL Medical School |
NIHR Awards | Category C: Research Team making an outstanding contribution to the NIHR portfolio studies | Dr Tariq Ahmad,Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust |
NIHR Awards | Special award: Special recognition for outstanding contribution in building research capacity | Dr Lynsey Corless, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hull University Teaching Hospital |
Gut Award | Awarded to the best basic science abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Simeng Lin, PhD Student, IBD Research Fellow, Exeter IBD Research and Pharmacogenetics Research Group Infliximab is associated with attenuated immunogenicity to BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 SARS-CoV-2 vaccines |
Frontline Gastroenterology Award | Awarded to the highest scoring abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Alex Adams, Bioinformatician, University Of Oxford ADmission Model for Intensification of Therapy in Acute Severe Colitis (ADMIT-ASC) |
BMJ Open Gastroenterology Award | Honours the best clinical science abstract for oral presentation. | Prof James Lindsay, Professor of IBD, Barts Health NHS Trust, The Royal London Hospital An RCT of autologous stem-cell transplantation in treatment refractory Crohn’s disease (low-intensity therapy evaluation): ASTIClite |
2020
Arthur Hurst Lecture | Granted at the president’s discretion, winner gives keynote lecture at the Annual Meeting, and receives a copy of the Arthur Hurst lectures book rebound to include their lecture, and inscribed by the President. | Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Head of MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge Pioneering technologies to detect GI cancer earlier |
President’s Medal | Granted at the president’s discretion and awarded at the Annual Meeting to two recipients who receive free registration for the day and travel expenses. | Dr Nick Kennedy, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Devon and Exeter Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer University of Exeter |
President’s Medal | Granted at the president’s discretion and awarded at the Annual Meeting to two recipients who receive free registration for the day and travel expenses. | Dr Mesbah Rahman, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Morriston Hospital Swansea Bay University Health Board |
Sir Frances Avery Jones Award | Encourages research by gastroenterologists working in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. | Dr Prakash Ramachandran Deciphering Liver Fibrosis One Cell at a Time |
Hopkins Prize Lecture | Awarded for the best submission regarding a technical innovation in the field of endoscopy, a new method using existing endoscopic equipment, or contribution to endoscopy research. | Prof Matt Rutter, North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Improving Endoscopy Through Data |
Sheila Sherlock Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Liver section. | Professor Julia Verne, Head of Clinical Epidemiology, Public Health England Reducing variations in outcomes in liver disease – the challenges from prevention through to palliative care |
New Perspectives Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG President. | Professor Andrew Goddard, President, Royal College of Physicians, London New Perspectives Lecture: Changing medicine in changing times |
Endoscopy Foundation Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Endoscopy section. | Professor Horst Neuhaus, Head of Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf Foundation Lecture: Advances in third space endoscopy |
Dr Basil Morson Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Pathology section. | Professor Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, Head of Biology and Pathology, Henri Mondor University Hospital Hepatitis C |
Service Delivery Prize – Winner | Recognises the work carried out by BSG members who have made a demonstrable impact on patient care by innovative service improvement. | Dr Shyam Menon, Consultant Gastroenterologist, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Nurse-led Day-case Gastroenterology service in the Emergency Department |
Service Delivery Prize – Runner up | Recognises the work carried out by BSG members who have made a demonstrable impact on patient care by innovative service improvement. | Professor David Sanders, Head of the Academic Department of Gastroenterology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Group Clinics for Coeliac Disease; Better for the Patients and Better for the NHS |
Leadership and Management Prize | Identifies and promotes talented trainee leaders nationally in order to promote leadership in gastroenterology for the future. | Louise China |
Out of Programme | Designed to help gastroenterology trainees access training opportunities that aren’t available as part of their local training rotations. | James Kang |
Young Gastroenterologist of the Year – Clinical & Translational Science | Identifies and promotes talented trainee clinical scientists nationally in order to promote research and science in gastroenterology for the future. | Abhishek Chauhan |
Gut Award | Awarded to the best basic science abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Mohamed Abdelrahim Pixel-Based Deep Learning Models, A Step Closer To Real-Time Computer-Assisted Detection of Barrett’s Neoplasia |
Frontline Gastroenterology Award | Awarded to the highest scoring abstract for oral presentation. | Mr Theo Georgiou Delisle Can FIT rule out colorectal cancer in symptomatic patients? Results from the NICE FIT study |
BMJ Open Gastroenterology Award | Honours the best clinical science abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Iain Macpherson Intelligent liver function testing: 18 months of real world data |
2019
Hopkins Prize for Endoscopy | Awarded for the best submission regarding a technical innovation in the field of endoscopy, a new method using existing endoscopic equipment, or contribution to endoscopy research. | Professor David Sanders, Head of the Academic Department of Gastroenterology Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Changing every day clinical practice through endoscopic research |
Arthur Hurst Lecture | Granted at the president’s discretion, winner gives keynote lecture at the Annual Meeting, and receives a copy of the Arthur Hurst lectures book rebound to include their lecture, and inscribed by the President. | Professor Fiona Powrie, University of Oxford Host microbe interactions in the intestine: New therapeutic strategies for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases |
President’s Medal | Granted at the president’s discretion and awarded at the Annual Meeting to two recipients who receive free registration for the day and travel expenses. | Dr Penny Neild |
President’s Medal | Granted at the president’s discretion and awarded at the Annual Meeting to two recipients who receive free registration for the day and travel expenses. | Ms Julie Solomon |
Frances Avery Jones Award | Encourages research by gastroenterologists working in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. | Thomas Bird Liver senescence – How the liver can grow without growing old or lumpy |
Sheila Sherlock Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Liver section. | Dr Arun Sanyal, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA Current and future management of NAFLD |
New Perspectives Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG President. | Ben Page, Ipsos MORI Public perceptions of their health service |
Endoscopy Foundation Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Endoscopy section. | Dr Roland Valori, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 20 years of improving colonoscopy: Lessons learned and future directions |
Dr Basil Morson Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Pathology section. | Professor Elizabeth Montgomery, Professor of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Adventures in Barrett Esophagus: An old fashioned pathologist’s perspective |
Professor John Nicholls Lecture | An invited lecture by the BSG Colorectal section. | Trevor Graham, Barts Cancer Institute The clonal evolution of cancer and neoplasia in ulcerative colitis |
Service Delivery Prize | Recognises the work carried out by BSG members that has made a demonstrable impact on patient care by innovative service improvement. | Dr Jane Chalmers, NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre The Development of a New Diagnostic Pathway to Detect Chronic Liver Disease across Primary and Secondary Care |
Nurse Prize | Recognises an individual or team that has made a demonstrable impact on patient care. | Hayley Leyland, Nurse Specialist HPN & IF |
Gut Award | Picks out the best basic science abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Ruairi Lynch OTH-10: Best scoring abstract GUT award: Therapeutic Interleukin 4 modulates monocyte dynamics and accelerates repair following acute liver injury |
Frontline Gastroenterology Award | Awarded to the highest scoring abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Emma Robinson OTH-11: Best scoring abstract – Frontline Gastroenterology award: Intelligent liver function testing (iLFT) in action |
BMJ Open Gastroenterology Award | Honours the best clinical science abstract for oral presentation. | Dr Filip Baert OTH-12: Best scoring abstract – BMJ Open gastroenterology award: Efficacy and Safety of Vedolizumab Subcutaneous Formulation for Ulcerative Colitis: Results of the visible Trial |
Nurse Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the Nurse Section at the Annual Meeting. | Margaret Collins Appetite for improvement; 50% reduction in bloodstream infections in central venous catheter delivered parenteral nutrition |
Liver Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the Liver Section at the Annual Meeting. | Philip Dunne Use of early-TIPSS in patients with oesophageal variceal bleeding, a UK dual-centre randomised control trial |
Small Bowel and Nutrition Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the Small Bowel and Nutrition Section at the Annual Meeting. | Michael Fitzpatrick Dynamics, and gut-homing chemokine and integrin expression, of recipient-derived T cells infiltrating intestinal transplant mucosa |
Neurogastroenterology and Motility Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the Neurogastroenterology and Motility Section at the Annual Meeting. | Gerum Gashaw Gebeyehu Fungal fumes in faeces – hidden culprit behind Parkinson’s disease? A faecal metabolomics study |
Service Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the CSSC Section at the Annual Meeting. | Markus Gwiggner Impact of direct access IBD physician delivered sigmoidoscopy from acute IBD flare line call service |
Education and Training Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the Education and Training Section at the Annual Meeting. | Wisam Jafar Multiprofessional in situ simulation is an effective method of identifying latent patient safety threats |
Colon and Anorectum Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the Colon and Anorectum Section at the Annual Meeting. | Philip Jenkinson Analysis of UC colectomy rates in pre- and post- biologic era South-East Scotland |
Pancreas Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the Pancreas Section at the Annual Meeting. | Thomas Payne Can moderate alcohol consumption decrease pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) risk? A systematic review and meta-analysis |
Oesophageal and Gastroduodenal Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the Oesophageal and Gastroduodenal Section at the Annual Meeting. | Rebecca Smith Intermittent administration of PPI is not inferior to infusion following acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding |
Endoscopy Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the Endoscopy Section at the Annual Meeting. | Martin Walls The B-ADENOMA Trial: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial of adenoma detection with Endocuff Vision |
IBD Free Papers | Part of the Annual Meeting Free Papers Awards, showcases the best abstract for the IBD Section at the Annual Meeting. | Gareth-Rhys Jones A capture-recapture study of all-age IBD point prevalence in Scotland |
Oesophageal Posters | Showcases the best of the Oesophageal Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | James Britton A comparative qualitative survey of patient experience in Barrett’s oesophagus |
Gastroduodenal Posters | Showcases the best of the Gastroduodenal Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Luke Sullivan Helicobacter pylori resistance: a complex socioeconomic problem? |
Service Posters | Showcases the best of the CSSC Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Akram Algieder FIT-Hb Pathway for Primary care in Herefordshire: The first 6 months |
Liver Posters | Showcases the best of the Liver Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Maja Kopczynska Sepsis outcomes in patients with liver disease |
Education and Training Posters | Showcases the best of the Education and Training Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Roisin Bevan Endoscopy training in Sierra Leone – successful remote supervision leading to a sustainable OGD service |
Small Bowel and Nutrition Posters | Showcases the best of the Small Bowel and Nutrition Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Matt Davie Mapping the distribution of small bowel angioectasias |
Pancreas and Neuroendocrine Posters | Showcases the best of the Pancreas and Neuroendocrine Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | John Leeds EUS Fork-Tip Biopsy versus EUS FNA in the Diagnosis of Solid Pancreatic Masses |
Colon and Anorectum Posters | Showcases the best of the Colon and Anorectum Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Michelle Thornton qFIT is a valuable triage tool for symptomatic colorectal patients |
Endoscopy Posters | Showcases the best of the Endoscopy Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Mohamed Hussein Outcomes of hemospray use in tumour related upper gastrointestinal bleeds: Outcomes from the hemospray registry |
Neurogastroenterology Posters | Showcases the best of the Neurogastroenterology Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Christopher Black Efficacy of Pharmacological Therapies in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhoea: Network Meta-analysis |
IBD Posters | Showcases the best of the IBD Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Shashank Ramakrishnan Colitis on CT – Does this mean Inflammatory Bowel Disease? |
Endoscopy Posters | Showcases the best of the Endoscopy Section’s abstracts presented as a poster displayed at the Annual Conference. | Pardeep Maheshwari EUS Tissue Sampling with Fork-Tip Biopsy Needle in the Diagnosis of Type 1 Autoimmune Pancreatitis Harleen Johal Is flexible sigmoidoscopy in the setting of normal computer tomographic colonography necessary? |