2024 BMS Research and Teaching Award recipients. Back (left to right) Rob Munn, Megan Leask, Lynette Brownfield, Philip Kelly, Jeff Erickson, Ross Marshall-Seele and Daniel Pletzer. Front: Tanis Goodwin (on behalf of Parry Guilford), Diane Guévremont and Lisa Matisoo-Smith. Absent from the photo: Regis Lamberts, Megan Hall, John Reynolds, Rebecca Bird.
Congratulations to School of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) staff for considerable success in what was a challenging year.
The 2024 BMS Research and Teaching Awards were presented at an end-of-year function at Cumberland College on Friday, 6 December.
BMS Dean Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith says she and the rest of the school are immensely proud of the breadth and depth of both teaching and research success.
“We know we offer outstanding biomedical and molecular science teaching across our five departments and two programmes, and it is clear given the funding we attract, the publications we produce, and our involvement in international conferences that the quality of the research and the commitment of researchers and support staff from our school is recognised as world-class.”
Lisa says the awards reflect the passion from all staff for their areas of expertise across research and teaching.
“That commitment has really shone through this year. I’m particularly heartened by the calibre of our emerging early career researchers, which is why we have two recipients this year.”
“This year we also presented two Teaching Support Sustained Contribution awards to recognise the efforts of those we rely on behind the scenes.”
BMS Associate Dean Academic Fiona McDonald and Associate Dean Research Peter Mace presented awards to 13 recipients:
- Commercialisation Researcher: Lynette Brownfield
- Distinguished Academic Teacher: Regis Lamberts
- Distinguished PPF/Teaching Fellow: Megan Hall
- Distinguished Researcher: John Reynolds
- Emerging Researcher: Megan Leask
- Emerging Researcher: Daniel Pletzer
- Emerging Teacher: Robert Munn
- Hauora or Kaupapa Māori Research: Parry Guilford
- Pacific Peoples Research: Rebecca Bird
- Research Paper of the Year: Jeff Erickson, Amelia Power, Esther Asamudo
- Research Support Outstanding Contribution: Diane Guévremont
- Teaching Support Sustained Contribution: Philip Kelly
- Teaching Support Sustained Contribution: Ross Marshall-Seeley
- Kōrero by Claire Grant, Communications Advisor, School of Biomedical Sciences