Friday, March 03, 2006

Student prizes presented

ADAVB student prizes were awarded for outstanding academic achievements in 2005 at the CPD seminar held at the Sofitel Hotel today.

The ADAVB Prize was awarded to Dr Adam Wallace, pictured here with Branch President Dr Chris Callahan (left) and Dr John Locke (right), representing the Victorian Medical Insurance Agency, which has kindly sponsored this prize over many years.

Other ADAVB prizes presented included:
Mervyn Townsend Prize in Orthodontics - Dr Claire Kimpton
Alan Docking Materials Science Prize (sponsored by the Australian Dental Industry Association) - Ms Jing Jia Wu
Michelle Clark Prize - Ms Cathy Wang

The Australian Dental Research Foundation's Leonard Hansen Prize for student research was also presented by the ADRF Chairman Dr Fred Widdop, to Ms Priscilla Si'ai Lu.