Mary Macdonald Bursary winners 2022
Established in 2019, the IBMS Mary Macdonald Congress Award sponsors free places for non-HCPC registered members to attend the Biomedical Support Staff programme at IBMS Congress. Successful applicants also receive £60.00 towards travelling expenses.
Mary is remembered as an outstanding professional, colleague and mentor, who began her career as a laboratory support worker and was keen to encourage and recognise excellence in others working in similar roles. Mary made a significant contribution to the IBMS throughout her life, serving as an IBMS Council member and on a number of IBMS Committees.
The winners for 2022 are:
Nicola Dunn
Vanimira Dzhugdanova
Amy Pateman
Lloyd Mcleggon-Watkinson
Emily Newell
Victoria Mercer
Sudipta Bhattacharjee
Daniel Gibbon
Karen Tonge
Comments from our winning applicants:
I am delighted to be awarded the Bursary to attend Congress. I am excited and looking forward to the opportunity of meeting other Biomedical support workers and gaining new knowledge. I feel achieving this award alongside undertaking the certificate of Achievement part II will allow me to professionally develop and as a team here at the Countess of Chester Hospital I feel we will all benefit from this.
Nicola Dunn
I have spent almost my entire career working in pathology and I recently gained my COA Part 2. Winning this bursary is recognition of the professional achievement that is possible for support staff and acknowledges the contribution we make to lab services.
Emily Newell
I am happy to receive the bursary from IBMS to attend Congress. Having completed my Part 2 , I am looking forward to experience the day for my own development and look forward to sharing with colleagues at Bolton Hospital.
Karen Rushman
I am very grateful for this award from the IBMS in order to attend Congress next year. This will allow me to attend congress for the first time, and I will use the opportunity to make new professional connections, and gain insights that could benefit fellow Biomedical Support Workers within the Department I work in.
Daniel Gibbon