School of Medicine Prize-Giving Ceremony

27 Mar 2023

The annual School of Medicine Prize-Giving Ceremony took place on Friday 20th January,2023 in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex. This was the first in person ceremony to take place since Covid 19 whereby the 2021/2022 prize winners were awarded.  

The Dean of the School, Professor Paula O’Leary welcomed the large number of prize-winners, their families and friends to the Ceremony. The Dean also had a warm welcome for the family and friends of deceased family members and past graduates of the University to the Ceremony. 

On behalf of the School Professor O’Leary congratulated the recipients of the Prizes who have excelled in a large number of disciplines at various stages of their academic studies.  The Dean noted that as well as University and School Prizes many of the students and recent graduates have been recognised by external bodies, notably the NUI Dr Henry Hutchinson Stewart prizewinners.

NUI DR HENRY HUTCHINSON STEWART MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS 2021/2022

A large number of the School of Medicine students continue to excel in a wide range of Research activities and their commitment was acknowledged at the Ceremony – there were 5 recipients of the Health Research Board Summer Student Scholarship this year which included Benjamin Green, Maha Irfan, Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, Mark Vesey and Tarun Das.

Caoimhe Cronin, Matthew Power, Janjie Guo, Yukta Ramesh, Mritunjay Mukjerjee and Rachel Roberts each received a bursary under the 2021 UCC College of Medicine and Health SURE Scheme.

Professor O’Leary emphasised that student life extends beyond the lecture halls and clinics and pointed out that many of the medical students have been formally recognized for their substantial contributions to University Societies.  In particular Professor O’Leary was very pleased to highlight the many successes of MedSoc, Surgeon Noonan, Friends of MSF and Emergency Care Society in the past 12 months and welcomed representatives from these Societies to the Ceremony.  On behalf of the School the Dean acknowledge their involvement and participation in these important aspects of their student lives and wished them well in their future endeavours.

Professor O’Leary emphasized how proud the School is of the achievements of the medical students receiving prizes at the event.  On behalf of the School, the Dean thanked sponsors for their continuing support for a few prizes and awards. The following prizes were presented by invited guests and faculty members to the successful recipients in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the 2021/2022 academic year:

 Photos available at: Prizegiving 2022