State of the Art 2010 Award Winners

The Gold Medal Award was presented to Dr Andrew Conway Morris, Edinburgh, for his presentation 'Unravelling the paradox, how inflammation leads to immuno-suppression and secondary infection'.

The Research Free Paper Award was presented to Dr Andrew Conway Morris, Edinburgh, for his presentation 'Combined immuno-phenotyping of neutrophils, monocytes and T-cells enables accurate prediction of the risk of nosocomial infection'.

The Clinical Practice Free Paper Award was presented to Dr Charlotte Wade, Manchester, for her presentation 'An economic evaluation of alcohol on the intensive care unit'.

The Research Award for best Abstract Poster was presented to Dr Nishith Patel, Bristol, for his poster 'Interactions between allogenic red cell transfusion and cardiopulmonary bypass in post cardiac surgery acute kidney injury'.

State of the Art 2009 Award Winners

The Eli Lilly Award for the highest scoring Research poster was awarded to Dr Virginia Newcombe, Cambridge, for her poster 'Early brain tissue oxygenation is related to selective neuronal loss following clinical head injury'.

The Gold Medal Award was presented to Dr Thelma Craig, Belfast, for her presentation 'Simvastatin reduces inflammation and improves clinical outcomes in ALI: results of the HARP study'.

The Research Free Paper Award was presented to Dr Andrew Conway Morris, Edinburgh, for his presentation 'Ventilator-associated pneumonia is characterised by elevated neutrophil proteases in the lung'.

The Clinical Practice Free Paper Award was presented to Miss Charmaine Buss, Nottingham, for her presentation 'Midazolam and brain stem testing'.