THANZ Awards

THANZ Scientific Medal

The award is intended for new individuals working actively in clinical and laboratory research in the field of thrombosis and haemostasis. The award is judged on the basis of abstracts submitted to the annual Blood Meeting. The award winner receives the THANZ Medal, a solid silver medallion and a prize of AU$2,000. In addition, there are two runners up awards of AU$500 each.

Conditions of Entry:

  • Entrants for the award must be aged 45 years or less on the closing day of the annual Blood Meeting and be financial members of the THANZ.
  • The main author and entrant must be a clinician, nurse, scientist or technologist working actively in the field of thrombosis and haemostasis.
  • The award will be judged on the basis of a) abstracts submitted for the annual meeting and b) an oral presentation. For those entrants submitting posters, there will be an opportunity to present their work to the judging panel.
  • Only one abstract can be submitted for the competition by each entrant and invited speakers are not eligible to enter.
  • The award will be judged by a panel of experts drawn from members of THANZ.
  • The results of the judging and the award of prizes will take place at the meeting.
  • Entrants must select their application for the award whilst submitting the abstract to the Blood Meeting via the online submission process.

THANZ Poster awards

THANZ will award a prize for the best clinical and the best laboratory poster in the THANZ stream based on evaluation of the content and artwork. Judging will take place during the Meeting and the winner announced during the Meeting.