Recipients

2021

Maggie-Lee Huckabee for sustained excellence in translational research to improve outcomes for individuals with swallowing impairment.

2019

Professor Keith Gordon from the University of Otago for his innovative use of light to understand molecular structure across a range of areas that impinge on technology, health and the environment.

2018

Geoff Chase for his innovative engineering and transitional research based on unique model-based ‘virtual patients’, which has saved lives and reduced costs in New Zealand and Europe, and created a template for engineering-based solutions to significant healthcare problems confronting the world.

2017

Peter Tyler for designing and synthesising a new raft of potential drugs that target the enzymes of many diseases. This has led to the development of newly approved lymphoma drug, Mundesine, that is giving patients new hope

2016

Merryn Tawhai for her research in computational physiology of the respiratory system, having pioneered development of anatomically detailed models that span cell-to-organ function, and providing new understanding of lung physiology and pathophysiology

2015

Valery Feigin for his outstanding research in stroke epidemiology and prevention worldwide, and the development of ground-breaking technology in primary stroke prevention

2014

Alistair Gunn for his pioneering research on using brain cooling to prevent brain injury in babies who experience low oxygen at birth

2013

Neil Broom for his research that, by combining engineering and biological concepts, has led to better understanding of human heart valves and joint and spinal tissues

2012

Margaret Brimble for outstanding scientific research that could have large human benefit. 

2011

Gary Evans for pioneering the design and synthesis of new pharmaceuticals for the treatment of major diseases including gout, psoriasis and cancer of the immune system