Young Investigator Awards

The Winner of 2016's Young Investigator Award (Basic Science) went to
 

Xuan Banh, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
CRIG defines a novel population of phagocytic peritoneal macrophages associated with disease severity in patients with cirrhosis and ascites

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Richard Cheng, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

Risk factors predicting recurrent ileal resections in patients with Crohn’s Disease

Finalists

Alex Huelsen, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane

Unsedated oesophagogastroduodenoscopy – a randomised controlled trial to assess and compare the tolerability of transnasal versus small caliber per-oral versus conventional approach

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Abdulnasser Lafta, Nambour Hospital, Sunshine Coast
Are copper studies being overused as a part of the liver screen to investigate patients with liver disease? A retrospective observational study

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Antonio Lee, QEII Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane
Assessing the acceptance of Australian patients towards optical diagnosis as a potential management paradigm for diminutive colorectal polyps

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Desmond Patrick, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Regional transfer patients are more likely to undergo colectomy compared with metropolitan presenting patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis

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Gautam Rishi, QIMR, Brisbane
Iron and erythropoiesis: a novel role for transferrin receptor 2 in iron-deficient anaemia

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Rhiann Sue See, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane

HBV screening in the context of Rituximab therapy: a retrospective audit