The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Provost's Public Engagement Awards celebrated staff and students on 6 June 2018, as part of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Public Engagement Unit’s 10th anniversary year.Â
This annual awards ceremony recognises the fantastic work of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê staff, students, and their community partners, to open up the university’s research and teaching to the wider world.Â
Read more about the nominees below and download a PDF list here.
- Student (postgraduate research student)
Winner: Nicola Antaki, Barlett School of Architecture
Nominated by Yeoryia Monolopoulou, Barlett School of Architecture.
Find out more about our winnersErika Aquino, Institute of Ophthalmology – nominated by Astrid Limb, Institute of Ophthalmology
Frances Harkness, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing – nominated by Aradhna Kaushal, Institute of Epidemiology & Health
Sara Joiko Mujica, Education, Practice and Society – nominated by Sara Munoz, IRMO
Maxine Mackintosh, Institute of Health Informatics – nominated by Natalie Fitzpatrick, Institute of Health Informatics
Vasileios Mavroudis, Computer Science – nominated by Jamie Hayes, Computer Science
Rob Shortman, Institute of Nuclear Medicine – nominated Francesco Fraioli, Div of Medicine
Saffron Woodcraft, Anthropology – nominated by Annelise Andersen, Institute for Global ProsperityÂ
- Professional services staffÂ
Winner: Annabelle South, MRC Clinical Trials Unit
Nominated by Max Parmar, Diana Gibb and Sarah Pett, MRC Clinical Trials Unit.
Find out more about our winnersCharlotte Pike, Earth Sciences – nominated by Stuart Grieve, Research IT Services
Anouchka Sterling, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience – nominated by Neil Burgess, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Early career academic / research
Winner: Andrea Rigon, Developmental Planning Unit - nominated by Julio Davilá, The Bartlett Development Planning UnitSara Adhitya, CEGE
Nominated by Nick Tyler, CEGE.Â
Find out more about our winnersEllie Cosgrave, Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) – nominated by David Hornsby, STEaPP
Briony Hudson, Pathway and Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê – nominated by Paddy Stone, Pathway and Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê
Barbara Lipietz, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit – nominated by Julio Davilá, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit
Helen O'Neill, Institute for Women’s Health – nominated by Simon Waddington, Institute for Women’s Health
Annie Ring, SELCS – nominated by Geraldine Horan, SELCS
Joseph Solloni, Ear Institute – nominated by Jonathan Gale, Ear Institute
Shema Tariq, Institute for Global Health – nominated by Soazig Clifton, Institute for Global Health
Lucy Thorne, Division of Infection & Immunity – nominated by Greg Towers, Division of Infection & Immunity
Victoria Tovell, Institute of Ophthalmology – nominated by Erika Aquino and Julie Daniels, Institute of Ophthalmology
Susannah Walker, History of Art – nominated by Alison Wright, History of Art
Kimberley Whitehead, Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology – nominated by Lorenzo Fabrizi Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology
Matthew Winning, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute for Sustainable Resources – nominated by Victor Nechifor-Vostinaru, Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources and Andrew Jackson
- Established career academic / research
Winner: Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Geography
Nominated by Andrew Barry, Geography. Â
Find out more about our winnersNadia Bukhari, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Pharmacy – nominated by Cate Whittlesea, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Pharmacy
Helen Czerski, Mechanical Engineering – nominated by Yiannis Ventikos, Mechanical Engineering
Christian Dustmann, Economics – nominated by Antonio Cabrales, Economics
Andrew Flinn, Information Studies – nominated by Elizabeth Shepherd
Amali Lokugamage, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School – nominated by Faye Gishen, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School
Mark Maslin, Geography – nominated by Andrew Barry, Geography
Dina Mehmedbegovic, Culture, Communication and Media – nominated by Thomas Bak, University of Edinburgh
Rickie Patani, Institute of Neurology – nominated by Mike Hanna and Linda Greensmith, Institute of Neurology
Raman Prinja, Physics and Astronomy – nominated by Mark Malcomson, City Lit
Oksana Pyzik, School of Pharmacy – nominated by Duncan Craig, School of Pharmacy
Cassandra Terry, Institute of Prion Diseases – nominated by Therese Johns and John Collinge, Institute of Prion Diseases
- ​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹Community award
Winner: Athena Lamnisos and Angus MacLennan, The Eve Appeal
Nominated by Martin Widschwendter, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute for Women's Health.Â
Find out more about our winnersSara Munoz, IRMO – nominated by Sara Joiko Mujica, IOE
Logan Van Lessen, Whittington Health NHS Trust, Maternity Unit – nominated by Amali Lokugamage, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School
Trine Garret and Camila Franca, [Foreign Affairs]: East London’s International Theatre Company – nominated by Claire Thomson, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê SELCS
Louise Gates, The Calthorpe Project – nominated by Rodney Reynolds, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute for Global Health
- Team awardÂ
Winner: Laura Crane, Fern Adams, Georgia Harper, Jack Welch and Liz Pellicano, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Centre for Research in Autism and Education and Ambitious about Autism
Nominated by Anna Remington, Centre for Research in Autism and Education.Â
Find out more about our winnersPlace Alliance: Matthew Carmona, Valentina Giordano, Wendy Clarke and Peter Karpinski, Bartlett School of Planning – nominated by Nick Gallant, Bartlett School of Planning
Joanna Morrison, Delan Devakumar, Dinesh Deokota, Sunita Thapa and Sophiya Dulal, Institute for Global Health and Media for Development, Nepal – nominated by David Osrin, Institute for Global Health
Pint of Science: Silvia Dragoni, Cheryl Teoh, and 65 person team from across Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê – nominated by Praveen Paul, Pint of Science
Rheumatology Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Research Team: Thomas McDonnell, Dr Chris Wincup, Dr Charles Raine, Dr Ian Giles, Professor Anisur Rahman and Dr Vera Ripoll-Nunez – nominated by Kate Hindle, APS Support UK
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê BiLingo team: Froso Argyri, Li Wei, Merle Mahon, Kea Young, Centre for Applied Linguistics and Language and Cognition – nominated by Ivona Klemensova, teacher and Diana Hawk, Students Union Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê
Know it Wall: Miguel Dos Santos, Amanda Alfaro Cordoba, Jeremie Coullon and Cristina Pickens, Philosophy, CEGE, SELCS and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences – nominated by Zoltán Biedermann, SELCS, Janina Dewitz, Digital Education Team, Luke Fenton-Glynn, Philosophy, Eva Krumhuber, Experimental Psychology, Gabriele Lignani, Institute of Neurology, Philip Pogge von Strandmann, Earth Sciences, Alexander Samson, SELCS, Adam Smith, History
Mental Health Question Time Team: Sonia Johnson, Farhana Mann, Francesca Solmi, Syeda Akhter, Psychiatry, in partnership with The Mental Elf (Mr Andre Tomlin) and The Lancet Psychiatry – nominated by Glyn Lewis, Psychiatry                             Â
ExCiteS (Extreme Citizen Science): led by Muki Haklay, Geography – nominated by Andrew Barry, Geography and Haidy Geismar, Anthropology
Chris Lovejoy and Heather Ging, Molecular Neuroscience – nominated by Praveen Paul, Molecular Neuroscience
- Institutional Leadership award
ExCiteS (Extreme Citizen Science): led by Muki Haklay, Geography
Find out more about our winners
In 2018, you're invited to play a part in the future of public engagement at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. Join the conversation and tell us your thoughts by emailing publicengagement@ucl.ac.uk or connect on Twitter by tagging  and using the hashtag
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