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Congratulations to our 2021 graduating students!

28 July 2021

We were delighted to throw a 'Virtual Celebration' for our graduating students of 2021 in lieu of an in-person event this year.

All the final year graduates from the School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were invited, along with their personal tutors and project supervisors, to a 'Virtual Celebration' via Zoom. 

The Head of School, Professor Anne Ridley, gave a speech before the prizes were presented. She congratulated all the graduates on their success, to wish them well for their future endevours and remind them that if they can succeed in what has been an exceptionally challenging year, then they will be well prepared for whatever the future brings. 

After, both the Head of School, Professor Anne Ridley FRS and Director of Teaching, Dr Darryl Hill, proudly presented the prizes for the CMM programmes:

  • School Citizen Prize, for contributions to the School: Gayatri Gulatri & Edidi
  • Cellular and Molecular Medicine Prize, for the student top of the order of merit: Karen Neish
  • School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine MSci Excellence Prize: Zoe Georgakopoulou
  • Lucy Brown Cancer Biology Prize, for a student proceeding with postgraduate work in a cancer related topic: Donika Klenja 
  • John Grant Prize, for the student top of the order of merit after completion of at least two years in CMM: Karen Neish
  • BSI Prize, the British Society for Immunology prize for the best student going on to further study or a PhD in Immunology: Karen Neish
  • Cellular and Molecular Medicine Prize, for the top project: Sam Martin
  • Anna Mayr-Harting and Max Russ Project Prize, for the most independent and imaginative research project: Aimee Caress

We were fortunate enough to have John Grant's step-mother with us during the event, who had the opportunity to congratulate Karen Neish on her prize.

Screenshot: Our students celebrating on Zoom

 

We were also delighted to host a celebration for our Biomedical Sciences cohort, with Programme Directors Dr David Morgan and Professor Ann Williams congratulating all of our students on their hard work, commenting on how they can leave Bristol feeling fully prepared for their future careers. Afterwards, they presented the prizes for the BMS programme:

  • Bioedical Sciences Citizen Prize: Keira Brennan
  • Biomedical Sciences Prize for the top Biomeidcal Sciences Project (for the Biomedical Sciences student with the highest project mark in the year): Ana Brumwell
  • Biomedical Sciences BSc Prize, Year 3 (Biomedical Sciences Prize for the final year Biomedical Sciences students with the highest overall average mark): Tabitha Burraway 
  • BSI Prize (the British Society for Immunology prize for the best student going on to further study or a PhD in Immunology): Claire Naveh 



Screenshot: Our BMS students and tutors at the virtual celebration on Zoom

 

As a School, we would like to take this opportunity to once again congratulate all our outgoing undergraduate and postgraduate students who received their honours. We look forward to seeing what they will do next!

Want to know more about what our students do after they finish their degrees? See our student stories for more information. 

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