BOPDHB Checkup October 2016 | Page 26

Finalist announced for Research awards By Education Manager, Penny Horton. Six finalists have been selected from fifteen applications for the 2016 Clinical Research Awards. The awards ceremony takes place from 6pm on Thursday 3rd November in the Tauranga Hospital Conference Centre. The finalists are: Finalist Role Department Research topic Brad Chittenden SMO Obstetrics/Gynae WCF Keyhole surgery for the removal of the womb at Tauranga Hospital. Fiona Miller Consultant Psychiatrist MHSOP End of Life Care in Dementia: Time and Resources Required. Dianne Lees Clinical Psychologist iCAMHS Arresting bad making good. Giving hope to problem kids. WCF Service Whakatāne Paediatrician (John Malcolm) Women, Child & Maori Boys Winners in Throat swabbing Stakes Family Service with decreasing ARF. Whakatāne Stephen Twitchen Public health Analyst Toi te Ora A Community Survey of Public Health Issues. Bronwyn Copeland Psychiatrist MHSOP Becoming equally well - a study of older people with anxiety & depression who also have physical problems. This