The prize is awarded in honour of Prof Iain Wilkinson, Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics at the University of Sheffield who died in 2020. Prof Wilkinson was a leading figure in UK clinical brain imaging research and a long-standing friend and associate member of the British Society of Neuroradiologists. Each year we invite submissions from undergraduate* medical students in UK Medical Schools prize.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 prize! The title was: "Should all neuroradiology examinations be reviewed by specialist neuroradiologists? How to manage the increasing neuroradiology reporting backlog when workload significantly outstrips the specialist reporting workforce."
Winner - Mr Aparajith Sathish Kumar – University of Dundee, 3rd year
You can read his winning essay here.
Runner Up - Miss Elizabeth Zachariah - University of Cambridge, 4th year
You can read her essay here.
Details of the 2025 prize will be shown here in due course.
Previous Winners
2023
The topic was How can patient involvement shape neuroimaging research?
The winner was M Shihabul Hassan, a fifth year medical student at Birmingham. You can read his essay here: Hassan_2023
The runner up was Sophie Curran, a fourth year medical student at Sheffield. You can read her essay here: Curran_2023
2022 Winners
The winners for the 2022 Prof Iain Wilkinson Essay Prize addressed the question ‘Will artificial intelligence support or replace neuroradiologists 10 years from now?’
The 2022 winner is Syed Muzaffar Abbas, final year medical student at the University of Southampton. Syed receives the £250 Essay Prize. The judges were highly complimentary of Syed’s thoroughly researched and well written essay. Read it here.
The Judges also highly commended the essay by Divine Mwawasi, 2nd year medical student at St Andrew’s who receives the £150 Runner-Up prize. Read it here.
