Group awards

2012

Jerry Gao:
Young Investigator Award, International Electrogastrography Society Workshop, San Diego.

Peng Du:
Vice Chancellor's Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis.

Tim Angeli:
2012 RHT Bates Postgraduate Scholarship, Royal Society of New Zealand.

2011

Tim Angeli:
The Baxter Healthcare Young Investigator Award for Luminal Research, NZ Society of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin.

Tim Angeli:
Exposure Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Oral Presentation
1st Prize, Exposure 2011, The University of Auckland

Niranchan Paskranadavadivel:
Exposure Live/Multimedia Performance
3rd Prize, Exposure 2011, The University of Auckland

Greg O'Grady:
The AGA Masters in Gastroenterology Award, American Gastroenterology Association.
Poster of Distinction, DDW conference, Chicago.

Jerry Gao:
Poster of Distinction, DDW conference, Chicago.

Rachel Lees-Green:
AGA-Horizon Pharma Student Abstract Prize, DDW conference, Chicago.

Tim Angeli:
Best Presentation award, the Riddet Centre of Research Excellence Annual Scientific Meeting, New Zealand.

2010

Peng Du:
John Carmen Prize for the Best Biomedical Engineering talk, MedSci conference, Queenstown.

Greg O’Grady:
Young Investigator Clinical Grant Award, American Neurogastroenterology & Motility Society (ANMS) conference.
Baxter Young Investigator Award, NZGS conference, Auckland.

Tim Angeli:
First place, Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering category, Engineering Postgraduate Society poster competition.

The G.I. Joes:
First place, the SPARK Ideas Challenge and i-Volve award for the best biotechnological idea.
The SPARK 100K Qualifiers Challenge.
Third place in the SPARK 100K Challenge Finals.

2009

Peng Du:
First place Student Paper Competition Winner & Geographic Finalist, Asia Pacific, EMBC conference, Minneapolis.

Greg O'Grady:
Young Investigator Award and Best Abstract Award, NGM conference, Chicago.
Ferring Young Investigator Award, NZGS conference, Wellington.

2008

Peng Du:
AGA Abstract of Distinction, DDW conference, San Diego.

2007

Rita Yassi:
Second place, Faculty of Engineering and First place, Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering category, Vector poster competition.

2005

Anita Lin:
First place, Faculty of Engineering, BECA Postgraduate Poster Competition.

2004

Leo Cheng:
AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary Presentation, DDW conference, Chicago.

2003

Martin Buist:
AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary Presentation, DDW conference, Orlando.