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The George Murdoch Prize

The ISPO UK National Member Society awards this prestigious prize, instituted in honour of the late Professor George Murdoch, every three years.  The recipient is awarded the George Murdoch Prize Medal at that year’s Annual Scientific Meeting following a 30 minute presentation, based preferably on major research or other original work carried out by the presenter.  The subject must be relevant to the field of amputation surgery, prosthetics, orthotics, rehabilitation or bioengineering.  Members of all relevant professional disciplines are eligible to submit papers, however, the recipient must be a fully paid up member of ISPO UK NMS.  The award will go to someone who demonstrates commitment and a real understanding of the patients’ perspective, the need for assessment, the programme of rehabilitation and the measurement of outcome.

The 2008 George Murdoch Prize has been awarded to Ms Elaine Owen for her paper entitled “The Importance of Being Earnest about Shank and Thigh Kinematics especially when using Ankle-Foot Orthoses”.

You are invited to submit a paper for this year’s Annual Scientific Meeting to be held on Friday 7th October 2011 at the W12 Conference Centre Hammersmith Hospital, London.    The deadline date for receipt of submissions is Friday 24th June 2011.  Papers, not exceeding 3,000 words, should be submitted in electronic format to the address below, and will be judged by a multidisciplinary panel. 

ISPO UK NMS, 
PO Box 2781, 
Glasgow, 
G61 3YL
info@ispo.org.uk

Previous Winners