2023 Winner
This year the Werfen Grant was awarded to Megha Kadian, from the University of Sydney, for her abstract Local Anticoagulation via Gene Transfer: Towards Prevention of Cardioembolic Stroke
Abstract
Below: Megha was presented with her award by THANZ President, Chee Wee Tan
2022 Winner
Congratulations to Sidra Ali, from the Australian National University, who was awarded the 2022 Werfen Grant for her abstract Platelet receptor levels can differentiate patients with ITP or isolated thrombocytopenia
Below: Sidra was presented with her certificate by THANZ President, Chee Wee Tan
2021 Winner
The 2021 THANZ Werfen Grant was awarded to Jiayin Tian from the Western Australian Centre for Thrombosis & Haemostasis (WACTH) for her abstract Oestrogen-Responsive miR-365a-3p and miR-548aa Expression is Increased in Whole Blood From Females on Hormone Based Contraceptives and During Pregnancy
2020- not awarded
2019 Winner
Congratulations to the 2019 Werfen Grant recipient Helena Liang, from the ANZAC Research Institute, for her abstract Remote ischemic preconditioning reduces infarct size, procoagulant platelet formation and protects against platelet mitochondrial membrane loss
Below: Helena with her certificate
2018 Winner
The 2018 THANZ Werfen Grant was awarded to Maria Selvadurai from the Australian Centre for Blood Disease (ACBD) for her abstract
Targeting the platelet internal membrane reveals a novel approach for improved anti-platelet therapies
Below: Maria receiving her award from Eileen Merriman
2017 Winner
Congratulations to the 2017 THANZ Werfen Grant recipient- Jiayin Tian from Western Australian Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis for her abstract
Identification of two oestrogen-sensitive microRNAs as direct inhibitors for tissue factor and factor VIII genes
Below: Jiayin receiving her award from Harshal Nandurkar
2016 Winner
The 2016 THANZ Werfen Grant was awarded to Jim Tiao from Western Australia Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (WACTH) for his abstract
Improving Microangiopathic Thrombocytopenia(MAT) diagnosis in the Asia-Pacific region by standardisation of the ADAMTS-13 assay
Below: Jim was presented with his award by Harshal Nandurkar
2015 Winner
The 2015 THANZ Werfen Grant was awarded to Susan Jarvis from St Vincents Hospital, NSW for her abstract Calibration of Anit-Xa assays with STA-Multi Hep Calibrator under-estimates LMWIH and over-estimates UFH levels
Below: Susan was presented with her award by Jenny Curnow
2014 Winner
The 2014 THANZ Werfen Grant was awarded to Sarah Just from The Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW, for her abstract Assessment of the AcuStar Chemiluminescent analyser for VWD screening assays-vWF Antigen (vWF:Ag) and Ristocetin Cofactor (vWF:RCoF)
Below: Sarah was presented with her award by Jenny Curnow
2013 Winner
The 2013 THANZ Werfen Travel Grant was awarded to Elizabeth Duncan, SA Pathology, for her abstract The interpretation of laboratory assays to classify patients with mild Haemophilia A and the discrepant phenotype
Below: Elizabeth Duncan with Huyen Tran and Sharon Dearden, Marketing Manager with Werfen Australia
2012 Winner
The inaugural THANZ Werfen Travel Grant has been awarded to Ms Yusra Harahsheh, a medical scientist in the haematology and coagulation department at Royal Perth Hospital for her abstract The Determination and Characterisation of Anti-ADAMTS13 Autoantibodies.
Below: Yusra Harahsheh (right) and Huyen Tran with Sharon Dearden, Marketing Manager with Werfen Australia
