Awards & Prizes 2025

BAD Awards & Prizes – 2025:
105th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatologists

Category Name of Award Cup Prize Paper / Poster Title Winner
Academic Best Scientific session paper CDA Trophy £300 O12: Does frequency of bathing impact eczema symptoms? Results of the first Rapid Eczema Trials project randomized controlled trial. Kim Thomas, Amanda Roberts, Eczema Bathing Study Team
DermSchool 2025 Poster Presentation Winner (Medical Student) £100 DermSch01: Post-hot analysis of phase 3 REMIX-1 and REMIX-2 trails for remibrutinib treatment for moderate and severe chronic spontaneous urticaria James Ellis, Valerie Ong
DermSchool 2025 Poster Presentation Winner (Medical Student) £100 DermSch02: The role of dietary components in the induction and progression of pemphigus vulgaris:
a systematic review.
Anna Reavey, Farhad Handjani,
Saran Shantikumar
DermSchool 2025 Poster Presentation Winner (Medical Student) £100 DermSch03: Prescribing with Confidence: A Quality Improvement Project for Eczema Maintenance Therapy Amber Blood
DermSchool 2025 Poster Presentation Winner
(Junior Doctor)
£100 DermSch06: The Real-world Off-label Use of Ustekinumab for patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis Yu Ling Tan, Sophie Weatherhead, Chloe Kim
DermSchool 2025 Poster Presentation Winner
(Junior Doctor)
£100 DermSch08: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and the skin: more than ‘Ozempic Face?’ Peter Phillips
DermSchool 2025 Poster Presentation Winner
(Junior Doctor)
£100 DermSch09: A Decade of Progress: Repurposing Biologics for Inherited Epidermal Differentiation Disorders Thomas Sharkey, Mark Eisner, John Common, Neil Rajan
Best Poster – original study (clinical or scientific, non-pharma sponsored)  

Bristol Cup for best overall

– decision made by chair

£100 BRISTOL CUP RECIPIENT
P157: A national UK clinician survey on surgical glove practices in dermatological surgery
Puo Nen Lim, Radhika Bali, Niamh McSwiney, Catarina Quaresma, Nikesh Patel, Sumir Chawla, Alistair Brown and Aaron Wernham
Best Poster – case report £100 P023: Metastatic basal cell carcinoma with bone marrow involvement: a rare case report Emma Carroll, Maeve Herlihy, Jessica K. Maguire, Aurelie Fabre and Brian Kirby
Best Resident’s paper Trophy and cheque £300 O08: Lentigo maligna survival: balancing treatment decisions in those with limited life expectancy. Kate Quirke, Birgitta van Bodegraven, James Powell and Zoe C. Venables
Clinico-pathological Best clinico-pathological paper Cheque £100 CPC15: Vulval squamous cell carcinoma is an under-reported cancer associated with poor outcomes: a national cohort study of the incidence and survival in England. Charlotte Sheern, Nick J Levell, Birgitta Van Bodegraven, Catherine Harwood, Andy Nordin, Jane Sterling, Zoe C Venables
Darrell Wilkinson Historical Award – Winner £100 HX10: The history of birthmarks: from maternal impressions to genetic discovery Mi Joo Choi, Ji Soo Choi and Natalie King Stokes
Historical Best Oral Presentation HX02: From arsenic to rituximab: a history of dermatitis herpetiformis Peter Phillips
BSCA Best SpR Presentation £100 CD02: Colophonium derivatives as key allergens in diabetes technology-associated allergic contact dermatitis : a hidden concern in the BSCA standard series. Fiona Sexton, Julia O’Mahony, Sumera Sumera, Romina Golchin, Cecilia Svedman, Niamh O’Boyle, Colin P. Hawkes and John Bourke
BSCA Best Poster Presentation £50 CD11: Cutaneous allergy documentation in primary care. Yan Lynn Ng, Sareena Gajebasia and Sharizan Abdul Ghaffar
Best Psychodermatology presentation £50  PS02 (P135): Patient satisfaction in virtual support group meetings for vitiligo: a service evaluation  Shahnawaz Towheed and Viktoria Eleftheriadou
Best Psychodermatology poster £50  PS08: Pharmacists’ perceptions of the use of antipsychotics in psychodermatology  Manisha Patel, Rachel Blyth, KL Chan and Bernard Ho
BSMD Medical Dermatology Prize for Best Oral Presentation £250 005: A retrospective review of cases of psoriasis requiring discontinuation of biologic therapy from 2007 to 2024 in a multisite NHS trust. Younghoon Kim, Daniel Yi Liang Tan, Anthony Bewley, Padma Mohandas and Sarah Mehrtens
Skin Genetics Group (SGG)
Best Oral Presentation
£100 SG09: An epidemiological study of ichthyoses in England from 1998-2024 Mark Eisner, Masie Blyth, Jenny Broughan, Marta Kwiatkowska, Lizz Paley, Corinne Mallinson, Mandy Aldwin-Easton, Jeanette Aston, Shehnaz Ahmed, Sally Vernon, Zoe Venables, Neil Rajan
Skin Genetics Group (SGG)
Best Poster Presentation
£100 SG13: 2023 Epidermolysis Bullosa Patient Insight Study: Understanding Carer Quality of Life
Divya Khanna, Ajoy Bardhan and Adrian Heagerty
BSDS Ashley Cooper Award for best presentation – Best Clinical Presentation £100 Book tokens DS01: An app a day keeps the consultations at bay! Introducing a novel patient communication app to optimize the fast-track skin cancer ‘direct-to-surgery’ pathway.
Cleone Riad
BSDS Award for Best Poster £50 Book tokens DS26: Recurrence and histological adequacy of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma on the head and neck treated with triple curettage and cautery: a 5-year retrospective review.
Rachel Blyth
BSDS Wooden Curette Award for Contributions to the Society Aaron Wernham