School of Health
The School of Health has three prizes which it awards each year funded by Hunter New England Population Health. The prizes are awarded on the basis of academic merit as indicated by recent academic records. The Terms and Conditions vary for each Prize and can be found below.
| Prize | Value | Terms | Current Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical Defence Ltd Prize - 1st Year | $500 | Awarded annually to one student in each of the 4 years of the Pharmacy degree. | Nathan Lonsdale |
| Pharmaceutical Defence Ltd Prize - 2nd Year | $500 | Awarded annually to one student in each of the 4 years of the Pharmacy degree. | Stephanie Capel |
| Pharmaceutical Defence Ltd Prize - 3rd Year | $500 | Awarded annually to one student in each of the 4 years of the Pharmacy degree. | Melissa Gibson |
| Pharmaceutical Defence Ltd Prize - 4th Year | $500 | Awarded annually to one student in each of the 4 years of the Pharmacy degree. | Bonnie Pearson |
| Michael Brown Memorial Prize | $250 | Awarded to the student who receives the highest aggregate mark in PHAR200 (Pharmaceutical Science II) | Stephanie Capel |
| Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) NSW Branch awards 3rd Year | $250 | Third year - awarded to the student who obtains the best combined marks for PHAR350 (Applied Pharmacotherapeutics I) and PHAR360 (Applied Pharmacotherapeutics II) | Melissa Gibson |
| Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) NSW Branch awards 4th Year | $250 | Fourth year - awarded to the student who obtains the best result in PHAR430 | Huiying Li |
| The Pat Buchanan Memorial Prize in Social Work | $500 | Awarded to the student who obtains the highest GPA in the first full year of the Bachelor of Social Work Degree | Myles Burton |
| Natashia Scully School of Health Medal | Medal | Awarded annually to the student who has achieved the highest GPA from their completing/graduating cohort, over the course of their Bachelor of Nursing Studies. | Eimear Daly & Georgia Macmahon |
| Elsevier Natashia Scully Award | Book prize | Highest GPA in the unit HSNS373. Enrolled in the final year of the Bachelor of Nursing or Master of Nursing Practise in the unit HSNS373: Transitioning to Practice 1. | Emma Duncan |
| Betty Fyffe Memorial Prize in Nursing | $2,000 | Awarded to the student with highest overall GPA over the course of their Bachelor of Nursing Studies course with a rural/regional permanent home address | Emma Duncan |
