Novartis supports this $1,500 travel grant which is awarded to the author of the best abstract submitted to Blood or the Scientific Workshop by an THANZ member who is a nurse or pharmacist. The THANZ Novartis Award was presented for the first time in 2024.
2025 Winner
The 2025 Novartis grant was awarded to Cheryl Jackson (Peter Maccallum Cancer Center, Vic) for her abstract ‘Anticoagulation stewardship in cancer care: implementation and impact on prescribing safety and patient outcomes’.
Below: Cheryl was awarded her certificate by THANZ President, James McFadyen
2024 Winner
The inaugral grant was awarded to Rebecca Dring (Royal Melbourne Hospital, Vic) for her abstract Adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who discontinued or switched thrombopoietin receptor agonist (TPO-RA): Outcomes from an Australian tertiary hospital.
Below: Rebecca was awarded her certificate by THANZ president James McFadyen
