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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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