EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Excellence awards are designed to commend independent contributions to the science and practice of CBT. Three awards will be made, subject to an acceptable number of entries.
Best Newcomer Award: An award will be given for the best oral presentation by an early career clinician/researcher, either in an Open Paper or a Symposium session.
Best Poster Presentation: An award will be given for the best poster by an early career clinician/researcher.
[Note: Newcomer and Poster Presentation awards are open to PhD students, clinical trainees, and any individuals with no more than two year's research experience following their most recent qualification.]
Best Case Report Poster: A separate award will be given for the best case report poster submission. Individuals at any stage of their career will be considered for this award.
We particularly encourage submissions from current and recent trainees in CBT within CBT diplomas, clinical psychology doctorate courses and IAPT courses.
If you are eligible for an Excellence Award, please ensure that you self-nominate when submitting your Open Paper or Poster, or email Rebecca.kelly@babcp.com to self-nominate if you are presenting in a symposium, including the name and number of the symposium.
For further information please contact either Sarah Halligan or Cathy Creswell.
Sarah Halligan - s.l.halligan@reading.ac.uk
Cathy Creswell - c.creswell@reading.ac.uk
EXCELLENCE AWARDS - MANCHESTER 2010
Open Paper: Dawn Proctor. Metacognitive Therapy Versus Exposure Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Poster: Jo Illingworth. Transfer effects of Cognitive Bias Modification for Anxiety: Training a Benign Attentional Bias reduces Negative Interpretation Bias.
Case Report: Sirous Mobini. Treating a 33-year old man with severe Learning Disability for Specific Phobia: Application of Cognitive-Behavioural Interventions.
EXCELLENCE AWARDS - EDINBURGH 2008
The Open Paper by Amy Kercher, Macquarie University, Australia,
entitled “Neuroticism, Life Events and Automatic Negative Thoughts in
the Development and Maintenance of Adolescent Depression” was awarded
the Young Researcher Award for Excellence for 2008 for Open Papers.
The Poster by Elske Salemink, University of Utrecht, entitled
“Cognitive Bias Modification of Interpretations: Effects in Patients
with Anxiety Disorders” was awarded the Young Researcher Award for
Excellence for 2008 for Posters.
EXCELLENCE AWARDS - SUSSEX 2007
Kristin Bohn won the Award for Excellence for oral presentations with an open submission about eating disorders. The judges said they were “particularly impressed by the lucidity of your writing style, the rigour of your methodology and the immediate clinical impact of your work. Your presenting style was authoritative, engaging and open to feedback.”
Megan Crawford won the award for Excellence in Poster Presentations with a submission about sleep and young children. The judges said they were “particularly impressed by the clarity of your poster, the creativity and rigour of your methodology and your ability to describe and reflect on your study during discussions with scientific committee members.”