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 amy.hamilton@manchester.ac.uk to self-nominate if you are presenting in a symposium, including the name and number of the symposium.
For further information please contact Cathy Creswell.
Cathy Creswell - c.creswell@reading.ac.uk
EXCELLENCE AWARDS - GUILDFORD 2011
Our newest presenters at the 2011 BABCP conference were considered for three Excellence Awards: two for new researchers presenting the best open paper and poster, and one for the best case report poster.
Dave Pasalich received the open paper excellence award for his presentation entitled ‘Do callous-unemotional traits moderate relationships between coercive and affective-based dimensions of parenting and child conduct problems?’ Judges were impressed by the rigorous approach taken to tackling this question. The results of Dr. Pasalich’s research speak to the issue of why parenting programmes are currently ineffectual for some children with conduct disorder.
The poster prize was awarded to Elizabeth Mason for her poster entitled ‘Insomnia pre- and post-treatment for anxiety and/or depression’. This research utilised a mixture of empirical research and case studies to explore the interplay between sleep and affective disorder. The research findings were interesting and novel, and presented in a clear and attractive poster.
In the case report category, Sinead O’Connell won the award for her poster entitled ‘Delivering CBT in a complex case presentation of OCD and co-morbid depression with a diagnosis of Asperger’s disorder’. This case report clearly articulated the challenges associated with delivering CBT in the context of difficulties in accessing and articulating cognitive and affective states, and approaches to overcoming these problems.
We are very grateful to Professor Steve Hollon for judging the poster excellence awards. Prof. Hollon particularly asked that we noted the high standard of posters overall. We noted the rising numbers of delegates providing case report posters, which is very encouraging. Members of the scientific committee also commented on the large audiences attracted by open paper sessions this year, reflecting the quality and relevance of the work submitted. The three award winners receive free registration to next year’s annual conference, and an invitation to present at BABCP Leeds in June 2012. We will be running the same awards at next year’s conference and so please look here for information.
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.”