Year 2 - 2019
Mardiana Prize- best overall standard Anatomy & Physiology
Dặng Hữu Duyên Trần (Edward)
Isobel Mills Prize – best overall standard in Applied Science
Olivia Rose Whelan-Henderson
Robertson Memorial Prize - best overall standard in Year 2
Brooke Clark
Dean's List of 10 top ranked students Year 2 BPhty
Brooke Clark, Tessa Downes, Laura Sinclair, Eliza Morris, Laura Taylor, Barnaby Verberne, Alexander Qiu, Tamara Couper, Nathan Scott, Dặng Hữu Duyên Trần
Year 3 - 2019
Alison Allan Prize – best techniques in Manipulative Physiotherapy in Years 2 & 3
Michael Gudgeon
Physiotherapy New Zealand Otago Branch Prize – best overall standard in Year III clinical practice
Jana Becker
Physiotherapy New Zealand Prize- best overall student in Year 3
Michael Gudgeon
Deans List of 10 top ranked students in Year 3 BPhty
Michael Gudgeon, Jana Becker, Grace White, Kate Spiers, Cherie Leung, Claudia McKenna, Shontal Norton, Jessica White, Andie Fitch, Maxwell Lynch
Year 4 Prizes
1974 Graduate Prize - best overall standard in the final year of the course
Lyndie Burtt
Margaret Hartridge Rosebowl Prize - best research project
Lyndie Burtt, Kelda Aikman, Helix Wong, Olivia de Ronde, Dave K. W. Lim, Paige Stratton
“Mass media campaigns for chronic pain: A scoping review of current evidence and what is needed.”
Supervisor: Hemakumar Devan & Rebecca Grainger
Mary McLean Prize - best overall standard Practice of Physiotherapy 3 & 4
Lyndie Burtt
Beryl Service Prize - best Clinical Practice throughout the course
Danielle Desvaux De Marigny
Jean Steadman Memorial Prize - runner-up to best all round student
Kelda Aikman
Honours Board – Best All Around Undergraduate Student
Lyndie Burtt
University Bookshop Prize - best all round student in the BPhty Degree course
Lyndie Burtt
Sue Ford Memorial Prize - Wellington Centre best overall standard
Lyndie Burtt
Physiotherapy New Zealand Canterbury Branch Prize - Christchurch Centre best overall standard
Sophie Coutts
The Shiny Cup - Dunedin Centre best overall standard
Alex Barnsley
Paediatric Special Interest Group Prize - best all round student undertaking a paediatric placement
Danielle Desvaux De Marigny
Neurological Special Interest Group Prize - best all-round student undertaking a neurology placement
Lyndie Burtt
Physiotherapy New Zealand Cardiothoracic Group Prize best all-round clinical practice in a cardiopulmonary placement
Lyndie Burtt
School of Physiotherapy Athletic Shield
Awarded to the student who has demonstrated outstanding sporting achievement and academic excellence
Dylan Booth
Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy New Zealand Prize – Awarded by Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy New Zealand for the best research project in the area of sport orthopaedic physiotherapy
Sophie Maxtone
“How are physiotherapists involved in the recognition, assessment and management of concussion in New Zealand? A national survey.”
Supervisor: Ewan Kennedy
M L Roberts Prize - awarded by Physiotherapy New Zealand for the best research project
Jarrod Bowick, Kate Spencer, Morgan Rowan, Hannah Shaw
“The lived experience of people with Neuromuscular Disease using Non-invasive ventilation”
Supervisor: Meredith Perry
Tae Ora Tinana Prize
A Māori student who has demonstrated a high level of academic achievement plus an active participation in Māoritanga and has contributed to Māori health development
Tobias Hoeta
School of Physiotherapy Prize for Leadership and Community Engagement
Awarded for the first time in 2016 to the student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and sustained engagement as a volunteer within the School or relevant communities
Sherry Malik
Deans List – top 10 ranked students over the degree BPHTY and BPHTY (HON)
Lyndie Burtt , Kelda Aikman, Danielle Desvaux De Marigny, Sophie Maxtone, Conner Van Turnhout, Sophie Congdon, Rosey Acker, Paul Singh, Ellis Meyer-Budge, Michelle Morris
BPhty Honours Prizes
School of Physiotherapy Centennial Research Prize
Sophie Maxtone
“How are physiotherapists involved in the recognition, assessment and management of concussion in New Zealand? A national survey.”
Supervisor: Ewan Kennedy
School of Physiotherapy Centennial Prize
Sophie Maxtone
Postgraduate Prizes
Mark Steptoe Memorial Prize- Best overall standard in the practical component of postgraduate manipulative Physiotherapy
Rebecca Blyth
Walker-Stewart Prize Master of Physiotherapy student who obtains the highest mark for a thesis
Claire Hargest
“A physiotherapist-facilitated walking intervention using an activity tracker to increase daily step count in people with stroke”
Primary Supervisor: Lynne Clay
Best All Round Undergraduate 2019, Lyndie Burtt. Lyndie was also the recipient of a number of other 4th year prizes.