Award

Hugh Bloore Memorial Poster Prize

The Hugh Bloore Poster Award is made at the NZIMLS Annual Scientific Meeting to the person judged to have the best scientific poster presentation. The annual award was made possible through the generosity of Hugh's family in honour of their late father's passion for science and learning. NZIMLS have continued the tradition by presenting the prize which is to the value of $1,000.00. All Members of the NZIMLS are eligible for the award. The award must be used to support attendance at a scientific meeting or be used for research.


Hugh Bloore was a foundation Member of the NZ Association of Bacteriologists. He rose from elected Council Member in 1954 to President in 1963. Hugh was a Fellow and in 1982 was awarded Life Membership of the NZIMLS. Hugh Bloore Poster Prize Information

Year Recipient / Conference Title of Poster
2018 Ros Podmore, CHL Christchurch Evaluation of an Immuview Legionella longbeachae Urinary Antigen Test
2017 Jessica Olsen, Wellington SCL Trichomonas vaginalis PCR Post Implementation Audit
2016 Juliet Jaggard, NZBS, Hamilton A Changing Diagnosis: Haemolytic Disease of the Foetus and Newborn or an Abnormal Haemoglobin?
2015 Karen Lawry, LabPlus ADHB South Pacific Congress Laboratory Detection of Acquired Carbapenemases - Evaluation of Phenotypic Methods and a Commercial Molecular Assay
2014 Alicia South, Southern Community Laboratories Establishing a new QC regime for capillary electrophoresis
2013 Riona O’Driscoll, LabPlus Hamilton Conference ....But baby's alive and well
2012 Mary Stevens, Canterbury Health Laboratories Wellington Conference Culture and identification of Clostridium difficile from EIA positive samples
2011 South Pacific Congress, Australia
2010 Dunedin Conference Molecular epidemiology and susceptibility profiles of Clostridium difficile isolates in New Zealand, 2009
2009 Jane Watt, Canterbury Health Laboratories Blenheim Conference Resolution of a CVS case of mixed sex
2008 Barbara Mohn, Middlemore Hospital Dunedin Conference Evaluation of the Nova Biomedical Statstrip Glucose Meter
2007 South Pacific Congress, Auckland
2006 Inaugural winner Napier Conference

BMLSc Student Awards

Offered annually by the NZIMLS for student academic achievement during the third year of the BMLSc degree. The award is made to students at each of the two universities in NZ offering the BMLSc qualification and is provided in support of the recipient's final clinical training year in the BMLSc programme.

NZIMLS Life Membership Awards

The NZIMLS Council awards Life Membership of the Institute from time to time in recognition of Member achievements or service to the MLS profession. The current holders of Life Membership of the NZIMLS are:

Year Recipient Awarded
2022 David Bunker, Auckland Wellington Conference
2018 Ken Beechey, Christchurch Christchurch Conference
2018 Tony Mace, Hamilton Christchurch Conference
2014 Ross Hewett, Auckland Dunedin Conference
2013 Christopher Kendrick, Palmerston North Hamilton Conference
2013 Michael Legge, Dunedin Hamilton Conference
2012 Patricia Reilly, Auckland Wellington Conference
2011 Robin Allen, Hamilton Annual General Meeting, Auckland
2010 John Elliot, Wellington Bay of Islands Conference
2009 Fran van Til, Rangiora Blenheim Conference
2007 Rob Siebers, Wellington South Pacific Congress, Auckland
2006 Trevor Rollinson, Dunedin Napier Conference
2006 Shirley Gainsford, Wellington Napier Conference
2004 Dennis Reilly, Auckland Hamilton Conference
2004 Marilyn Eales, Auckland Hamilton Conference
2000 Mike Lynch, Wellington Rotorua Conference
1999 Paul McLeod, Nelson South Pacific Congress, Christchurch
1999 Warren Dellow, Christchurch South Pacific Congress, Christchurch
1993 Albert Nixon, Auckland Christchurch Conference
1993 Ron McKenzie, Wellington Christchurch Conference
1993 Janice Parker, Dunedin Christchurch Conference
1990 Walter Wilson, Auckland Invercargill Conference
1988 Colvin Campbell, Palmerston North Rotorua Conference
1982 Gilbert Rose, Christchurch South Pacific Congress, Christchurch