Congratulations to all our ASHB presentation prize winners:
2024 Prize Winners
Podium Presentation Winners |
Presentation Title |
=1st: Alexandra Walsh, University of Wollongong |
"Investigating bone diagenesis in adult femora from the churchyard of St Anne, Belgium." |
=1st: Taliah Swart, Bond University |
"Multi-Indicator Knee Ossification Timings on Computed Tomography: A Bayesian Comparison of Contemporary Australian and American Subadults." |
=1st: Yan Liu, University of Auckland |
"More than Childbirth: Unveiling the Risks of Marriage on Women's Mortality in Tang Dynasty China." |
2nd: Lolita Trenchat, University of Wollongong |
"Mortuary Practices in Iron Age Siberia. Understanding the freezing effect by studying ancient and modern human remains." |
3rd: Bronwyn Wyatt, The Australian National University |
"Stochasticity in age-at-death: Implications for bioarcheology as assessed through generative modelling." |
3-Minute-Thesis Winner |
Title |
1st: Myfanwy Hill-Cautfield, The University of Notre Dame Australia |
"PFAS chemical exposure results in significant delays in female pubertal development." |
2023 Prize Winners
Podium Presentation Winners |
Presentation Title |
1st: María Hernaiz-García, Monash University |
"Biomechanical relevance of Neanderthal dental anatomy." |
2nd: Jithya Joshy, University of Queensland |
"A discriminant function to assist anatomy school evaluations of alleged medical-teaching skeletons from public sources." |
3rd: Emma Sudron, Griffith University |
"Stress, nitrogen balance and stable isotope analysis of dentine: a review of bioarchaeological applications." |
2022 Prize Winners
Podium Presentation Winners |
Presentation Title |
1st: Matheus Pinto, Edith Cowan University |
"Effect of fatiguing exercise on belly gear during eccentric contractions." |
2nd: Lauren Swift, University of Western Australia |
"Cranial Sex Estimation Predictive Models for the Contemporary Australian Population." |
3rd: Adam Bode, Australian National University |
"Psychological and biological evidence suggests that romantic love evolved by co-opting mother-infant bonding." |
2021 Prize Winners (Online)
Podium Presentation Winners |
Presentation Title |
1st: Caitlin Bonham Smith, The University of Auckland |
"Migration, cosmopolitanism, and trade in a land of palm gardens: What do strontium results contribute to our understanding of “locals” and “non-locals” in ancient Bahrain?" |
2nd: Kathryn King, The University of Auckland |
"Dental Practices and Oral Health in Historic Invercargill, Aotearoa New Zealand." |
3rd: Maria Margarita Magbuhos, University of the Philippines-Diliman |
"Impoverished and Infected: The Curious Cases of COVID-19 in Barangay Krus Na Ligas, Quezon City." |
Poster Presentation Winners |
Poster Title |
1st: Afua Adjei, La Trobe University |
"Vertebral Osteophytosis at Ban Non Wat." |
2nd: Maya Bharatiya, Griffith University |
"The relationship between zygomatic arch morphology and diet in closely-related primates." |
3rd: Samantha Maitland, The University of Auckland |
"Mortality patterns in London versus Soho during the 1854 cholera outbreak." |
Honourable Mentions (in no particular order): |
Presentation Title |
Cynthia Parayiwa, The Australian National University |
"Predictors of perceived stress in women pregnant during tropical cyclones in Queensland, Australia: preliminary findings." |
Karen Cooke, The Australian National University |
"Histology of a Caries Sicca Lesion from ‘Atele, Tonga (~460ybp)." |
Tahlia Stewart, The Australian National University |
"Histomorphometry of paired secondary osteons and Haversian canals in modern human femoral cortical bone." |
2020 Prize Winners (Online)
Scientific Content and Presentation Winners |
Presentation Title |
=1st: Annabelle Clancy, Monash University |
"An evaluation of the thoracic fractures resulting from paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation." |
=1st: Karen Cooke, Australian National University |
"Novel application of confocal laser scanning microscopy in palaeopathology: A caries sicca case study." |
2nd: Tahlia Stewart, Australian National University |
"Bone porosity and cross-sectional geometry of rib midshaft histological sections from a modern Australian sample." |
Communication of the Topic for a Lay Audience Awarded to: |
Presentation Title |
Jennifer Hale, University of Auckland |
"Movement and social behaviour of Javan gibbons." |
2019 Prize Winners
Podium Presentation Winners |
Presentation Title |
1st: Cynthia Parayiwa, Australian National University |
"Interdisciplinary Approach to Mapping Perinatal Exposure to Cyclone Related Stressors in Queensland, Australia – A Methodological Overview." |
2nd: Chiara Sumich, University of Western Australia |
"Kin, Reciprocity and Need Explain Cooperative Networks in Natarbora in Rural Timor-Leste." |
3rd: Alejandra Cares Henriquez, Australian National University |
"MicroPoly Sharp: Software Program for the Objective Analysis of Linear Enamel Hypoplasia (LEH)." |
Poster Presentation Winners |
Poster Title |
1st: Meg Walker, Australian National University |
"Preliminary Descriptions of Bone Histology in an Individual with a Possible Klippel-Feil Syndrome, Type III from Neolithic Northern Vietnam." |
2nd: Brianna Muir, Australian National University |
"Mortuary Ritual and Social Differentiation at Con Co Ngua, Northern Vietnam." |
2018 Prize Winners
Podium Presentation Winners |
Presentation Title |
1st: Amy King, Australian National University |
"The Object Permanence Abilities of Two Gibbon Species: Hoolock leuconedys and Nomascus leucogenys." |
2nd: Keaghan Yaxley, University of Cambridge |
"Reconstructing the Last Common Ancestor of the Homininae: A subspecies approach." |
3rd: Kirrily Apthorp, Australian National University |
"The habitat of the Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) and its potential for expansion." |
2017 Prize Winners
Podium Presentation Winners |
Presentation Title |
1st: Julie Spray (University of Auckland) |
"The Embodiment of Unequal Childhoods in Aotearoa New Zealand." |
2nd: Hyab Mehari Abraham (University of Queensland) |
"The Impact of the Periodontal Ligament on the Mechanics of the Primate Jaw During Post-Canine Chewing." |
3rd: Nicole Williams (University of Adelaide) |
"Students-as-Partners' Technology-Enhanced Co-creation Model to Improve Student Engagement and Attitudes to Anatomy Learning." |