Undergraduate Research at the ESO

Years 1 and 2 receive instruction and assessment on various aspects of research methodology. From year 3, students undertake a compulsory research dissertation; guidance through this process is provided by the team of supervisors. The research topic can follow institutional directives or the student’s own initiative.

Graduate Research Prize winners

Each year at graduation, the ESO Research Department awards a prize to the student with the most publishable research dissertation. Additionally, the ESO enables graduates with outstanding research achievements to submit their work to national and international research conferences for poster or oral presentations.

The ESO has enviable records for being awarded top research prizes at various events, including the formerly annual Chiropractic Osteopathy and Physiotherapy (COP) Conference. Alumni Elise Pattyn, Hannah Kasiri-Martino, Katharine Spens and Liesbet Maenhout all received recognition for producing top quality undergraduate research; their studies have since been published or are in the process of being submitted for publication.  2014 Graduate Joanna Figg-Latham had the fantastic opportunity of presenting her work at the International Conference on Advances in Osteopathic Research (ICAOR) in Brazil, where she was awarded a special prize for outstanding graduate research, and 2015 graduate Jane Beazley was awarded first prize for her poster presentation at the OsEAN Conference in Vienna. More recently, Samantha Watson (2018 graduate) was awarded the Runner-up prize for the Research in Practice award at the 2019 Institute of Osteopathy Convention.

2019

The Research Department prize for the most publishable research dissertation in 2019 was awarded at graduation to Daniel Collis.

2018

The Research Department prize for the most publishable research dissertation in 2018 was awarded at graduation to Monica Abrosimoff.

2017

The Research Department prize for the most publishable research dissertation in 2017 was awarded at graduation to joint recipients – Alicia Serednycka-Poole and Annmarie O’ Sullivan

2016

Jane Beazley – First Prize at the OsEAN Conference April 2016 for presenting her undergraduate research project into patient shared-decision making.

The Research Department prize for the most publishable research dissertation in 2016 was awarded at graduation to Natalie Alexander.

2015

Katie Johnston – Postgraduate Journal Prize for the best article published in Ultrasound in 2015 : Temporomandibular joint effusion and its relationship with perceived disability assessed using musculoskeletal ultrasound and a patient-reported disability index. Johnston, K., Bird, L., & Bright, P.

The Research Department prize for the most publishable research dissertation in 2015 was awarded at graduation to Valentin Weber.

2014

The Research Department prize for the most publishable research dissertation in 2014 was awarded at graduation to Joanna Figg-Latham and Sonja Jelineck.

A special prize for outstanding graduate research was awarded to Joanna Figg-Latham at the ICAOR conference in Sao Paulo, Brasil.

Katherine Spens and Liesbeth Maenhout received one prize each (out of three available prizes) for best presentations at the COP conference in London.

2013

The Research Department prize for the most publishable research dissertation in 2013 was awarded at graduation to Hannah Kasiri-Martino.

Hannah Kasiri-Martino received a prize for best presentation at the COP conference in London.