The tenth edition of the Faculty of Health Science Dean’s Awards were held on 7 July 2023 at the Argotti Botanic Gardens in Floriana. The event served as an occasion to celebrate the achievements of the faculty’s students and its academic and non-academic members of staff as another academic year approaches its end.
The Dean, Dr Stephen Lungaro Mifsud, welcomed the attendees and thanked students and members of staff for their hard work throughout the past year. The Dean then handed awards to the full time undergraduate students with the highest grades in each of the first three years of study and to the student who demonstrated the greatest academic improvement between the first and second year of studies. Awards were also awarded to members of staff who were nominated by students as academic, clinical mentor and administrative or technical member of staff of the year and to the recipients of the Dean’s Awards for altruistic contribution to society and for special mention. The awardees were announced by Dr Josef Trapani, deputy dean of the Faculty.
Prof. Joseph Borg from the Department of Applied Biomedical Science spoke briefly about the work of Metavisionaries, the main collaborator on this event.
On behalf of the Faculty, the Dean handed a donation to Mr Tony Meli, Curator Manager of the Argotti Botanic Gardens and Resource Centre, as a token of gratitude and as a contribution for the upkeep of the Gardens. He then invited the attendees to a reception. During the event, the attendees were treated to peaceful lever harp music by Michaela Vella, student at the Malta School of Music and the University of Malta.
Special thanks are due to members of the Faculty Office, Prof. Josianne Scerri and the Department of Statistics and Operations Research for compiling grades and computing calculations; and to Ms Marthese Gauci for coordinating the preparations for the event the event.
The awardees at this year’s edition of the Faculty of Health Sciences Dean’s Awards are listed below.
DEAN’S AWARDS FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
First Year Students
Zachary Grixti (Physiotherapy)
Kirstin Buhagiar (Nursing)
Second Year Students
Kathryn Mizzi (Applied Biomedical Science)
Third Year Students
Donia Stellini (Communication Therapy)
DEAN’S AWARDS FOR GREATEST ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT
Cydelle Xuereb (Midwifery)
AWARDS BASED ON NOMINATIONS
Academic of the Year
Prof. Carmel J Caruana – Head, Medical Physics Unit
Clinical Mentor of the Year
Mr Leighton Spiteri – Senior Staff Nurse, Intensive Therapy Unit
Administrative or Technical Member of Staff of the Year
Ms Eve Lowell – Receptionist, Faculty of Health Sciences
Dean’s Award for Altruistic Contribution to Society
Mr Noel Vassallo – Administrator II, Department of Radiography
Dean’s Award for Special Mention
Dr Alexei Sammut – Senior Lecturer, Department of Mental Health
MHSA – The Malta Health Students Association