Abstracts & Awards

Kaye Ibbertson Award for Metabolic Bone Disease

Winner:

Julie Pasco (University of Melbourne, Australia)

* Applications are closed, the following information is for reference only *

Em Prof Kaye Ibbertson This Award is named in honour of the outstanding career and major investigations into skeletal disorders made by Professor Kaye Ibbertson, and his contributions to the ANZBMS.

Emeritus Professor Kaye Ibbertson was the Foundation Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Auckland and established the Department of Endocrinology at Auckland Hospital. He has personally trained most of New Zealand’s endocrinologists, as well as practitioners working further afield.

His clinical and research interests during the last 40 years encompass many aspects of endocrinology. He contributed substantially in the area of metabolic bone disease, in particular in Paget’s disease. He was involved in the early trials demonstrating the efficacy of calcitonin and etidronate. Subsequently he worked in collaboration with Professor Russell Fraser and Professor Olaf Bijvoet to demonstrate the enormous therapeutic potential of pamidronate in this condition. He also made important contributions to the literature in osteoporosis, acromegaly and thyroid disease (particularly with respect to iodine deficiency). Kaye is a thoughtful and gentle man whose legacy to endocrine practice and research has been substantial.

Eligibility criteria

The applicant must have been a financial member of ANZBMS for at least 2 years at the time of the application.

Selection

The award is based on the productivity of the applicant, in terms of published clinical and/or basic research, in the field of metabolic bone disease. The award will be based on the applicant’s best 5 papers, of which the applicant is first author, in the last 5 years. The contribution of the applicant as an author must be stated. Publications must be relevant to bone. The winner will be announced at the AGM.