Glasgow Student wins international undergraduate award in medical sciences
Published: 26 September 2013
Roya Hassanzadeh, who was shortlisted by The Undergraduate Awards last week in the Medical Sciences category, has gone on to win in her field for her essay entitled ‘Delirium – How Can We Tackle the Most Elusive Giant?’
Roya Hassanzadeh, who was shortlisted by The Undergraduate Awards last week in the Medical Sciences category, has gone on to win in her field for her essay entitled ‘Delirium – How Can We Tackle the Most Elusive Giant?’ Roya will receive her award at the UA Global Summit, taking place across Dublin, Ireland from November 13th-15th. http://www.undergraduateawards.com/the-prize-2/the-prize The three-day event will see the top students in 22 disciplines, from all over the world, gather in the city for a celebration of the most innovative and creative arguments and pieces coming out of undergraduate research globally.
Roya’s piece was one of almost 4000 pieces of coursework submitted to The Undergraduate Awards this year, from 184 third-level institutions internationally. The winning essay examines the literature on delirium, including the current ideas on the underlying causes. It also discusses the current methods used for the identification and management of delirium in hospitalized older adults. As the overall international winner in the Medical Sciences category, the essay will be published in the Undergraduate Awards academic journal.
The Undergraduate Awards is the only international pan-discipline academic awards programme in the world, in operation across the island of Ireland since 2009 and operating globally since 2011. It aims to recognize the best students in the world and to connect them to one another so as to encourage inter-disciplinary co-operation that also transcends borders.
The UA Global Summit, which Roya has won an all expenses paid trip to in November has a broad range of speakers lined up to address the winners – assembled from all over the world – who will inspire, guide and challenge them over the course of the event. Speakers include Andreas Schleicher, OECD Division Head of the Programme for International Student Assessment; Majora Carter, renowned environmentalist and urban revitalization strategist; Emile Simpson, writer of ‘War from the Ground Up: Combat as Politics’; and Cindy Gallop, advertising guru and founder of MakeLoveNotPorn.
First published: 26 September 2013
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