MedBall Award Nominations are back for 2026!
Please take a moment to read through each award below, before nominating a student. Nomination submission will be open until 11.59pm Wednesday 5th August.
Patron's Plate #
The Adelaide Medical Students' Society (AMSS or the Society) Patron's Plate is the most prestigious annual award offered by the Society, initiated by Adam Lockett in 1986.
The relevant regulations require that the Patron's Plate is awarded to the "final year medical student who is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to medical student life during the six years of the Medical Course." The coveted prize therefore acknowledges over half a decade of contribution by the recipient to medical student life, which expands to involve contributions made from the local to the national level. Within the exuberant culture and energy of medical student life at Adelaide University, such an award is an extremely high honour indeed!
The recipient of the Patron's Plate shall receive the perpetual Patron's Plate for one year and a medallion that they retain forever. The vote for the Patron's Plate is a simple majority vote of the AMSS Committee. In 2026, Patron's Plate voting will occur at Committee Meeting #6 on Monday August 17th.
Process
All medical students at Adelaide University are invited to nominate final year students that they feel are fit for consideration for the Patron's Plate.
Nominees will be informed of their nomination by email from the President and will be requested to submit a one-page curriculum vitae (CV) depicting their 'contribution to medical school life.'
The CVs of all nominees will be provided to all members of the Committee for consideration prior to a normal AMSS Committee Meeting, at which discussion and voting will take place.
Finally, all nominees will be acknowledged and thanked at the annual MedBall. The recipient of the Patron's Plate will then be announced.
Past Recipients
2025: Dr Sara Bilwani
2024: Dr Elly Schoff
2023: Dr Scott Chandrasiri
2022: Dr Teham Ahmad
2021: Dr Mithma Ekanayake
2020: Dr Jade Pisaniello
2019: Dr Victoria Langton
2018: Dr Simon Cousins
2017: Dr Stefan Court-Kowalski
2016: Dr Caitlyn Sun
2015: Dr Joshua Calleja
2014: Dr Sam LaBroome
O'Brien Memorial Awards #
The Judith Ann O'Brien and Daniel Mannix O'Brien Memorial Awards are prizes made in honour of the O'Brien family. These awards are made annually and recognise valuable contribution to the Medical School.
The Judith Ann O'Brien Award is for a student in First to Third Year of the Medical Program at Adelaide University.
The Daniel Mannix O'Brien Award is for a student in Fourth to Sixth Year of the Medical Program at Adelaide University.
The O'Brien Memorial Awards recognise and reward three main aspects of a student's character:
- Service to peers and community;
- Loyalty and compassion towards friends; and
- Leadership and personal development.
An emphasis of the award is to recognise students whose valuable contributions may often go unnoticed.
- Nominations must include the name of the nominee and 50 - 100 words about why they deserve the award;
The winner of each O'Brien Memorial Award shall be chosen by a Selection Committee and announced at the AMSS MedBall.
Note that the Selection Committee for the O'Brien Memorial Awards is comprised of the following individuals:
- The Dean of the Medical School;
- The President of the AMSS;
- The Vice President (Communication) of the AMSS;
- The Clinical Co-ordinator of the AMSS;
- One member of the Medical School administrative staff; and
- The O'Brien Family nominated representative(s).
For more information about the O'Brien Memorial Awards, please do not hesitate to contact the President at: president@amss.org.au.
Past Daniel Mannix O'Brien Award Recipients
2025: Tamarangi Keerthipala
2024: Ali Teubner
2023: Joshua Goddard
2022: Luzern Tan
2021: Huy Pham
2020: Daniel Sansome
2019: Christine Gan
2018: Charlotte Pugh
2017: Annie Collinson
2016: Stefan Court-Kowalski
2015: Joule Li
Past Judith Ann O'Brien Award Recipients
2025: Chirath Lekamge
2024: Sarah Jacob
2023: Gina Wang
2022: Sara Bilwani
2021: Steven Zhang
2020: Lena Eversheim
2019: Francis Litwin
2018: Abby Moore
2017: Jennifer Chataway
2016: Isabella Watts
2015: Jessica Walker
Urinal Award #
The Urinal Award is an (in)glorious annual prize provided to the medical student 'who is deemed, by their actions, to have done the most to bring medical student into disrepute' in the time since the last MedBall.
Any medical student can nominate any other medical student up to the night of an AMSS MedBall. Nominations should include a description of the 'unmentionable act' that the nominee has allegedly performed to bring their colleagues into 'disrepute'. The successful recipient of the annual Urinal Award is then determined by general acclamation at the AMSS MedBall.
Adelaide Medical Students' Foundation Recognition Award #
The AMSF Recognition Award is an annual award acknowledging medical students (singly or as a group) who make exemplary efforts outside the sphere of academic study, especially those who would not otherwise be widely recognised for these efforts. The Award may recognise contributions in a variety of fields, such as philanthropy, community involvement, leadership, the arts, or sport. Nominations are accepted from medical students, staff, and clinicians who contribute to the delivery of the medical course at Adelaide University. The recipient is selected by the AMSF Board of Directors and presented at the AMSS MedBall.
Nominations for the award are managed separately by the AMSF. For more information and to nominate a student, please follow this link AMSF Recognition Award Nomination.
Nominate below! #
Please contact Gina Wang, AMSS VPC at vpc@amss.org.au if there are any issues.