Awards and Prizes
Each year, the BCS presents the following awards and prizes during the Annual Conference.
Mackenzie Medal
The Mackenzie Medal is awarded by the society in recognition of outstanding service to British cardiology. Two medals are given out each year.
The 2025 recipients are: Dr Man Fai Shiu and Professor John Cleland
Previous recipients
2024: Dr Edward Rowland and Professor David Wood
Previous recipients
2023: Dr Jane Flint Bridgewater and Professor John Chambers
2022: Professor Jane Somerville (awarded by HRH Princess Anne at St James’ Palace Reception, Thursday 2 February 2023) and Professor Simon Ray
2021: Dr Sarah Clarke and Professor Mark Monaghan
2020: Professor Sir Nilesh Samani and Professor Barbara Casadei
2019: Professor Martin Cowie and Professor Keith Oldroyd
2018: Professor David Newby and Professor Hugh Watkins
2017: Professor John Deanfield and Professor John McMurray
2016: Dr Jim Hall and Dr Iain Simpson
2015: Professor Adam Timmis and Dr Peter Ludman
2014: Professor Huon Gray and Professor Sir Rory Collins
2013: Mark de Belder and Keith Fox
2012: Nick Boon and Peter Weissberg
2011: Kim Fox and Stuart Cobbe
2010: Peter Mills and Roger Boyle
BCS/BHF/BAS/BSCR Young Investigator Award (YIA)
This award was established by the society in 2001 to recognise excellence among young researchers intending to pursue a career in cardiovascular clinical medicine or research. The prize is currently £1,500 for the winner and £500 for runners up. The award is sponsored by the British Cardiovascular Society, British Heart Foundation (BHF), British Atherosclerosis Society (BAS) and British Society for Cardiovascular Research (BSCR).
The winner of the YIA for 2025 is: Dr Daniel Taylor
Previous winners
2024: Dr Aish Sinha
2023: Dr Arunashis Sau
2022: Dr Christopher Orsborne
2021: Dr Blanca Tardajos Ayllón
2020: Dr Jillian Simon
2019: Dr Donna Page
2018: Mrs Laurienne Edgar
2017: Dr Andrew Lewis
2016: Dr Alexander Rothman
2015: Dr Adam Lewandowski
2014: Dr Ramzi Khamis
2013: Dr Svetlana Reilly
2012: Dr Claire Martin
2011: Dr James Ware
2010: Dr Adil Rajwani
Michael Davies Early Career Award
This award honours researchers who have recently established themselves as independent investigators and who have made an outstanding contribution to cardiovascular science. It is open for applications from clinicians and non-clinicians who have an affiliation with a UK institution. The prize is currently £1,500 and a certificate. The award is sponsored by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
The winner of the Michael Davies Early Career Award for 2025 is: Professor Alexander Rothman
Previous winners
2024: Professor Eylem Levelt
2023: Professor Vanessa Ferreira
2022: Dr Thomas Treibel
2021: Professor Marianna Fontana
2020: Dr Christopher Miller
2019: Professor Oliver Rider
2018: Dr Dipak Kotecha
2017: Dr James Ware
2016: Dr Marc Dweck
2015: Professor Pier Lambiase
2014: Professor Houman Ashrafian
2013: Dr Divaka Perera
2012: Dr Nicola Smart
2011: Dr Paul Evans
2010: Dr Darrel Francis
BCS Editorials
The sub-editor programme sits within the Education remit and resident doctors can play an important role by contributing to the online educational content of the BCS website.
The top 3 editorials are presented by the sub-editors and judged by an expert panel. The prize is currently £250 for first place, £100 for second place and £50 for third place.
The winners for 2025 are:
First place: Dr Vijay Shyam-Sundar ‘Advances in Amyloidosis Care’
Second place: Dr Rahul Ghelani ‘One not to miss… The Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome’
Third place: Dr Yande Kasolo ‘Obesity-Related Cardiomyopathy’
Previous first place winners
2024: Dr Kayla Chiew ‘Colchicine and residual inflammation: an old drug with a new trick’
2023: Dr Akriti Naraen ‘Conduction System Pacing: the future of pacing?’
2022: Dr Evelyn Brown ‘Management of spontaneous coronary artery dissection: When doing less is more’
2021: Dr Abigail Masding ‘An ancient remedy with a modern twist: colchicine in cardiovascular disease’
2020: Dr Mark Peterzan ‘Screening for cardiac amyloidosis in severe aortic stenosis’
2019: Dr Ahmed Adlan ‘Syncope: A structured approach’
2018: Dr Francesco Papalia ‘The Diabetologist: A Cardiologist’s new Best Friend? A brief look at the cardiovascular outcomes data of novel antihyperglycemic therapies through an evolving relationship between two specialties’