Two awards for academic health science centre paper

Professor Naomi Fulop (UCL Department of Applied Health Research), along with colleagues at the University of Oxford and King's College London, has won ' Best Public Sector Paper ' and ' Best Health Management Paper ' at the 27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference in Hobart, Tasmania. The award-winning academic paper, "The Creation and Survival of an Academic Health Science Organization: Counter Colonization through a New Organizational Form?" , analyses the creation and development of Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs) as a major organisational innovation, spreading internationally in the health industry. This idea has become increasingly important in driving economic growth, through three prominent sectors working together: university, industry, and government. "We are delighted to win these awards," said Professor Fulop. "This coincides with the UK Government's designation of six leading partnerships between NHS Trusts and universities as AHSCs for the next five years, including the one we studied. These partnerships will work to research new treatments and improve health education and patient care, and we hope the findings from our study will help contribute to their future development." - AHSCs will work to research new treatments and improve health education and patient care, and we hope the findings from our study will help contribute to their future development.