JWC Awards 2025 Shortlist 

Phillip Bowler, Independent Researcher, Wound Biofilm

Dr. Med & Ph.D Thomas Bjarnsholt, Professor, University of Copenhagen

Dr. Adam Astrada, DHSc., CNS, RN, Assistant Professor

Izaskun Arriaran Mendialdua, Nurse, Hospital Debagoiena, Spain

Professor Banasiewicz Tomasz Poznan, University of Medical Sciences

The Advanced Practice Nurses: Andrés Roldán Valenzuela, Advanced Practice Nurse in Complex Chronic Wounds, and Verónica Galindo Cantillo, Advanced Practice Nurse in Complex Chronic Wounds, Aljarafe District, North Seville

Sponsored by:

Louise Hitchman, Vascular Surgery Specialty Trainee, University of Hull

Catherine Arundel, Research Fellow, York Trials Unit, University of York

Dr. Jonathan Johnson, Plastic Surgeon, Comprehensive Wound Care Services, US

Morgan Jones, Highly Specialist Podiatrist Tissue Viability Lead, Cardiff Royal Infirmary

Julia Xiaoli Zhu - The Healing Group, Senior Wound Nurse Clinician, PhD Candidate, Singapore

Luigi Uccioli, Professor of Endocrinology, University of Rome, Tor Vergata

Allyn Forsyth, PhD, Director, MIMEDX

Mark Suski, Plastic Surgeon/Medical Director, Los Robles Hospital Center for Advanced Wound Healing

William Tettelbach, Chief Medical Officer, RestorixHealth

Ramon Rillera, Vascular Nurse Specialist, The Royal London Hospital

Rachel Jump, Clinical Lead, Lytham District Nursing Team, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Jayesh Shah, President, TIMEO2 Healing Concepts LLC.CMO PACT 2, NW Health Center, Staff Wound Care Physician, Audie Murphy Vetarans Hospital

Naiara Santín Pérez, Clinical Nurse, and  Silvia Mínguez Abia, Supervisor, Burns Unit at Cruces Hospital

Richard Smith, Crew Manager and Andrew Scotting, Watch Manager, Gatwick Airport Fire and Rescue Service

  Christia Huntington, PhD Student, The University of the West of England

Rachel Torkington-Stokes, Clinical Solutions Director, Convatec

Carey Cifranic, PR,  Woundtech, US

Trent Brookshier, Podiatric Surgeon, DPM, Private Practice, CEO, North Park Podiatry

Gregory Bohn, President, American Board of Wound Healing

Laura Swoboba, Wound Specialist, Healing Institute

Usha Sharma, Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse, The Tissue Viability Team, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Sponsored by

Martina Collins-Stiff, Tissue Viability Nurse, West Suffolk Foundation Trust

Ross Joannides, Deputy Director of Nursing, Barchester Healthcare

Pam Cooper, Nurse Consultant, Tissue Viability, Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centres

Michael Magro, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Joseph Cutteridge, Academic Foundation Doctor, Hull Royal Infirmary

Multidisciplinary Team, University of Bristol

Sponsored by

Santiago Roviralta Gomez, Centro Salud Ribadeo, Spain 

Andrew Cameron, CEO, FeelTect Limited

Widasari Sri Gitarja, WOCARE, Indonesia

Liliana Morais, Professional Doctorate student, CNS Tissue Viability RCSI Dublin, University Hospital Waterford

Abigail E Chaffin, MD, FACS, CWSP, FAPWCA, Associate Professor of Surgery and Program Director

The Skin Integrity Team, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster Royal Infirmary

In memory of Michelle Deeth

Corplex P', StimLabs LLC

Stimulan®, Biocomposites Ltd

TRAVERSE PRFM KIT, Traverse Medical Solutions

The International Surgical Wound Complications Advisory Panel (ISWCAP)

Wound Ostomy Incontinence Nurses' Society (YOIHD)

The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC)

Claire Peart, National Lead Dementia Nurse Specialist, Barchester Healthcare

David Hughes MBE, Assistant Head and Clinical Lead Podiatry & Orthotics Service, Swansea Bay University Health Board

Windy Cole, Director of Wound Care Research, Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine , and Nina Kovolyan, clinical research assistant

Sponsored by

Supported by

Lourdes Rivera, Tissue Viability Nurse, Whipps Cross University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Hannah Wilson, Research Lecturer

Kelly Phillips, Skin Integrity Nurse Consultant, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Kana Fajar, ETN, West Java

Liz Hawes, Advanced Wound Care Nurse and Research Nurse, Homewoundcare Ltd

Misako Dai, Professor, Japan

Sarah Pankhurst, Head of Tissue Viability, Nottingham City Care

Kimberly LeBlanc, Jennifer Bilbie, Specialized Nurses, Wound, Ostomy, and Continence, Canada

Central London Community Healthcare Trust, Merton Community Nursing and Tissue

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