EACD Congress Awards Winners
EACD Bruges 2024 - Award Winners:
Mac Keith Press Best Abstract Award
Pilar Castro - ATADES (Espacio Atemtia), Spain
Walking the Future: A Comparative Study of the ATLAS 2030 gait-training device in children with Cerebral Palsy
Nestlé Health Science Clinical Research Award
Dr. Charlie Fairhurst - Evelina London Children's Hospital, United Kingdom
Interventions for paediatric saliva control issues: comparative efficacy and side effect profiles
EACD Early Career Researcher Award
1st place
Marinke Hokken - Erasmus MC, Netherlands
Towards a non-verbal assessment of Cerebral Visual Impairments in young children
2nd place
Lara Quinten - University of Bern, Switzerland
Incidence, subtypes and severity of cerebral palsy in infants born extremely preterm in Switzerland: A retrospective study comparing two time periods
3rd place
Aisling Ryan - The University of Queensland, Australia
I can decide MyGOALS! Developing an online tool for child-led goal setting using user-centred design
EACD Best Poster Award
1st place
Deepti Chugh - Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, United Kingdom
What outcomes within domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health are reported after Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy procedure for ambulant children and young people with cerebral palsy: a scoping review of the last three decades
2nd place
Dr. Christine Chiong - Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
DQ typing in children with Down syndrome allows exclusion of a subset from lifelong Coeliac screening: a single centre cohort
3rd place
Prof. Sarah McIntyre - University of Sydney, Australia
The development of a causal diagram for cerebral palsy: a study protocol for worldwide multidisciplinary collaboration
EACD Technology & Innovation Award
Jorn Ockerman - Ghent University, Belgium
Play on! The interactive exergaming surface "Matti" and its role in pediatric rehabilitation.
EACD Ljubljana 2023 - Award Winners:
Mac Keith Press Best Abstract Award
Dr. Fabrizia Festante - University of Pisa, Italy
Motherese phonation style during interactions with pre-linguistic infants at high risk of Cerebral Palsy
Nestlé Health Science Clinical Research Award
Prof. Nora Shields - La Trobe University, Australia
Effect of a community-based intervention (FitSkills) for young people with disability on physical activity participation: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial
EACD Early Career Researcher Award
1st place
Alexandra Palmcrantz - Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Muscle strength, muscle volume and functional mobility in children with spastic cerebral palsy
2nd place
Liza van Dijk - Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Pre-operative gait pattern seems to influence the effect of selective dorsal rhizotomy on gait in children with spastic diplegia
3rd place (equal)
Mari Naaris - KU Leuven, Belgium
Effectiveness of a four-week powered wheelchair training intervention in children and young people with severe cerebral palsy
Jacqueline Ding - CP-Achieve, Australia
Exploring young adulthood: Experiences and perceptions of participation for adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy
EACD Best Poster Award
1st place
Maria Garcia Galant - Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Children with Cerebral Palsy Improve Affect Recognition After Completing a Home-Based Computerized Cognitive Intervention
2nd place
Dr. Monika Novak-Pavlic - CanChild, McMaster University, Canada
A systematic review of interventions promoting physical, psychological and socioeconomic well-being of parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities
EACD Barcelona 2022 - Award Winners:
Mac Keith Press Best Abstract Award
Dr. Briano Di Rezze - McMaster University, Canada
Construct validity of the Autism Classification System of Functioning for social communication across childhood and adolescence
Nestlé Health Science Clinical Research Award
Dr. Peter Wilson - Australian Catholic University, Australia
Developmental coordination disorder: New insights on underlying mechanisms
EACD Early Career Researcher Award
1st place
Dr. Anne-Laure Guinet - Fondation Ellen Poidatz, France
ARRoW-CP: Gait rehabilitation with an active video game for children with cerebral palsy. Preliminary results
2nd place
Dr. Leonie Steiner - Inselspital, Switzerland
Cognitive outcome is related to functional thalamo-cortical connectivity after pediatric stroke
3rd place
Dr. Patricia Jovellar-Isiegas - Universidad San Jorge, Spain
Somatosensation in the dominant hand of children with unilateral cerebral palsy compared to typically developing children: How is the information processing? Preliminary results
EACD Best Poster Award
1st place
Dr. Julita Medina Cantillo - Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Spain
Motor and pulmonary function after scoliosis surgery in children with spinal muscular atrophy type II
2nd place
Dr. Iris van Wijk - Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, The Netherlands
Psychosocial aspects of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and life-stage specific challenges in the Dutch OI-population
3rd place
Dr. Deepika Jain - Shishu Child Development & Early Intervention Centre, India
Rett syndrome in India: Demographics, clinical features and genetic profile of 6 Rett syndrome cases as part of “Genetics in Autism” research study
EACD Technology & Innovation Award
Sotirios Gakopoulos - CoMoveIT NV, Belgium
CoMoveIT Smart: a new high-tech powered wheelchair steering system for people with complex movement disorders
EACD Europe 2021 - Award Winners:
Mac Keith Press Best Abstract Award
1st place
Dr. Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam - Central Queensland University
Rehabilitation status of children with Cerebral Palsy in low-and middle-income countries: findings from the Global LMIC Cerebral Palsy Register
2nd place
Prof. Giuseppina Sgandurra - University of Pisa, Italy
Effectiveness of home-delivered action observation therapy by means of Tele-UPCAT system
3rd place
Dr. Anna Kushnir - Elita Rehabilitation Center Lviv, Ukraine
Personalized Balance Games for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Nestlé Health Science Clinical Research Award
Dr. Emma Vaillant - Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Environmental factors associated with communication performance in children with CP
EACD Early Career Researcher Award
1st place
Dr. Saranda Bekteshi - KU Leuven, Belgium
Fixations and saccades during eye-tracking gaming performance in children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy compared to typically developing children
2nd place (equal)
Dr. Phillip Harniess - Great Ormond Street Hospital
Transitive parental frames of engagement in early intervention: Conceptualising engagement in early occupational and physiotherapy for infants with cerebral palsy
Dr. Jessica Warnink-Kavelaars - Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Heritable connective tissue disorders in childhood: Fatigue, pain, disability and general health
3rd place (equal)
Dr. Erika Cloodt - Lund University, Sweden
Knee and foot contracture occurs earliest in children with cerebral palsy
Dr. Israt Jahan - CSF Global; University of South Asia; Central Queensland University, Bangladesh / Australia
Epidemiology of malnutrition among children with cerebral palsy (CP) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Preliminary findings from Global LMIC CP Register
EACD Best Poster Award
1st place
Dr. Yvonne Janssen-Potten - Maastricht University, The Netherlands
The effect of bimanual intensive functional training on sensory hand function in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy
2nd place
Dr. Holger Muehlan - University of Greifswald, Germany
Adopting the Questionnaire of Young People’s Participation for Young Adults (QYPP-YA) – A Validation Study
3rd place
Dr. Jorge Carranza - Hospital San José Celaya, Mexico
Goal attainment following treatment with abobotulinumtoxinA and an intensive home therapy program in children with upper-limb spasticity
EACD Technology & Innovation Award
1st place
Dr. Rowan Johnson - Ability Centre, Perth, Australia
Zingo App: Gamified home and school therapy programmes for children with disabilities
2nd place
Dr. Eléa Deilly - CHRU Brest, France
Kid'EM: A child-friendly and collaborative mobile app to define personalized and practical therapeutic goals
3rd place
Dr. Catherine Barton- Powys teaching Health Board, United Kingdom
Sustainable seating and standing solutions for children with disabilities using appropriate paper-based technology (APT)