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<span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><b>Congratulations to BERG winners: </b></span><span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><b>Kristine Gandia</b></span><span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><b> (</b></span><span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><b><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Best
Early Career Researcher) </strong></b></span><span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><b>and
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><b>Sarah Kraemer</b></span><span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><b> (</b></span><span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><b><b><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Best Research
Activity which promotes Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for her</strong></b></b></span><b><b><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(134, 17, 6);">International
Women’s day activities)</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-weight: 300; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(134, 17, 6);">. Very well deserved.</span></b><a href="https://www.stir.ac.uk/comms/roundup/2021/june/staff-roundup-02-june-/" id="LPlnk340850"></a></b></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(134, 17, 6);">From
</span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the Staff Roundup (</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="https://www.stir.ac.uk/comms/roundup/2021/june/staff-roundup-02-june-/" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.stir.ac.uk/comms/roundup/2021/june/staff-roundup-02-june-/</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">),
with others in Psychology highlighted too. Congratulations to all.</span></span></p>
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<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Best Research Leadership</strong>: Prof Niamh Fitzgerald, Pro Anna Whittaker, Prof Crispin Wright, Prof Helen Cheyne and
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">Dr Line Caes</span>.</p>
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<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Best Collaborator</strong>: Dr Jenni Connelly, Kathryn Angus, Dr Isabelle Uny, Prof Cate Watson and Amy Woodhouse from Children in Scotland.</p>
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<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Best Support from Professional Services</strong>: The funding team (so many excellent nominations across the whole team that we could not single out individuals),
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">Stella Turner</span>, Donna McKendrick and Aileen Paton. We also snuck in some special mentions here, based on their nominations: Contribution to Ref: Dr Ben Fanstone and Žaneta Ulozeviciute. Covid recovery:
James Dick and Overall contribution to research culture: Betsy Fuller.</p>
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<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Best Mentor</strong>: Dr Naomi Brooks,
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">Prof Ronan O’Carroll</span>, Prof Rowan Cruft, Dr Colin Moran and Dr Jennifer Dickie.</p>
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<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Best Early Career Researcher</strong>: Dr Anna Bobak, Dr Gemma Ryde,
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Kristine Gandia</span>, Dr Monique Botha and Mrs Hazel Booth.</p>
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<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Best Activity which enhances Research Culture</strong>: ISMH weekly team meeting (Aileen Paton), Faculty of Social Sciences Peer Review College (Prof Fiona Copland), Psychology cake social (<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">Prof
Peter Hancock</span>) and the Interdisciplinary Research Network (Miss Wendy Masterton) – who were also running a series of brilliant events last week.</p>
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<b><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold;font-size:15.68px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Best Research Activity which promotes Equality, Diversity and Inclusion</strong><span style="font-size:15.68px;font-weight:300;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">:
ISMH weekly team meeting (Prof Niamh Fitzgerald), Invisible knapsack presentation (Dr Sandra Engstrom),
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Life through a lens research team (Dr Karen Watchman)</span><br>
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There were also 25 people who were nominated in multiple categories so particular congratulations go to them.</p>
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