LEPRA Essay Competition

1977 - "The Immune system in leprosy: benefactor or troublemaker?" - 12 entries (All UK): 1st Mr. A.R. Green, UCH London (£100); Joint 2nd Mr. Geoffrey Ashall, St. Mary's London (£50); Mr. Stephen Pearson, Sheffield Univ. (£50); Joint 3rd Mr. Leslie Goldman, Birmingham Univ. (£25); Mr. Jonathan de Pass, Bristol Univ. (£25); Judges - Dr. R.J.W. Rees, Dr. Graham Weddell, & Dr. A.C. McDougall;

1978 - "The Chemotherapy of human leprosy in theory and practice" - 11 entries (All UK): 1st Mr. A.D. Rodgers (£100); Joint 2nd Mr. Richard Ayres, Edinburgh Univ. (£50); Mr. Simon Eyre, Oxford Univ. (£50); Mr. M.D. Francis, St Mary's Hospital Medical School London (£50); Mr. Christopher Holman, St. Mary's Hospital Med. School (£50); Mr. Ian A. Cree, Bristol Univ. (£50); 3rd Mr. Mark Rosenthal (£25); Judges - Dr. R.J.W. Rees, Dr. Graham Weddell, & Dr. A.C. McDougall;

1979 - "The Immunopathology of nerve damage in leprosy" - 3 entries (All UK): 1st Mr. Mark Elliott, London Hospital Medical College (£100); (Published in Leprosy Review either 1980 or 1981 ****; 2nd Mr. Ian Hill-Smith, UCH London (£75) (Published in IJL 'vol. 49 No. 2 June 1981); Judges -Dr. Graham Weddell, Dr. Margaret Esiri & Dr. A.C. McDougall;

1980 - "The Rise and fall of leprosy in Europe" or "BCG Vaccination in Tuberculosis and leprosy" - 3 entries (All UK): 1st Miss Janet E. Price (£100) (Published in IJL June 1982); 2nd Miss Deborah M. Mason (£25);

In 1980 also the competition was offered to the Faculty of Medicine in Lusaka, Zambia with the title "Leprosy in Zambia": 1st Wilfred Onen (£100) = (K200); 2nd Miss Alwyn G. Zebron (£50) = (K100); Judges - Dr. Graham Weddell, & Dr. A.C. McDougall;

In 1981 the competition was widened to include St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India, with the title "Leprosy Control in South India" - 2 entries received: Joint 1st Mr. K. Prasad (£50); Mr. Alan Aranha (£50);

1981- "The In Vitro culture of the leprosy bacillus" or "Leprosy and Primary Health Care" - 6 entries (All UK): Joint 1st Mr. Paul Cullinan, Guy's Hopsital Medical School (£75); Miss Caroline Baker, Middlesex Hospital Medical School (£75); (Published as guest editorial in IJL 1983); Judges - Dr. Graham Weddell, & Dr. A.C. McDougall ;

1982 - "Leprosy and the Eye" or "Environmental mycobacteria; immunological and epidemiological significance in the control of leprosy and tuberculosis" - 10 entries (All UK): Joint 1st Mr. P. Gardiner, Belfast Univ (£75); Mr. M.J. Pallen, London Hospital (£75) (Published in IJL March 1984); Mr. M. Rogers, St. Thomas' (£75); Joint 2nd Mr. A.K. Bannerjee, St. Thomas's (£30); Miss J. Forbes, St. Mary's, London (£30); Mr. E. Fisher, Oxford Univ. (£30); Judges - Dr. R.J.W. Rees & Dr. A.C. McDougall