BDA Honours Recipients

The BDA Honours recognise and reward BDA members who go above and beyond, those who inspire others and are making a real difference.

Fellowship is the highest honour which the Association can bestow upon a member in recognition of their achievements. Fellowship of the Association was first awarded in 1979 and more than 100 Fellowships have been awarded since.

The Ibex is an honour for Professional Achievement created to thank individuals who have made significant contributions to the profession either locally or in a dietetic specialism.

Find out how to nominate someone for a Fellowship or an Ibex.

Recent award winners

Lauren Bowen: Ibex 2022

"It truly is an honour to be recognised by your peers and the association. I have volunteered for many years, because I genuinely love connecting with different people and supporting dietitians new to food services in the hope that they will feel as impassioned about it as me."

Lauren Bowen: Ibex 2022

Ruth Wood Martin: Ibex 2022

"I have been a member of the BDA all my professional career (39 years) and its support network both professionally and in Union business is fantastic. Knowing members can get advice from professional peers as well as office staff is fundamental to career progression."

BDA Ibex awardee: Ruth Wood-Martin

Dr Elizabeth Weekes: Fellowship 2022

"I am honoured to have been awarded Fellowship of the BDA and humbled to be recognised in this way by my peers."

BDA Fellowship awardee: Dr Elizabeth Weekes

Dr Julie Lanigan: Fellowship 2022

"I see the Fellowship as recognition not just for myself but for all the hardworking dietitians who have helped raise the profile of paediatric dietetics and place dietitians in their rightful place as key players driving forward the science of nutrition and dietetics in children."

BDA Fellowship awardee: Dr Julie Lanigan

Below is a list of all past winners:

Fellowship past awardees

2022

2021

2020

Kate Hall
Sian Porter

2018

Francesca Annan
June Copeman
Dr Fiona McCullough

2017

Professor Kevin Whelan

2016

Anne Holdoway
Mary O'Kane
Sian O'Shea
Dr Clare Shaw
Dr Carina Venter

2015

Sue Kellie
Marjory Macleod

2013

Helen Barker
Helen Davidson
Diana Markham

2012

Anne Donelan

2011

Dr Joan Gandy
Rick Wilson

2010

Pauline Douglas
Michele Mackintosh

2009

Catherine Collins
Pauline Mulholland
Isabel Skypala

2008

Susan Acreman
Judith Catherwood
Judyth Jenkins
Alexa Scott

2007

Susan Shandley
Vanessa Shaw
Di Talbot
Jane Thomas

2006

Dr Jacki Bishop
Professor Anne de Looy
Susan Jones
Dr Angela Madden
Gillian Pearson

2005

Margaret Gradwell

2004

Sylvia Butson
Luci Daniels

2002

Loretta Cox
Diane Spalding

2001

Susan Roberts
Dr Margaret Lawson

2000

Alison Dobson

1999

Brenda Clark

1998

Dr Patricia Judd

1994

Neil Donnelly
Christine Morley
Dr Briony Thomas

1993

Sally Day
Carole Middleton
Gwyneth Statham
Pamela Williams

1991

Jane Eaton
Janet Smart

1990

Margaret Dale

1989

Irene Mackay
Margaret McCloskey

1987

Morag MacKellar

1985

Christine Clothier
M Pamela Rose
Greta Walton

1984

Gillian Cave Brown
Anne Taggart
Elizabeth Wilson

1983

E Carol Bateman
Alison Black
Margaret Cameron
Patricia Crooks
Dorothy Francis
Sheila Hardy

1982

Elizabeth Booth
Muriel Westland

1981

Patricia Humpherson

1980

Edith Elliot
Phyllis Newland

1979

Margery Abrahams
Florence Acheson
Elspeth Averill
Margaret Bowley
M Alison Boyle
Pamela Brereton
Ann Brown
Augusta Fox
Dorothy Hollingsworth
Barbara Jamieson
Norma Lauder
Christine Lee
Jean Marr
E Murland
Gwen Powell
Ella Scott
Veronica Scott-Carmichael
Ethel Skinner
Barbara Stanton Jones
Noreen Thomson
Patricia E Torrens

Ibex past awardees