Healthcare paper wins award at IPSERA conference
Dr Laura Menzies and Dr Jo Meehan, along with MSc Operations and Supply Chain Management graduate Nicola Harris, have been awarded ‘Best Healthcare Paper’ at the 2018 IPSERA conference in Athens.
Their competitive paper, which received considerable attention from a number of editors and scholars at the conference, looks at ethical decision dilemmas in NHS procurement and contract management. The team was also awarded a €300 prize.
The International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) is the leading academic network dedicated to the development of Purchasing and Supply Management. This year’s conference theme was “Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Fostering Innovation”, Research centred on exposing and understanding the strategic radical changes and innovations that impact, or are affected by, environmental, ethical, and responsible organisational performance. Healthcare and humanitarian procurement is an established stream in IPSERA’s annual conference.
Dr Jo Meehan, along with other ULMS colleagues - Dr Laura Menzies, Dr Bruce Pinnington, Dr Roula Michaelides, and Dr Colette Russell, have been IPSERA award winners five years in a row - a new IPSERA record!
Jo Meehan said “we are delighted to bring an award back to ULMS – again! The ULMS research team are gaining a fantastic reputation in the field for challenging, interesting, and impactful research, and it is motivating to receive such fantastic encouragement on our work from leading global scholars”.
Nicola Harris graduated from ULMS in 2017 and has recently secured a new role in the NHS working as an Implementation Manager. The paper presented at IPSERA builds on Nicola’s MSc research project, which was supervised by Dr Laura Menzies.
Nicola commented “The MSc course and the research project developed the skills necessary to work in organisations that are increasingly challenged to derive value across supply chains. The tutors challenged and supported me throughout the programme, giving access to industry networks across sectors. The support and guidance from Laura and Jo shaped my dissertation, and was the defining factor that led to my current role in the NHS.”