The David Hemery CBE Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Lifestyle Medicine
- Prize: Trophy Awarded
- Term: November
- Availability: Nominations accepted from all members
The David Hemery CBE Lifestyle Medicine Award seeks to recognise an outstanding contribution to Lifestyle Medicine. The award was instigated in 2018 to commemorate 50 years since David Hemery won the Gold Medal in Mexico in 1968.
Nominations are requested from BASEM members and the recipient is chosen by the BASEM Non Executive Board.
Any enquiries regarding this award should be made to awards@basem.co.uk in the first instance.
CLOSED FOR 2026.
Please read through the below important information about the The David Hemery CBE Lifestyle Medicine Award details.
- Nominees must receive 2 nominations from 2 current members of BASEM.
- The nominee need not be a member of BASEM.Â
- The nominator should submitting their nomination through BASEMs award platform, Good Grants. Nominations will not be accepted otherwise.
- Nominations should include contact details for the nominee and be accompanied by a short citation of no more than 1,000 words stating a history of the nominees’ achievements and why you believe the individual concerned would be a worthy recipient of the David Hemery CBE Award.
- There is no limit to the number of times an individual can be nominated, however, previous winners may not be nominated for a second time.
All nominations are submitted via the Good Grants platform. Once the application window is closed, applications are checked by the Awards team, before being forwarded to the BASEM Non-Executive Board.
Each member of the board will review the applications and vote on a non-disclosed basis. In the event of a tie, the Chair of the Association carries the deciding vote.
The successful nominee will be contacted but will not be announced to the membership until the actual conference presentation.
The successful nominee will be informed of their success directly from BASEM and will be invited to the next BASEM Annual Conference to receive their award.
The successful nominee is not announced to the membership until the actual conference presentation.
- The recipient of the award has not previously been awarded the David Hemery (CBE) Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Lifestyle Medicine.
- The recipient of the award agrees to their success being announced in the BASEM Today, BASEM website and Social Media.
Previous Winners
2025 – Mr David Hemery CBE
2023 – Dr Dane Vishnubala
2022 – Dr Mike Loosemore
2021 – Dr Natasha Jones
2019 – Professor Nanette Mutrie MBE
2018Â – Dr Brian Johnson