Opening on March 4th 2024, the QV Healthcare Practitioner Student Scholarship will award a total of $30,000 in prize money to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Pharmacy, Medicine or Nursing courses in a bid to further the education of the next generation of Australian healthcare practitioners.
Entrants are asked to complete a short essay related to sensitive skin, an area QV understands well having spent decades specialising in skincare for sensitive and problematic skin. Submissions will be judged by a panel of industry experts including Dr. Fabrizio Spada (Scientific Affairs Manager, Ego Pharmaceuticals), Michelle Privitera (President, Eczema Association of Australasia) and Vivienne Speirs (President, Australian Dermatology Nurses' Association).
QV Skincare, part of the Ego Pharmaceuticals portfolio, has a long and close association with healthcare practitioners since the brand was first founded following a request from the dermatology ward of Melbourne's iconic Queen Victoria Hospital.
Decades on, the QV brand remains family owned, Australian made, and synonymous with quality and innovation. With over 50 QV products sold in more than 20 nations around the world, QV is proud to be Australia's #1 recommended sensitive skincare brand by healthcare professionals^, a testament to the trust dermatologists, GPs and pharmacists have in the brand.
The QV Healthcare Practitioner Student Scholarship is open from March 4th until June 27th 2024. Interested parties can enter via www.qvskincare.com.au/scholarship.html
^Fifth Quadrant, Sponsored by Ego Pharmaceuticals, OTC Skincare, n = 374, October 2023.
