The Novartis Dr. Vincent Barry Medal 2024/25 awarded to Arun Madathil
The Novartis Dr. Vincent Barry Medal was awarded to Arun Madathil on Wednesday 3rd of December 2025. Arun is the second recipient of the medal, which is awarded to the best performing student (highest Grade Point Average) across both of our Taught MSc programmes for 2024/25.
Paul Evans and James Sullivan congratulate the class of 2024/25 on their success.
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Shane Hayes tells us more about Dr. Vincent Barry
Shane Hayes, Novartis Ireland, presents Arun Madathil with the 2025 Novartis Dr. Vincent Barry Medal
Mr. Shane Hayes of (opens in a new window)Novartis Ireland came to the School to present the Novartis Dr. Vincent Barry Medal to Arun Madathil, the Taught MSc student who achieved the highest GPA across the two programmes. Congratulations to Arun and thank you to Shane for attending and giving a short talk on our partnership with Novartis Ireland and how clofazimine, the leprosy drug developed by Dr. Vincent Barry, for whom the award is named, has been a major breakthrough in the treatment of leprosy and its significant impact on world health.
Since 2000, Novartis has donated more than 70 million blister packs of multidrug therapy (MDT) valued at approximately USD 124 million through the World Health Organization (WHO), helping to treat more than 7.5 million leprosy patients worldwide. Further, the donation has made it possible to interrupt the transmission of leprosy and prevent disabilities. Find out more information about the (opens in a new window)Novartis Leprosy initiative.
The School of Chemistry is very grateful to Novartis for their generous sponsorship of this prestigious annual medal.