The recipient of the 2019 Cancer Research Excellence in Surgical Trials (CREST) Award is Professor Emma Crosbie and her Gynaecological Oncology Research Group based at St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester. Richard J Shaw MD FDS FRCS(OMFS), Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the Liverpool Head & Neck Centre and one of those responsible for establishing this prestigious award said,"There were a number of applications and 3 of them were really outstanding, actually some of the best we have ever seen. We were very pleased to see such a high standard." Swann-Morton would like to congratulate Emma and the her team on their achievement.