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Recognising Impact Beyond the Stage: Dr Thomas Moors Awarded the Van Lawrence Prize

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FEDORA is proud to celebrate a remarkable achievement connected to one of its prize-winning projects. Dr Thomas Moors, member of the artistic team behind The Sound Voice Project, winner of the FEDORA Digital Prize 2023, has been awarded the Van Lawrence Prize by the British Voice Association.

The prize recognises the collaborative research project Female Voices After Laryngectomy, led by Dr Jenna Brown and developed in close partnership with women with lived experience of laryngectomy. The work explores the emotional, social and identity-related impact of voice loss in women following surgery, a subject that remains largely underrepresented in voice and medical research.

Dr Jenna Brown led the research and presented the findings at the BVA Voice Research Forum, while Dr Thomas Moors, medical doctor and founder of Shout at Cancer, played a key role in shaping the collaboration and connecting medical research with lived experience and artistic inquiry.

This approach strongly resonates with The Sound Voice Project, winner of the FEDORA Digital Prize 2023, an interdisciplinary artistic research initiative exploring the voice as a physical, emotional and social phenomenon, at the intersection of art and medicine. As a member of the artistic team, Dr Thomas Moors contributes his medical expertise and patient-centred perspective, helping to bridge clinical knowledge with artistic practice and ensuring that lived experience remains central to the project’s development.

We warmly congratulate Dr Jenna Brown, Dr Thomas Moors and all those involved in this important and inspiring work.