Hi everyone,
We are very pleased to announce the shortlist for the Community Awards, as promised.
First, we would like to thank all the researchers who shared a summary of their work on Hepatitis B here on the forum. 
It has been inspiring to learn more about your research and your vital contributions in the fight against the disease, as well as your efforts to support the affected community.
We hope you’ve enjoyed the opportunity to connect with the community and gain insights from their lived experiences. 
A big thank you also goes to our community members for your thoughtful questions, comments, and interactions with the researchers. Please continue!
While every contribution is valuable, we have shortlisted 10 research posts that received the highest number of likes and community interactions.
Now, we invite everyone to vote for your favorites from the full list of ten research threads.
- A Shot That Could Have Saved Her: A Campaign to Protect Nigerian Medical Students and Research to investigate Hepatitis B Knowledge, Risk, and Vaccination Gaps by Samuel1
- PATHFINDER: PATHways to Functional cure in chronic HBV using artificial INtelligence to Define new Endpoints in patients who Resolve chronic infection by cscoffin
- Investigating the biological and pharmacological characteristics of a novel class of HBV RNase H inhibitors by holly walden
- Sequencing HBV: How reading the HBV genome can help fight liver disease by Marion Delphin
- Lighting up infections: How HBV Hijacks Our Cellular Factories! by Wettengel
- A Sensitive Assay to Track the Hidden Driver of Hepatitis B – cccDNA by Delgerbat Boldbaatar
- Developing a potential new therapy for HBV using CRISPR-Cas13b by Laura mcc
- Developing personalised treatment pathways for Hepatitis B using novel assays and fine needle liver aspirates by Sarah Bae
- Direct quantification of HBV splice variants to broaden strategies for HBV cure by Tgrudda
- Reaching the “Hard to Reach”: Monitoring hepatitis B stigma, attitudes, and knowledge in Middle Eastern, North African and sub-Saharan African communities in Australia by Sylvester1)
Remember: Authors of the Top 5 Research Threads will each receive a $250 USD gift card.
Don’t wait—cast your vote today! Voting closes: August 28, 2025
For the Curiosity Award, we are giving you a bit more time to comment and engage in conversation with researchers and other community members. Take advantage of this extra time to comments and ask questions!
Thank you very much for your continued contributions and enthusiasm.
Marion
Voting closes: August 28, 2025
Only 1 day left to vote for your favorite research entry and help shape the Community award winners list! 
Cast your vote today !