Research Presentation Awards
With a record number of abstracts submitted in recent years, the prestigious Research Presentation Awards returned to the 62nd PAH Health Symposium.
Sponsored by the PA Research Foundation, the Research Presentation Awards showcased the best clinical and laboratory/basic science research undertaken by student researchers and early career researchers across Metro South Health (MSH) and affiliated research institutes.
The Research Presentation Awards support all forms of health research and are open to student researchers and early career researchers engaging in clinical or laboratory/basic science research.
Abstracts were invited for oral and poster presentations.
Awards
The oral and finalist presentations both took place on Wednesday 23 August 2023. Congratulations to our oral and poster award winners listed below.
Oral award winners
Winners of the oral award categories will each receive $1,000.
- PA Research Foundation Researcher of the Year Award—Student researcher, Clinical Science:
Dr Reuben Beer | Oral presentation: Measuring early and significant treatment effect in new diagnosis multiple sclerosis using functional MRI - PA Research Foundation Researcher of the Year Award—Student researcher, Laboratory/Basic Science:
Dr Fiona Swain | Oral presentation: Gene expression and spatial transcriptomic analysis of paired diagnosis and relapse DLBCL biopsies show a reduction in T cell infiltration and function at relapse - PA Research Foundation Researcher of the Year Award—Early career researcher, Clinical Science:
Mrs Elizabeth Pinkham | Oral presentation: Delivering supervised group exercise to patients with cancer via telehealth: an implementation study using the REAIM framework - PA Research Foundation Researcher of the Year Award—Early career researcher, Laboratory/Basic Science:
Dr Sareh Sadeghianasl | Oral presentation: TERGEO: A Framework for Data Quality Root Cause Analysis in Healthcare - PA Research Foundation Researcher of the Year Award—People's Choice:
Mrs Heidi Johnston | Oral presentation: Myosteatosis is associated with frailty and poor physical function in patients referred for liver transplantation
Poster awards
Winners of the poster award categories will each receive $500.
- PA Research Foundation Best Poster Award—Student researcher, Clinical Science:
Ms Yashani Algama | Poster: IV Unfractionated Heparin (UFH) dosing in obese patients in Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) ICU - PA Research Foundation Best Poster Award—Student researcher, Laboratory/Basic Science:
Miss Xiaomin (Celeste) Huang | Poster: Establishment of head and neck cancer-derived circulating tumour cell culture model - PA Research Foundation Best Poster Award—Early career researcher, Clinical Science:
Mrs Areti Kennedy | Poster: Health system benefits of an integrated specialist Acquired brain injury transitional rehabilitation service - PA Research Foundation Best Poster Award—Early career researcher, Laboratory/Basic Science:
Dr Khanh Phan | Poster: Correlation between in vitro instrumental analysis and in vivo sensorial evaluation in cooling sensation with topical gels - PA Research Foundation Best Poster Award—People's Choice:
Miss Mikeeley Hoch | Poster: Perioperative nutritional practices and associations with delayed gastric emptying in patients undergoing a pancreaticoduodenectomy: a retrospective observational study
PAH Staff Wellbeing Award
The PAH staff wellbeing award went to:
The Lead Bunker Team: Radiation Oncology
