At the RACGP national conference, Broome GP Dr Rebekah Adams was announced GP Registrar of the Year; Esperance GP Dr Donald Howarth was acknowledged for Excellence in Clinical Supervision; Dr Emma Griffiths won the GPET-Ochre Health Training Award; and Curtin University’s Prof Moyez Jiwa was awarded the prize for Excellence in Population Health.
Senior paediatric nurse Ms Sue Peter is the 2013 WA Nurse of the Year. Ms Ruth Letts was inducted to nursing and midwifery’s Hall of Fame.
The University of Notre Dame’s Rural and Remote Health Placement Program [June edition] was awarded a national university teaching award. Among those acknowledged by Education minister Christopher Pyne were Prof Donna Mak, Ms Marianna Mattes, Prof Jennifer McConnell, Dr Dianne Ritson, A/Prof Chris Skinner, Prof Alan Wright and A/Prof Isle McFerrall.
Former MHR for Brand, Ms Judi Moylan, has been appointed President of Diabetes Australia. Look for Judi’s guest column in the February edition of Medical Forum.
Ms Freya Shearer has won a Rhodes Scholarship to study Global Health Science and Research in Public Health at Oxford University.
St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) has bought the 205-bed Mercy Hospital in Mt Lawley from MercyCare. It is expected that ownership will be transferred in the first half of 2014.
Among those receiving an Action on Alcohol Awards from the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth were Ms Maureen Carter (FASD campaigner from Fitzroy Crossing), and Dr Tina Lam, a researcher at the National Drug Research Institute.
Recipients of Seniors Week awards include Curtin University’s Prof Gill Lewin, Amana Living’s Enrichment program and Prof Osvaldo Almeida, from WACHA.
Linear Clinical Research (Linear), owned by the Perkins Institute of Medical Research (formerly WAIMR), has won the Premier’s Excellence Award at the 2013 Western Australian Industry and Export Awards.
The NHMRC has announced $559m in funding for 2013 – $33.1m for WA researchers, including Prof Tim Davies, Prof Graeme Hankey, Prof Steve Stick and Prof Peter Leedman.
Mr Brad Potter has won the national Business Broker of the Year award for the third consecutive year.
Curtin University has recognised these nine healthcare community leaders: Rockingham GP Dr Fiona Ronsberg, ophthalmologists Dr Tze Lai and Dr Robert Kilpatrick, anaesthetist Dr David Sleator, Director of Cardiology at JHC Dr Jenny Deague, Director of Anaesthesia at JHC Prof Michael Veltman, orthopaedic surgeon and rheumatologist Prof Markus Melloh, Director of General Medicine at Albany HC Dr Alasdair Millar, and reconstructive surgeon Prof Robert Pearce.
Ms Natalie Watts is the 2013 WA Practice Manager of the Year. Natalie is practice manager at Lockridge General Practice.