2022 Alfred Health Week Abstract Prizes: Congratulations to our winners!

Each year during Alfred Health Week, a series of prizes are awarded to recognise the excellent research undertaken on the precinct during the previous 12 months.

This year, as in 2021, prizes were based on abstracts submitted in our inaugural Scientific Abstract Competition. Thank you to all those who entered – we received 120 abstracts of an exceptionally high quality. We also introduced a prize for the Alfred Health Week Video Showcase, as determined by our consumer panel.

We’re pleased to announce the winners in each of the major prize categories below. Congratulations to all of our wonderful prize winners!

ALFRED HEALTH SENIOR MEDICAL STAFF ASSOCIATION PRIZES FOR CLINICAL / PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH – $600 X 4 PRIZES

Naomi Katz, Alfred Health
“Review of hospital-wide staff distress during the COVID-19 pandemic as witnessed by the Alfred Health Palliative Care Service”

Amelia Law, Alfred Health
“Telehealth consultation before inter-hospital transfer after falls in a subacute hospital (the PREVENT-2 study)”

Biswadev Mitra, Alfred Health
“Restriction of oxycodone in the emergency department (ROXY-ED): A randomised controlled trial”

Rohan Navani, Alfred Health
“Variation in health-care processes, quality outcomes according to day and time of chest pain presentation”

 

ALFRED HEALTH SENIOR MEDICAL STAFF ASSOCIATION PRIZE FOR BASIC / LABORATORY RESEARCH – $600 x 4 PRIZES

Jack Edwards, Monash University
“High-dimensional panel design for spectral flow cytometric evaluation of T-cell reinvigoration by immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma”

Holly Fryer, Monash University
“The capacity of B-cell memory to recognise Omicron BA.2 and BA.4/5 following COVID-19 adenoviral vector vaccination”

Lin Hsin, Monash University
“Accurate detection of house dust mite sensitization in asthma and allergic rhinitis with a single Cytometric Basophil assay (CytoBas)”

Vanessa Inserra, Alfred Health
“Induction therapeutic drug monitoring of anti-tumour necrosis factor agents in inflammatory bowel disease (INITIATE)”

 

BURNET PRIZE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH – $250

Holly Fryer, Monash University
“The capacity of B-cell memory to recognise Omicron BA.2 and BA.4/5 following COVID-19 adenoviral vector vaccination”

 

MPCCC PRIZE FOR BEST ABSTRACT IN CANCER RESEARCH – $200

Jack Edwards, Monash University
“High-dimensional panel design for spectral flow cytometric evaluation of T-cell reinvigoration by immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma”

Stuart Roberts, Alfred Health
“Monitoring quality of care in hepatocellular carcinoma: A modified Delphi consensus”

 

MONASH ALFRED PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH CENTRE (MAPRC) PRIZE FOR PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

Sarah McGuinness, Alfred Health
“Longitudinal mental health and wellbeing findings for an Australian healthcare and aged care worker cohort, May 2021 to June 2022”

 

DR MICHAEL J HALL MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR RESPIRATORY MEDICINE – $400

Jade Jaffar, Alfred Health
“Transcriptomic differences in lung apices and bases in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)”

 

PROFESSOR DANIEL CZARNY PRIZE FOR ALLERGY, ASTHMA AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY – $400

Lin Hsin, Monash University
“Accurate detection of house dust mite sensitization in asthma and allergic rhinitis with a single Cytometric Basophil assay (CytoBas)”

 

NOEL & IMELDA FOSTER PRIZE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH – $500

David Chieng, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
“Atrial fibrillation ablation for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a randomized controlled trial”

 

BAKER HEART & DIABETES INSTITUTE PRIZE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH – $250

Teleah Belkin, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
“Plasmalogen Supplementation in a Mouse Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Attenuates Pathological Cardiac Morphology and Remodels the Circulating Lipidome”

 

BAKER HEART & DIABETES INSTITUTE PRIZE FOR DIABETES RESEARCH – $250

Aaron Jurrjens, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
“Characterising TTC39C as a novel regulator of lipid and glucose metabolism”

 

LUCY BATTISTEL MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR BEST ALLIED HEALTH RESEARCH – $250

Meng Yap, Alfred Health
“Intramuscular tixagevimab-cilgavimab for prevention of COVID-19 in the immunocompromised population”

 

HENRIETTA LAW MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR BEST NOVICE ALLIED HEALTH RESEARCHER – $250

Jason Pereira, Alfred Health
“Factors associated with discharge destination in patients with two or more non-weightbearing limbs receiving intensive allied health therapy”

 

THE ALFRED HEALTHSMART PHARMACY BEST ALLIED HEALTH RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE AWARD – $250

Melita Giummarra, Alfred Health
“Stepped collaborative care for pain and posttraumatic stress disorder after major trauma: A randomized controlled feasibility trial”

 

THE ALFRED SENIOR MEDICAL STAFF NURSING RESEARCH AWARD FOR BEST NURSING ABSTRACT – $600

Vicky Yuan, Deakin University
“The experience of patients receiving home-based cancer treatment”

 

THE ALFRED EMERGING RESEARCHER AWARD FOR A NURSING RESEARCH ABSTRACT – $250

Vicky Yuan, Deakin University
“The experience of patients receiving home-based cancer treatment”

 

KATHLEEN AB SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST PUBLICATION (NURSING) – $250

Prof Tracey Bucknall, Deakin University
“Prioritising Responses Of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations(PRONTO): a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a facilitation intervention on recognition and response to clinical deterioration.”

 

KATHLEEN AB SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER PUBLICATION (NURSING) – $250

Daniela Karanfilovska, Alfred Health
“Development and piloting of a prevention assessment and response tool for healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (the SAB-PART Study) using a Delphi method”

 

‘MEET THE RESEARCHER’ VIDEO PRIZE – $250

David Chieng, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
“Atrial fibrillation ablation for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a randomized controlled trial”

Jennifer Makovec Knight, Alfred Health
“The association of padded headgear with concussion and injury risk in junior Australian football: A prospective cohort study”

All abstracts submitted in the Scientific Abstract Competition have been compiled into the 2022 Abstract Book, which you can download here.