2017 Award Winners
Presented at the 2017 TSANZ ASM in Canberra
Thoracic Society Medals
- Laennec Medal – presented to the outgoing TSANZ President, Prof Peter Gibson
- Society Medal – presented to A/Prof Peter Holmes
- 50th Anniversary Medal – presented to Prof Jennifer Alison and Prof Richard Ruffin
- President’s Award – presented to Dr Becky Freeman
- Wunderly Oration – delivered by Prof Jennifer Martin
Fellowships
- TSANZ / National Asthma Council Australia – Asthma and Airways Career Development Fellowship – presented to Dr Adam Collison
- 2016 Vertex Adult Cystic Fibrosis Fellowship – presented to Dr Anna Tai
- Lung Foundation Australia / Boehringer Ingelheim COPD Research Fellowship 2017/2018 – presented to Dr Anna Hudson
Abstract-linked Awards
- TSANZ Janet Elder Early Career Travel Awards – presented to Dr Luke Garratt and Dr Jade Jaffar
- TSANZ Janet Elder Mid Career Travel Award – presented to Prof Lisa Wood
- TSANZ / Japanese Respiratory Society Early Career Travel Award – presented to Dr Eugene Roscioli
- TSANZ / Boehringer Ingelheim COPD Travel Award – presented to Dr Eskandarain Shaffudin
Ann Woolcock New Investigator Finalists
- Tim Rosenow, Telethon Kids, University of Western Australia
- Simone Barry, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Eugene Roscioli, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Lung Research Laboratory - Thomas Iosifidis, University of Western Australia [Winner]
- Rhiannon Werder, University of Queensland
- Phillipa Southwell, Charles Sturt University
Research Project Support Awards
- 2016 Boehringer Ingelheim COPD Research Award – presented to A/Prof Greg Hodge and Prof Sandra Hodge
- 2017 Boehringer Ingelheim COPD Research Award – presented to Dr Maria Sukkar and Dr Jane Bourke
- Maurice Blackburn Grant-in-Aid for Asbestos Research – presented to Prof Steve Mutsaers
- AstraZeneca Grant-in-Aid for Severe Asthma – presented to Dr Fatemeh Moheimani
- TSANZ Robert Pierce Grant-in-Aid for Indigenous Lung Health – presented to Dr Holly Clifford
- Lung Foundation Australia / Ivan Cash Research Grant-in-Aid Award – presented to Dr Yet Hong Khor
- Lung Foundation Australia / Lizotte Family Research Award – presented to Dr Michael Schuliga
- Lung Foundation Australia / Ludwig Engel Grant-in-Aid for Physiological Research – presented to Prof Peter Middleton
- Australian Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust 2017 Innovation Grant – presented to Dr Jay Horvat, Prof Peter Wark, and Prof Phil Hansbro
Travel Awards
- TSANZ Peter Phelan Travel Fellowship – presented to Dr Kimberley Wang
- TSANZ Respiratory Nurse Career Development Award for Indigenous Research – presented to Ms Erin Plumb
Special Interest Group Awards
- TSANZ Best Poster Prize (supported by Boehringer Ingelheim) – presented to David Chapman
- Asthma & Allergy (supported by National Asthma Council Australia) – presented to Joy Lee
- Asthma & Allergy (supported by Asthma Australia) – presented to James Pinkerton
- OELD/Population Health (supported by Maurice Blackburn ) – presented to Holly Clifford
- Lung Cancer (supported by Maurice Blackburn) – presented to Koliarne Tong
- COPD (supported by Boehringer Ingelheim) – presented to Steven Maltby
- OLIV (supported by Boehringer Ingelheim) – presented to Rebecca Harper
- Primary Care (supported by Boehringer Ingelheim) – presented to Juliet Foster
- Respiratory Nurses Oral (supported by Boehringer Ingelheim) – to co-presenters Mary Roberts and Vinita Swami
- Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep, John Reid Prize (supported by Lung Foundation Australia) – presented to Mahesh Dharmakamara
- David Serisier Memorial Award 2017 for Translational Research – Respiratory Infectious Disease (supported by Lung Foundation Australia) – presented to Su-Ling Loo
- Cystic Fibrosis (Supported by Cystic Fibrosis Australia) – presented to Michelle Wood
- Cell biology/Immunology – Andrew Reid
- Evidence Based Medicine – presented to Narelle Cox
- Interventional Pulmonology – presented to Arash Badiei
- Peter van Asperen Paediatric Award – presented to Ajay Kevat
- Physiotherapy – presented to Sally Wootton
- Tobacco Control – presented to Jenifer Liang