AMREP Research
Prize
(for article describing original research published in the journal with
the highest impact factor)
Winner for publication in 2009: Dr Andrew Davies (Intensive
Care Unit, The Alfred).
Australia and New Zealand Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ANZ ECMO) Influenza Investigators,
Davies A, Jones D, Bailey M, Beca J, Bellomo R, Blackwell N, Forrest P, Gattas D, Granger E, Herkes R,
Jackson A, McGuinness S, Nair P, Pellegrino V, Pettilä V, Plunkett B, Pye R, Torzillo P, Webb S,
Wilson M, Ziegenfuss M.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for 2009 influenza A (H1N1) acute respiratory
distress syndrome. JAMA. 2009;302(17):1888-95.
[Impact factor: 30.718]
Poster Prize
Winners
2010 Alfred Week Research Poster Display
Michael J
Hall Memorial Prize for Research in the Field of Respiratory Disease /
Physiology
Winner: Jennifer Hislop (Department of Allergy, Immunology
and Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred).
152. AUDIT OF A WARD-BASED ACUTE NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION
SERVICE IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL
Hislop J, Parker K, Toghill J, Borg B, Naughton M, Young A
Professor
Daniel Czarny Prize for Allergy and Asthma Research
Winner: William Figgett (Monash Department of Immunology)
2. TACI IS CRITICAL FOR AUTOANTIBODY PRODUCTION IN T CELL-INDEPENDENT
BAFF-DRIVEN AUTOIMMUNITY
Figgett W, Bijker M, Stokes R, Mackay F
Lucy
Battistel Prize for Allied Health Research
Winner: Caroline Nicolson (Physiotherapy Services, The Alfred)
155. THE LONG TERM EFFECT OF INHALED HYPERTONIC SALINE (6%) IN NON-CYSTIC FIBROSIS
BRONCHIECTASIS
Nicolson C, Stirling R, Borg B, Gourlay R, Button B, Wilson J, Holland A
Henrietta Law Memorial Prize for Allied
Health Research
Winner: Karly Wheeler (Department of Orthotics and Prosthetics, The Alfred)
174. DETERMINING OPTIMAL HALO PIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO DECREASE PIN COMPLICATIONS
Wheeler KN, Burchall GB, Byrne MJ, Paul E, Malham GM
Burnet
Prizes for Infectious Diseases Research and International Health
First prize: Mark Stoové (Burnet Institute)
93. INCIDENCE AND TRANSMISSION RISKS FOR HIV, SYPHILIS AND CHLAMYDIA IN MEN WHO HAVE SEX
WITH MEN: FINDINGS FROM A PRIMARY CARE SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE NETWORK IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
Stoové M, El-Hayek C, Goller J, Guy R, Wilkinson A, Gold J, Bergeri I, Gouillou M,
Spellman T, Hellard M
Second prize: Alyssa Barry (Burnet Institute)
77. PROFILING PATTERNS OF ANTIBODY ACQUISITION TO DIVERSE PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ERYTHROCYTE
MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1 (PFEMP1) VARIANTS USING PROTEIN MICROARRAYS
Barry AE, Trieu A, Fowkes FJI, Pablo J, Kalantari-Delaghi M, Hirst S, Jasinskas, A, Tavul L,
Day KP, Felgner P, Doolan DL
Third Prize: Devy Santoso (Burnet Institute)
92. MEMORY B CELL, T CELL IFN-γ AND IL-2 RESPONSES TO PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA IN A
LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY
Santoso D, Goy K, Hearps A, Edouard V, Elliott J, Crowe S, Barr I, Ffrench R
Tony Charlton Prize for Cardiac Surgical Research
Winner: Jonathan Choong (Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Alfred)
25. CONTINUOUS CRYSTALLOID MICROPERFUSION PROVIDES PRESERVATION SUPERIOR TO COLD STORAGE DURING
PROLONGED DONOR HEART PRESERVATION
Rosenfeldt FL, Lim YW, Choong J, Ou R
Noel and Imelda Foster Prize for
Cardiovascular Research
Winner: Leah Iles (Cardiology Department, The Alfred)
35. MYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS PREDICTS APPROPRIATE DEVICE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER
DEFIBRILLATORS FOR PRIMARY PREVENTION OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
Iles L, Pfluger H, Lefkovits L, Butler M, Kistler PM, Kaye DM, Taylor AJ
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Prize for Cardiovascular Research
Winner: Nicholas Lam (Baker IDI)
37. NERVE GROWTH FACTOR PROMOTES CARDIAC REGENERATION IN A CARDIOTOXIC MODEL OF HEART
FAILURE IN ZEBRAFISH
Lam NT, Marshall T, Khammy O, Currie PD, Rosenthal N, Kaye DM
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes
Institute Prize for Diabetes Research
Winner: Felicia Yap (Baker IDI).
58. ACE ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS ARE DIRECT MODULATORS OF PANCREATIC ISLET
INSULIN SECRETORY FUNCTION
Yap FYT, Coughlan MT, Tong DCK, Andrikopoulos S, Gasser A, Thallas-Bonke V,
Webster D, Miyazaki JI, Kay TW, Kaye DM, Fourlanos S, Harrison LC, Groop PH, Knip M, Forbes JM
Whole
Time Medical Specialists Private Practice Scheme Prize for Clinical
Research
Winner 1: Amanda Thrift (Baker IDI)
106. GENDER SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF CASTE AND SALT ON HYPERTENSION IN POVERTY: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY
Thrift AG, Evans RG, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Fitzgerald SM, Srikanth V
Winner 2: Yuanyuan Wang (Monash Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine)
159. PATELLOFEMORAL AND TIBIOFEMORAL CHANGES IN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND SUBCHONDRAL BONE FOLLOWING
ARTHROSCOPIC PARTIAL MEDIAL MENISCECTOMY
Wang Y, Dempsey AR, Lloyd DG, Mills P, Wrigley T, Bennell KL, Metcalf B, Hanna H, Cicuttini FM
Senior
Medical Staff Prizes for Clinical Research
Winner: Lester Bisibisera (Burnet Institute)
105. IMPROVING IMMUNISATION AND NEWBORN SURVIVAL AT THE AID POST LEVEL IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Bisibisera L, Winjong H, Bauze A, Morgan C
Senior
Medical Staff Prize for Basic Science / Laboratory-based Research
Winner: Maithili Sashindranath (Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University)
16. INCREASED PERMEABILITY OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER AND MORE SEVERE MOTOR IMPAIRMENT FOLLOWING
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MICE OVER-EXPRESSING TISSUE TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR (TPA)
Sashindranath M, Sales E, Karadimos D, Beckham S, Gall A, Medcalf RL
Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre
Prize
Winner: Sacha Filia (Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre)
108. THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES PROJECT: REDUCING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) RISK IN PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS BY TARGETING SMOKING, DIET AND EXERCISE
Filia SL, Baker A, Richmond R, Kay-Lambkin F, Castle D, Williams J, Carrington M, Clark V,
Filia KM, Mu L, Hunt D, Fitzpatrick C, Hunt L, de Castella RA, Kulkarni J
The Janet
A Secatore Nursing Research Award
(sponsored by Nurses First Credit Union)
Winner: Emma Cohen (Alfred/Deakin Nursing Research Centre)
118. PATIENT PARTICIPATION IN SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT IN ACUTE ONCOLOGY: PATIENT/CLINICIAN INTERACTIONS
Cohen E, Botti M, Duke M
The
Nursing Research and Access Committee Award
(sponsored by Nurses First Credit Union)
Winner: Sue Wyatt (Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, The Alfred)
57. A PILOT STUDY OF ACUTE PRE-OPERATIVE INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
Wyatt S, Topliss DJ, Stoney RM, Lee G