Thank you to all members for their involvement in the Australian Military Medicine Association for the year 2015. The following are awards that were announced at the ANZAC Legacy Conference held in Hobart, Tasmania 9 – 11 October 2015.
Congratulations to all winners.
Weary Dunlop Award
Kane Pfingst – Enhancing Resilience and Performance in Military through Biofeedback Based Skills Training
Best Poster Prize
Wing Commander Derek Moore – Rations of the Australians at Gallipoli
2015 Patron’s Prize
Helen Louise Kelsall, Millawage Supun Dilara Wijesinghe, Mark Christopher Creamer, Dean Philip McKenzie, Andrew Benjamin Forbes, Matthew James Page, and Malcolm Ross Sim – Alcohol Use and Substance Use Disorders in Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq War Veterans Compared With Nondeployed Military Personnel
Photo Competition Prize
Dr Robin Orr – Resting in a foreign land
Journal Editor’s Award
Sophie Plagakis – Predicting bladder cancer death amongst Australian Veterans
New Author Award
Maree Sheard – A study of alcohol consumption in a cohort of military nurses
Best Veteran’s Paper Award
Braden Linn – On Working with Veterans: What Social Work and Nursing Students Need to Know