Scholarships & Awards
Thank you to all members for their involvement in the Australian Military Medicine Association for the year 2002. The following are awards that were announced at the Defence Health Symposium, held at the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney, 26 – 28 July 2002.
Congratulations to all winners.
Greg Mahoney – The Expanded Role of the Operational Dental Team
Caroline Rickards – Survey of G-Induced Visual and Cognitive Disturbances in Pilots of High Performance Aircraft
Sindy Vrancic (joint winner) – Articular Cartilage Transplantation in Post Traumatic Defects in the Athletes Knee: A Review
Pam Forst (joint winner) – Battling for Blood. World War 2 and the Evolution of Blood Transfusion in Australia
Beverley Wright – Humanitarian Aspects Of Health Support In Operations Other Than War. Published in Symposium in Peri-Operative Nursing (2001), W.B Saunders Company
No award given for 2002. Topic for 2003 is – The Challenge for the Future. Recruiting and Retaining the Best People for Defence Health Operations.
The AMMA Council would also like to acknowledge the services of Air Vice Marshal Eric Stephenson, who has been awarded a life membership.
