As part of our commitment to supporting the next generation of clinical and academic health and medical researchers, we are delighted to announce the 2021 Barwon Health and Deakin University (BH DU) Research Prizes. 

​BH DU Best Research Poster Awards

Posters have long been a valuable opportunity to recognise researcher achievements, communicate findings and stimulate discussion, networking and the exchange of ideas between researchers and their colleagues. Current restrictions prevent us from holding a physical poster exhibition, so we have adapted to a virtual poster exhibition format so that these opportunities for development and recognition are not lost.

Authors of the best poster in each category receive a prize of $500, with thanks to Barwon Health and Deakin University. Congratulations to the following winners:

Allied Health/Pharmacy
  • Mr Matthew Thackeray:  Lean mass as a risk factor for Intensive Care Unit admission: an observational study

Basic Science
  • Dr Richard Williams: Tissue Programmed Hydrogels Functionalized with GDNF Improve Human Neural Grafts in Parkinson's Disease

Implementation Science
  • Dr Mary Lou Chatterton: Telehealth service delivery in an Australian regional mental health service during Covid-19​

Medical
  • Dr Anand Ganes: Early revascularization in NonSTEMI​

Nursing
  • A/Prof Debra Kerr: Responding to Nurses' Communication Challenges​

Population Health
  • Ms Behnaz Azimi Manavi: Is there any association between antipsychotic medications use and bone quality?​​

Surgery
  • Dr Angela Holmes: Intravesical OnabotulinumtoxinA. A wonderful tool but are we underestimating urinary retention?
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​BH DU Best Paper of the Year

The Best Paper of the Year award uses academic peer review to select a paper of outstanding quality by a Barwon Health/ Deakin University researcher, accepted or published during 2020 and 2021.

Authors of the best research paper by a scientist or clinician researcher receive a prize of $1000, with thanks to Barwon Health and Deakin University.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 BH DU Research Paper of the Year:
  • Ms Kara Anderson, IMPACT & BH Dept of Diabetes & Endocrinology: Normative data for peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) bone parameters in Australian men
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  • Ms Sharyn Milnes, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research & BH Intensive Care Unit:  Values, preferences, and goals identified during shared decision-making between critically ill patients and their doctors