ASHM Early Career Awards
Australasian Sexual Health and HIV Nurses Association (ASHHNA) Prizes
Awards will be given to early career researchers for best oral presentation for each theme at the Joint Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences.
Themes
- Case presentation
- Social, Political and Cultural Aspects
- Prevention, Epidemiology and Health Promotion
- Discovery Research and Translational Science
- Clinical Management and Therapeutics
Eligibility
Candidates must be in the early stages of their research careers or those who are not involved with full time or professional research.
As a general guide candidates should have completed a PhD or Masters research degree not more than five years previously. Candidates who have not completed a PhD or Masters degree or who are not considered “professional researchers” are eligible at any time in their careers.
ASHHNA awards prizes for the best poster by a nurse at both the Australasian Sexual Health Conference and the HIV/AIDS Conference. These awards recognize outstanding contributions to sexual and reproductive health and HIV nursing, with the aim of encouraging innovation in clinical research and practice. Conference delegates must select a nurse registration rate on registration to be eligible.
Jan Edwards Prize
Sexual Health Society of Victoria Best Poster Awards
The Jan Edwards Prize is awarded for the best research based abstract oral presentation by a registered Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (AChSHM) trainee.
The Prize is named in honour of Dr Jan Edwards, the long-serving Executive Secretary of the former Australasian College of Sexual Health Physicians (ACSHP). She served 19 years with the ACSHP and oversaw its transition into the current AChSHM of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Eligibility
Applicants must be a registered AChSHM trainee. Previous Jan Edwards Prize recipients are ineligible to apply again.
Prize
The recipient will receive $500 and a certificate
Selection process
Research based abstracts submitted for this award will be reviewed by an Award Review Panel consisting of members of the AChSHM. Submissions that demonstrate are of a high standard will be selected for oral presentation at the 2021 Joint Australasian HIV&AIDS and Sexual Health Conferences: VIRTUAL. Your presentation should be about original and unpublished observations made by you.
Judging criteria of the presentations will take into account:
- scientific merit
- quality of data
- research based abstract
- contribution to knowledge
- presentation and adherence to time
- response to questions
A total of three awards will be given for the best poster presentations at the Australasian Sexual Health Conference. This includes two Best Poster Awards by all presenters and one Best Student Poster Award by a student presenter. The award winner will receive a certificate and one-year SHSoV free membership.
Eligibility
All accepted abstracts for poster presentation at the 2021 Australasian Sexual Health Conference are eligible.
To be eligible for the Best Student Poster Award, the presenter must be a current undergraduate or postgraduate student and register as “Students” at the conference. Both part-time and full-time students are eligible.
Judging criteria
The Best Poster Awards will be judged by the SHSOV executive committee. It will be based on the scientific quality and novelty of the abstract and the design of poster (e.g. layout, overall visual).
Sexual Health Journal
The Alan Brotherton Prize in HIV Cure Research Prize
The top three ranked abstracts from each theme for each conference will be included in the Sexual Health Journal to be published in the September edition!
Background
Despite transformative changes to the diagnosis and treatment of HIV over the past 30 years, the search for an HIV cure is as relevant now as ever. Australian scientists, clinicians and community members have much to contribute to the search for a cure given our long track record of outstanding research and collaboration. As the focus on HIV cure strategies intensifies, engagement between people living with HIV and those researching and developing an HIV cure must be strong and purposeful.
In the spirit of Alan’s dedication to improving the lives of people living with HIV through partnership and the importance of HIV cure research, a $500 prize for the most outstanding abstract on research related to an HIV cure at the Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference will be offered.
Eligibility
Abstracts from all conference streams accepted for oral or poster presentation at the 2021 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference relating to HIV cure will be considered. As the award is to encourage new and emerging researchers, only presenters less than 10 years post PhD or MSc will be eligible. All community members are eligible.
The Alan Brotherton HIV Cure Prize will be judged by a panel comprising a person living with HIV, a member of the HIV Cure Community Partnership and an expert in cure research.