We celebrate the achievements of people or organisations that have raised awareness of arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions, or have had a positive impact on people living with these conditions through the following awards: Dr Helen Moran’s career as a rheumatologist and distinguished service to her patients continues to be remembered and honoured by the establishment of The Dr Helen Moran Gift. This award encourages the career of emerging rheumatologists and early career researchers to undertake clinical, epidemiological or health services research in musculoskeletal health. Recipients of the Dr Helen Moran Gift 2016: Dr John Moi 2015: Dr Kimberley Ting 2014: Dr Alannah Quinlivan 2013: Dr Andrew Teichtahl 2012: Dr Sern Chin Lim, Dr Jane Munro, Dr Roger C Allen and Dr Jonathan D Akikusa Initiated by the daughters of Lorin Prentice, this award celebrates a person or group who has made an outstanding contribution to raising public awareness of arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. Recipients of the Lorin Prentice Memorial Award 2014: The Australian Financial Review 2013: Professor Peter Ebeling; Body+Soul (Herald Sun & Sunday Herald Sun) 2012: Professor Peter Choong; Dr Alex Stockman 2011: Dr Paul Lam; Mark Holden 2010: Professor Richard Osborne This award, established by Dr Roderick Strang in memory of his wife Margaret, is awarded to people who have made an outstanding personal achievement in the face of difficulty resulting from their arthritis or musculoskeletal condition. Recipients of the Margaret Strang Award 2014: Thalia Salt 2013: Nicole Yeomans 2012: Renate Kupfer; Melissa Coulson 2011: Dr Jane Munro; Shelagh Mason-Jones 2010: Naomi Creek The Mollie Riches Award was established in 1972 to celebrate peer support groups that have made a significant contribution to raising community awareness of arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions, provided quality support and furthered their own growth. Recipients of the Mollie Riches Award 2015: Young Adults with Arthritis+ Support Group; Young Women’s Arthritis Support Group 2014: Moe/Narracan Arthritis Self Help Group; Frankston FMS/CFS Self Help Support Group 2013: Bairnsdale Fibromyalgia Peer Support Group; Ballarat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Self Help Group 2012: Glen’s Goldies – Yarra Junction; Narre Warren Arthritis Self Help Group 2011: Pakenham Arthritis Self Help Group Inc; Bendigo Arthritis Support Group
OUR AWARDS
Dr Helen Moran Gift
‘Back pain Assessment Clinic (BAC) based in Primary Care – a safe, effective and cost-saving model. Results of a 12-month pilot project’.
‘Prevalence and associations of gout and hyperuricaemia: Results from an Australian population-based study’.
‘Cost savings with a biomarker-based screening algorithm for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis’.
‘The relationship between weight loss and reduced cartilage loss in the medial knee joint is linear in obese people’.
‘Case mix in paediatric rheumatology: implications for training in Australia’.Lorin Prentice Memorial Award
The Lorin Prentice Award for 2014 was awarded to the Australian Financial Review for their Healthcare 2.0 campaign.Margaret Strang Award
Ten year old Thalia, who has lived with osteoarthritis since she was 10 months old, has been an outstanding fundraiser and promoter of public awareness over the past year. After seeing Arthritis Awareness Week advertised in her local health centre calendar, Thalia organised her own fundraising cake stall at the Riddell’s Creek Farmers Market. Her main motivation was to explain to people that kids get arthritis too and that it can affect them in many ways.Mollie Riches Award