{"id":13287,"date":"2026-05-07T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/?page_id=13287"},"modified":"2026-07-31T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:40:02","slug":"excellence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/research\/excellence","title":{"rendered":"Research Excellence Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container qh-basic-banner nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column 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style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-6\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-6 tablepress-responsive tablepress-responsive-stack-headers tablepress-responsive-stack-phone\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Year<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Award<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Researcher of the Year Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Dr Ieuan Evans, Thoracic Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rising Star of Research Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Dr Linh Ngo, Cardiology Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Support Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Allied Health Research Coordination and Knowledge Translation Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Partnership Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Cystic Fibrosis Research Group, Thoracic Medicine Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Researcher of the Year Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Assoc Prof Peter Lazzarini, Allied Health Research Collaborative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rising Star of Research Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner:\u00a0\u00a0Michael Savage, Cardiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rising Star of Research Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Highly Commended: Hollie Bendotti, Thoracic Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Support Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Dr Manju Chandrasegaram, General Surgery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Partnership Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Professor John Fraser, Critical Care Research Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Researcher of the Year Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner:\u00a0 Dr Jack Bell, Allied Health Research Collaborative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Researcher of the Year Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Highly Commended: Oystein Tronstad, Critical Care Research Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rising Star of Research Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: \u00a0Ann Finnimore, Speech Pathology Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Support Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: \u00a0Jiville Latu, Critical Care Research Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Partnership Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Dr Glenn Stewart, Allied Health Research Collaborative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Researcher of the Year Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Dr Eamonn Eeles, Internal Medicine Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rising Star of Research Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Assoc Prof Peter Lazzirini, Allied Health Research Collaborative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Support Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Internal Medicine Dementia Research Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Partnership Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Jacky Suen, Critical Care Research Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2020<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Researcher of the Year Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Professor Daniel Chambers, Queensland Lung Transplant Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2020<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rising Star of Research Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Oystein Tronstad, Critical Care Research Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2020<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Research Support Award<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Winner: Internal Medicine Dementia Research Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-6 from cache -->\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Graham Neilsen Award for Best Paper<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-2 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left\" style=\"--awb-hover-accent-color:#65bc7b;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#65bc7b;--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-7\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-7\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Recipient<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Paper<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Year<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">A\/Prof Peter Lazzarini<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zhang, Y., Lazzarini, P. A., McPhail, S. M., van Netten, J. J., Armstrong, D. G., &amp; Pacella, R. E. (2020). Global Disability Burdens of Diabetes-Related Lower-Extremity Complications in 1990 and 2016. Diabetes care, 43(5), 964\u2013974. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2337\/dc19-1614<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">A\/Prof Peter Lazzarini<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zhang, Y., Cramb, S., McPhail, S. M., Pacella, R., van Netten, J. J., Cheng, Q., Derhy, P. H., Kinnear, E. M., Lazzarini, P. A., &amp; Diabetic Foot Working Group, Queensland Statewide Diabetes Clinical Network, Australia (2021). Factors Associated With Healing of Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers: Observations From a Large Prospective Real-World Cohort. Diabetes care, 44(7), e143\u2013e145. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2337\/dc20-3120<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr Linh Ngo<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ngo, L., Ali, A., Ganesan, A., Woodman, R., Krumholz, H. M., Adams, R., &amp; Ranasinghe, I. (2022). Institutional Variation in 30-Day Complications Following Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American Heart Association, 11(4), e022009. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/JAHA.121.022009<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">A\/Prof Kiran Shekar<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Shekar, K., Abdul-Aziz, M. H., Cheng, V., Burrows, F., Buscher, H., Cho, Y. J., Corley, A., Diehl, A., Gilder, E., Jakob, S. M., Kim, H. S., Levkovich, B. J., Lim, S. Y., McGuinness, S., Parke, R., Pellegrino, V., Que, Y. A., Reynolds, C., Rudham, S., Wallis, S. C., \u2026 Roberts, J. A. (2023). 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