Member Awards
Life Members
Life membership can be awarded to nominated individuals who meet at least two of the following criteria:
been a member of the Association for 10 or more years including current financial member;
served as a council member of the AEA;
contributed significantly through research or other involvement in epidemiology either
a) to the international reputation of Australasian epidemiology, or
b) to the advancement of public health in Australasia.
- 1997 Basil Hetzel
- 2008 Lyn Watson
- 2009 John Langley and Neil Pearce
- 2010 Robert Cumming
- 2011 Carol Bower, Stephen Leeder and Michael Alpers
- 2012 Roy Scragg
- 2013 Annette Dobson and Adele Green
- 2014 Robert Scragg and Rod Jackson
- 2016 Les Irwig
- 2017 Christine Roberts
- 2018 Bruce Armstrong and Fiona Stanley
- 2019 Margaret Bright and Penelope Webb
- 2020 Lin Fritschi
- 2021 Graham Colditz and Joan Cunningham
- 2022 Rachel Neale and Vera Morgan
- 2023 Anne Kavanagh and Adrian Esterman
Mentoring Awards
The AEA Mentoring Awards were introduced in 2010 to recognise a senior member of AEA who has made a significant contribution to mentoring early-career practitioners in the fields of epidemiology, biostatistics or related disciplines.
- 2010 Lin Fritschi, Alison Venn
- 2011 Joan Cunningham
- 2013 John Lynch, Christine Roberts
- 2014 Siranda Torvaldsen, Rod McClure
- 2015 John Carlin
- 2016 Tony Blakely
- 2017 Dallas English
- 2018 Vera Morgan
- 2019 Linda Slack-Smith
- 2020 Julie Simpson
- 2021 Guy Marks
- 2022 Anthony Draper and Karen Lamb
Ian Prior Oration
- 2019 Anne Kavanagh
Mid-Career Travel/Professional Development Award
Introduced in 2012, this award supports a mid-career member of the Association to undertake travel for professional purposes.
- 2012 Belinda Gabbe, Xue Qin Yu
- 2013 Jane Hocking, Brigid Lynch
- 2014 Kylie Smith, Lisa Smithers
- 2015 Helen Kelsall, Lianne Parkin
- 2016 Duong (Danielle) Tran
- 2017 Adrienne O'Neil
- 2018 Cattram Nguyen (University-based), Emma Quinn (non-University based)
- 2019 A/Prof Eric Chow, Dr Joshua Vogel, A/Prof Ilana Ackerman
- 2022 Katy Bell
Early Career Researcher Travel/Professional Development Award
The Early Career Researcher Travel Awards were introduced in 2010 to support travel for professional purposes. Postgraduate student members are eligible for these awards.
- 2010 Colleen O’Leary, Hannah Moore
- 2011 Tessa Keegel, Aung Ko Win
- 2012 Rosanne Freak-Poli, Yu Sun Bin
- 2013 Matthew Page, Sheena Sullivan
- 2014 Bronwyn Brew, Fabian Kong
- 2015 Katy Bell, Eric Chow
- 2016 Zoe Aitken
- 2017 Briony Murphy, Susanna Cramb
- 2018 Anna Waterreus (indigenous), Dierdre Collins, Andrea Parisi, Amelia Smit
- 2019 Suzanne Dixon-Suen (practise), Dr Jocelyn Chan, Eleanor Neal, Adrian Marcato
- 2021 Stephanie Byrne, Kristen Gibbons, Wen-Qiang He, Miaobing (Jazzmin) Zheng
- 2022 Nina Afshar, Deborah Ashtree, Nur Sabrina Idrose
