Congratulations to Professor Merlin Thomas on Eric Susman Prize award!

Professor Merlin Thomas has been awarded

the RACP's Eric Susman Prize for 2019

Congratulations to Professor Merlin Thomas, who has been awarded the Eric Susman Prize for 2019 by The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)!

This prestigious award has been made to Professor Thomas for his work in the field of diabetes complications, particularly his outstanding track record of original research, interactions with the medical community and the public, and teaching.

RACP John Snow award for medical student Ned Latham



Medical student Ned Latham presenting at the RACP
John Snow awards

Congratulations to Ned Latham, a current Monash medical student, who has won the 2018 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) John Snow Award for his research.

This annual award goes to the highest ranked student research presentation on public health at the RACP's annual congress.

Ned's presentation had two parts. The first part presented an evaluation of the acceptability of point-of-care hepatitis C testing for people who inject drugs. For this project, Ned interviewed 19 people who had recently undergone point-of-care hepatitis C testing at needle syringe programs as part of a pilot study run by the Burnet Institute (the Rapid-EC study). The second part of his presentation was a reflection on the value of qualitative research in public health.