Nominations for 2025 extended. Final closing date Friday, 31 January 2025, 5pm AEDT.
The Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM) President’s Awards recognise the outstanding contributions made by Fellows and trainees to the Faculty.
There are 3 award categories:
- education, training and assessment — Fellows or trainees who have contributed significantly to AFOEM’s education, training and assessment programs
- policy and advocacy — Fellows or trainees who have contributed to AFOEM’s policy and advocacy
- trainee commitment — trainees who have shown an outstanding commitment to AFOEM’s education and training program
2024 Recipients
Dr Teri Lillington | Policy & Advocacy
Teri has worked in occupational medicine since 1986, initially in a clinic providing services for workplaces. She worked for ExxonMobil in South Australia, and then joined Shell in 2003 as Manager for Health in Australia, NZ and the Pacific Islands. In 2012, she moved to the Netherlands to take up the role of Regional Manager, Europe, Russia and CIS, and in 2018 took a global job as Shell Lead for Human Performance and Care. She has a special interest in sleep, fatigue management, resilience, worker welfare and road transport. Teri retired from Shell in late 2019 after returning to Australia. During 2020, Teri contracted to BHP to provide support for their coronavirus response as well as providing fatigue risk management advice and working on further embedding care into the workplace culture. Teri became a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM) in 1994 and for over 10 years was an AFOEM National Examiner.
Since returning to Australia she joined the Faculty Policy and Advocacy Committee and represented AFOEM on the national Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance, providing advice and technical expertise to the National Workplace Initiative (NWI) to provide a framework, a platform, interventions and support to Australian workplaces to help workplaces become more mentally healthy. She has won several awards for academic excellence and has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences. Teri enjoys bushwalking in remote locations, orienteering, textile arts, reading and spending time with her family, including her five gorgeous grandchildren, and has recently taken up disc golf.
Dr Alum Sheila Uyirwoth | Trainee Commitment
Dr Sheila Uyirwoth is currently an advanced trainee in Stage C of occupational and environmental medicine. She has a unique blend of experience in occupational medicine and general practice. Her research interest is in health literacy, with a specific focus on health screening programs. Additionally, Dr Uyirwoth is professionally interested in aviation health and safety. With her knowledge and dedication to improving health and safety for workers, Dr Uyirwoth is poised to make a significant contribution in her field.
Dr Matthew Brandt | Education, Training and Assessment
Eligibility
A nominee must be a registered Fellow or active Advanced Trainee of the AFOEM, nominated by a registered Fellow or active Advanced Trainee of the AFOEM.
Nominees are ineligible if they:
- submit a nomination on their own behalf
- have received a President’s Award within the last 3 years
Prize
Recipients of the AFOEM President’s Awards will each receive an AUD$300 gift card and award presented at the AFOEM annual event.
Nominate
Read the terms and conditions for awards and prizes valued under $1000 and notify your nominee of your intent before submitting your nomination.
Nominations must be submitted in a single PDF file, including:
- a nomination form
- 2 x letters of support from referees
Nominations received without a written citation will be rejected.
Download nomination form (DOC)
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Selection process
An Award Review Panel, comprised of the AFOEM President and selected Fellows will review all nominations.
The AFOEM reserves the right not to make an award in any or all categories if all nominations received don’t meet a sufficiently high standard.
For more information on the AFOEM President’s Awards, contact us.
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