AFPHM President's Awards for Outstanding Contribution
Nominations for 2026 open 1 November 2025 to 31 January 2026.
The Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM) President’s Awards for Outstanding Contribution recognise a Fellow and a trainee who have made a notable contribution to the Faculty in any of the following areas:
- education, training and assessment
- policy and advocacy
- trainee commitment
- other
Recipients
Dr Annaliese van Diemen | 2024 recipient
Dr Annaliese van Diemen is a Public Health Physician and previously worked as a General Practitioner. She has a background in communicable disease control, having previously worked as the Deputy Chief Health Officer (Communicable Disease) for Victoria.
She is currently the Director of the North Eastern Public Health Unit in Melbourne and is enjoying the opportunity to continue communicable disease work whilst expanding into place-based population health activities.
Eligibility
A nominee must be a Fellow or active Advanced Trainee of the AFPHM, nominated by a current Fellow or Advanced Trainee of the AFPHM.
A nominee is ineligible if they:
- submit a nomination on their own behalf
- have received a President’s Award within the last 3 years
Prize
A Fellow and a trainee will be formally acknowledged at a Faculty event in 2026.
Nominate
Before submitting your nomination, read the terms and conditions for awards and prizes valued up to $5000 and notify your nominee of your intent.
Nominations must be submitted in PDF format to foundation@racp.edu.au, including:
- a completed nomination form (DOC)
- CV of the nominee
- letters of support from referees
- other relevant supporting documentation — 2 documents maximum, no more than 3 pages each
Note: A nomination is not complete and cannot be progressed unless all required documentation is received.
The College Conflicts Of Interest Policy (PDF) and Privacy Policy apply.
Selection process
An Award Review Panel comprised of the AFPHM President and 2 other AFPHM Fellows will review all the nominations.
The AFPHM reserves the right not to make an award if all nominations received don't sufficiently meet the criteria.
For more information about the Awards, contact the RACP Foundation.
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