Rue Wright Memorial Award

Submissions close on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, at 5 PM (AEST).

The Rue Wright Memorial Award is presented to the Fellow and the trainee who best demonstrates excellence of hypothesis, scientific merit and relevance to community child health in an oral presentation.

The Award is named in honour of Dr Rue Wright who was a significant founder of The Australian Community Child Health Medical Association (ACHMA). The ACHMA, founded in 1984, was the first Australian association of community child health doctors.

2024 Presentations

The 2024 presentations will be held virtually on Tuesday, 22 October 2024 from 6pm to 8pm AEDT. Register to attend as an audience member.

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Eligibility

Applications will be considered from:

  • Fellows of the RACP
  • trainees of the RACP
  • members of the Chapter of Community Child Health (CCCH) 

Submissions

Your submitted abstract must be on work undertaken in Australia and/or Aotearoa New Zealand, relating to children with special needs or population paediatrics in at least one of the following categories:

  • child development and behaviour
  • child disability
  • child protection
  • child health surveillance and screening
  • health promotion
  • health protection and disease control

Prize

The 2 best presenters chosen each receive AUD$750 and a certificate.

Apply

Read the terms and conditions for awards and prizes valued up to $5000 and the abstract guidelines before you submit.

Email your abstract along with an application form (DOC) to Paed@racp.edu.au.

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Download application form (DOC) 

Selection process

A Paediatrics and Child Health Division Working Group reviews all abstract submissions and selects those of a sufficiently high standard for presentation via webinar on 22 October 2024.

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their applications by the Paediatrics & Child Health Division.

Presenters will be allocated 7 minutes for their presentations, followed by 3 minutes for questions.

A Judging Panel will adjudicate the presentations.

The presenters must give permission for their abstracts to be published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Publication of abstracts is at the discretion of the Journal’s Editor in Chief.

The Judging Panel and the Paediatrics and Child Health Division Working Group reserve the right to not award the prize if there are no submissions or presentations of a sufficiently high standard.


Elise D'Abaco | 2023 recipient
elisa-d-abaco Dr Elise D'Abaco is currently working as the Senior Fellow in Community Child Health, at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne. She undertook her medical training at the University of Melbourne and was recently admitted to Fellowship in General Paediatrics, in August this year. She will continue Community Child Health advanced training in 2024. Elise is actively involved in health services research under the supervision of Professor Harriet Hiscock. She currently holds leadership positions with the ASDP (previously NBPSA) as Trainee Board Director and Representative.

 


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