KIDNEY HEALTH AUSTRALIA - AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

Kincaid-Smith Award - Guidelines for Nomination

Kidney Health Australia established this prestigious award to honour outstanding clinical and scientific achievements of Emeritus Professor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith AC CBE and her years of service to our organisation. In the early 60's she demonstrated overwhelming evidence of the link between headache powders and kidney damage and campaigned strongly against their use. Her research also resulted in substantial contributions to the link between the kidneys and high blood pressure.

Interested in nominating a candidate?
The Kincaid-Smith Medal is awarded every two years to an Australian citizen or resident for outstanding clinical and scientific achievement in research into treatment of diseases of the kidney and urinary tract. This award is the highest scientific accolade of Kidney Health Australia - and is awarded on the recommendation of our Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee.

Past winners of our Kincaid-Smith Medal have been:
-    Professor Judith A Whitworth AC 2010
-    Professor Stephen Holdsworth 2005
-    Professor Anthony d’Apice 2002
-    The ANZDATA Registry 2000
-    Professor Villis Marshall 1996
-    Professor Robert Atkins 1994

Call for nominations - for award in 2012
Your application should specify reasons for the nomination and include supporting documentation. Post your nomination to:

Dr Tim Mathew - Medical Director, Kidney Health Australia, GPO Box 9993, Adelaide
Phone 08 8334 7509 or email research@kidney.org.au for more details

Kincaid-Smith Medal 2010 - Professor Judith A Whitworth AC
The Governor-General of Australia and Kidney Health Australia's Patron in Chief, Ms Quentin Bryce AC presented the prestigious Kincaid-Smith Medal for 2010  to Professor Judith Whitworth AC.

Professor Whitworth was awarded this medal for her outstanding contributions to the knowledge of kidney disease and high blood pressure and is internationally renowned for her expertise in these areas.

30 January 2012 - Kidney sector highlighted in Australia Day Honours

Australia Day Honours have been bestowed upon three recipients for their services to Kidney Health Australia and the kidney sector. Kidney Health Australia is proud to congratulate our Medical Director, Associate Professor Tim Mathew, who has been honoured as a recipient of an AM General Division Order of Australia. Other recipients from our kidney community were National Consumer Council Chair, Mr David Parker and a former Director of the KHA Board, Mr Jack Le Cras, was also awarded the Medal OAM of the Order of Australia General Division, for services to the community and to Kidney Health Australia. Read full media here>

Kidney Health Australia - Clinical Nephrology Presentation 
Presented at the Australian & New Zealand Society of Nephrology - Annual Scientific Meeting
Kidney Health Australia sponsors a prize valued at $5,000 for this award, which is judged on abstract and presentation at this meeting. All presenting members of the ANZSN are eligible.