The Australian Rural Training Innovation Enterprise committee would like to kindly thank Dr Joe McGirr MP and Dr Mark Schembri for their time and consideration in reviewing and assessing all of the posters and oral presentations.
Young Investigator Awards were selected by the judges in the following categories:
Medicine Cardiology:
Billy Poulden UNDA
(The Many Fronts of Heart Failure Monitoring – An Observational Study into Heart Failure)
Harrison Hamblin UNDA
(Pericoronary Fat Attenuation Index Scoring in a Regional Population – A Project Proposal and Case Discussion)
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Swazi Sharma UNDA
(Cruise Control: AI Steering Public Health in Road Safety)
Medical Education:
Isabella and Claudia Suttie
(Equity and access in rural medicine – Identifying Neurodivergence in Australian Medical School Admissions)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology:
Emma Kellock and Mikayla Sheahan UNDA
(Transition to Midwifery-Led Care in Rural Australia: Effects on Practice, Job Satisfaction and Sustainability)
Olivia Taylor UNDA
(Ethnic Differences Influence the Risk of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Obesity)
Public Health:
Anisha Gandhi and Rebecca Peisah UNDA
(Implementation of Screening Programs in Incarcerated Populations)
Bethany Grice UNSW
(The prevalence of regular e-cigarette use among Australian females of reproductive age: Implications for unplanned pregnancies)
Psychiatry:
Peter Sheeran and Helen Devery UNDA
(Outcomes of Telepsychiatry in Australia, a clinical review)
Gastroenterology:
Thomas Skinner BSci, M.D.
(Cost-Effective Analysis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Models of Care, A Rural Perspective)
Surgery:
Cameron Sowter UNSW
(Short-term Gain, Long-term Pain? Rate of Weight Loss and Weight Regain following Primary Bariatric Surgery)
Young Investigator of the Year 2024:
Peter Sheeran and Thomas Douglas UNDA
(Exploring the implementation and efficacy of Maternal Alcohol Consumption interventions within an Australian context)