Rising Star Awards

The goal of the Lyndal Trevena and Geoff Mitchell Rising Star Awards is to recognize promising early and mid-career investigators who have significantly advanced the field of cancer in primary care research. These Awards are competitively awarded by the PC4 Scientific Committee. These awards have been created to honour the significant contribution of two of PC4’s founding investigators – Lyndal Trevena and Geoff Mitchell. It has been through their dedication and hard work that PC4 has supported the development of high-quality cancer in primary care clinical trials. The two winners will receive a trophy and $200 prize. The winners of these Awards will be announced at the PC4 Scientific Symposium 2020.

Lyndal Trevena

Professor Trevena commenced her academic career more than 16 years ago, after 15 years in clinical general practice. Her research focussed on overcoming barriers to the application of evidence in general practice. She has been a member of the International Patient Decision Aids Standard committee (IPDAS), led the development of standard on risk communication and co-convened the ISEHC-ISDM Conference in Sydney 2015. She was voted one of 25 global champions in Shared Decision Making by the (US) Foundation for Informed Medical Decisions. She was a founding investigator of PC4. She co-led the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence “Ask, Share Know: Rapid Evidence for General Practice Decisions.” Lyndal has been a champion for primary care research and this award richly reflects her dedication to cancer prevention, screening and survivorship.

Geoff Mitchell

Geoffrey Mitchell was the Professor of General Practice and Palliative Care at the University of Queensland. His main research interest was in the role of General Practitioners in complex conditions, particularly palliative care, how specialists and GPs can work better together, and in N-of-1 trials of treatment. He has been a chief investigator in three nationally funded centres of research excellence- in primary-secondary care integration, end of life care, and chronic kidney disease. His research interests have included interventions to improve outcomes for caregivers with advanced cancer, the use of case conferences in end of life care, the role of general practice at the end of life, and several aspects of the management of chronic kidney disease, including decision making at the end of life and the role of general practice in end of life care. He has published over 180 peer-reviewed publications and has been a chief investigator on over $AU 26.5m of research funding. He maintains a clinical general practice in Ipswich, Queensland. Geoff has been instrumental in highlighting that end of life is part of the cancer journey for some patients, that when that happens primary care plays an important role.  

Applications for the 2021 round of awards closes 21st March 2021 5pm. 

Nomination form

 

Nominate for the following:

 
  • Geoff Mitchell Rising Star Award – for excellence in the area of palliative care cancer research.
  • Lyndal Trevena Rising Star Award – for excellence in the areas of cancer prevention, screening or survivorship research.

Criteria

The Principal Nominator must be a current member of PC4. The Nominee must be an early-career researcher or mid-career researcher (0-10 years from receiving their PhD). The nominee should have made a significant contribution to cancer in primary care research. This would include but not be limited by voluntary/academic/professional work  in any of the following:
  • Committees or reference groups
  • Representing PC4
  • Facilitating professional development
  • Research Implementation into clinical practice
  • Writing articles or books

  • Nominee

  • The Principal Nominator

  • Max. file size: 24 MB.
    Please describe how the nominee has shown outstanding or excellent contributions to the appropriate area of research: (responses should not exceed 200 words)
  • Max. file size: 24 MB.
    Please nominate one paper in particular that helps to illustrate their contribution: (NB – the nominee’s full publication record will be reviewed as part of the selection process)
  • By submitting this form, I declare that all information contained in this nomination package is accurate and truthful to the best of my knowledge.
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