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ASCIA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS

 

ASCIA President

Prof Tony Basten

1991-1992

Assoc Prof Dan Czarny

1993-1994

Prof Connie Katelaris

1995-1996

Dr Robert Heddle

1997-1998

Assoc Prof Ron Walls

1999-2000

Dr Roger Garsia

2001-2002

Dr David Gillis

2003-2004

Dr Karl Baumgart

2005-2006

  

ASCIA CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

2007  
Dr Tiffany Hughes Chair - ASCIA ASM 2007 
A/Prof Raymond Mullins Economic Report - Senior Author 
Dr Sheryl van Nunen ASCIA Newsletter Editor 2001-2007  
Dr Glenn Reeves Chair - ASCIA Computer Committee 2001-2007 
Dr Peter Hollingsworth Chair - Perth Immopathology Meeting 2007  
Prof Frank Christiansen Chair - ASEATTA 2007 (held in conjunction with ASCIA 07)
Ms Narissa Weiland Chair - ASCIA 2007 Nurses Update 
Prof Patrick Holt  ASCIA 2007 Keynote Speaker 
Prof Donald Leung  ASCIA 2007 Keynote Speaker  
Prof Phil Lieberman  ASCIA 2007 Keynote Speaker  
Prof Bodo Grimbacher  ASCIA 2007 Keynote Speaker  
Prof Vanda Lennon  ASCIA 2007 Keynote Speaker 
Prof Richard Boyd ASCIA 2007 Invited Speaker 
Dr Michele Grimbaldeston  ASCIA 2007 Invited Speaker  
Dr Anne Halbert  ASCIA 2007 Invited Speaker  
A/Prof Geoff Hill  ASCIA 2007 Invited Speaker  
Prof David Kemp  ASCIA 2007 Invited Speaker  
Prof Robin Taylor  ASCIA 2007 Invited Speaker  
   

2006

 

Dr Karl Baumgart

Chair - ASCIA ASM 2006

Dr Mathew Cook

ASCIA Executive 2002-2006

Dr Michael Gold

Anaphylaxis Working Party Chair 2002-2006

Dr David Hill

Service to ASCIA 1990-2006

A/Prof Ray Mullins

ASCIA Education Committee Chair 2000-2006

Dr Sean Riminton

ASCIA PID committee since 1998 and Chair 2004-2006

Ms Deryn Thompson

Certificate in Allergy Nursing - contribution

Professor Konrad Bork

ASCIA 2006 Keynote Speaker

Professor Ronald Dahl

ASCIA 2006 Keynote Speaker 

Professor Markus Ollert

ASCIA 2006 Keynote Speaker 

Professor Werner Pichler

ASCIA 2006 Keynote Speaker 

Professor Rudolf Valenta

ASCIA 2006 Keynote Speaker 

   

2005

 

Dr Stephen Adelstein

ASCIA Treasurer 1996-2004

Assoc Prof Rohan Ameratunga

Chair - ASCIA ASM 2005

Ms Philippa Kirkpatrick

Project Coordinator of the ASCIA PID Register

Dr William Smith

ASCIA Council 2000-2005

Assoc Prof Mimi Tang

ASCIA Council 1999-2005

  

ASCIA / CSL PRIMARY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY REGISTER AWARDS

2007 - Ms Philippa Kirkpatrick 

2006 - Ms Lyn Beilby

2005 - Dr Marnie Robinson, Dr Karl Bleasel, Dr Rob Stirling

  

ASCIA MEDIA AWARDS

2007 

Lisa Orfford - Double Trouble for Airways: Rhinitis Link to Asthma - Australian Journal of Pharmacy - Sept 2007

Liisa Christopher - Hard to Swallow - Sydney Morning Herald - February 2007

2006

Selina Mitchell - Allergy guidelines rewritten - The Weekend Australian - October 8-9 2005

Adam Cresswell - Wheezes and sneezes no minor matter - The Weekend Australian - October 15-16 2005

2005

Ann Buchner (producer) and Helen Dalley (presenter) - Sunday program, Nine Network Australia - 'When food can be fatal - parts 1 and 2'

Runner up - Jill Margo, Columnist, The Australian Financial Review - 'Self-medication is on the nose for suffering snifflers'.

Runner up - Joshua Gliddon, Science & Health Editor, The Bulletin Magazine - "Brittle People"

  

 ASCIA MEDICAL STUDENT GRANTS

2007   
Gene Huang (Melb Uni)

Impact of malaria on immunosuppression and HIV transmission.

Daniel Raper (Syd Uni)  Mechanism of action of IVIg in autoimmune inflammatory neuropathy. 
Emily See (Melb Uni)  Tumour Immunology  
Zhenya Welyczho et al        (Qld Uni)  Ability of pre-school staff in the use of adrenaline autoinjectors. 
   
2006  

Catherine Asquith (Syd Uni)

HIV/AIDS in Argentina, University of Buenos Aires

Marc-James Friso (Melb Uni)

Impact of HIV on humoral immunity to malaria

Adam Honeybrook (NSW Uni)

STACCATO trial - effect on lipid levels

Peter Manders (Syd Uni)

IFNalpha stimulated STAT4 phosphorylation in MS

Shannon McCarthy (Tas Uni)

Anaphylaxis in Victorian primary school children

Michelle Paull (Melb Uni)

HIV/AIDS in Botswana

Sukoy Roychowdhury          (Tas Uni)

Ho:YAG laser treatment of hyperplastic inferior nasal turbinates in severe AR

Philip Tong (UWA)

The immunotherapeutic options for psoriasis

   
2005   
Matthew Broadhead, Julie Paik (NSW Uni)  A HIV research study examining cotrimoxazole Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis stopping rules.
Haroon Cheema (NSW Uni)  Characterisation of the inflammatory response in Scleroderma. 
Robert Granger (Tas Uni)  Investigation of vernal keratoconjunctivitis in Lesotho, Africa. 
Rashi Kalra (Syd Uni)  Genotyping mutations in the TACI gene in patients with CVID or IgA deficiency. 
Jacqueline Lopez-Dee (ANU) 

A review of food allergy websites and comparison with published literature.

Bala Varatharaju (UniAdel)  South Australian Anaphylaxis Study  
Andrew Yam (Syd Uni)

Role of behavioural inhibitor of apoptosis repeat containing protein 2 in the inflammatory and anti-apoptotic response of insulin producing cells. 

Linda Zahra (NSW Uni)  Elective term in the Immunodermatology service at St Vincent's (Melb).  
   
2004   
Hsien Chan (UWA)  Clinical Immunology and dermatology, and specifically to T cell immunology  
Harriett Gee (Melb Uni)  Tumour Immunology  
Julia Ho (Melb Uni)   HLA-G polymorphisms  

Sumitha Bhaskaran           (Melb Uni) 

Gut microflora and its association with atopy in children.  
 

  

ASCIA / WAO GRANTS

2007 

In 2007 ASCIA provided grants totally $110,000 (AUD) including $50,000 (AUD) provided by CSL BIOTHERAPIES for anaphylaxis related projects. 
 
Effects of statins on the migration and apoptosis of dendritic cells. 
Prof Philip Thompson et al 
The impact of cofactor and effector cell function in CVID 
Dr Rob Stirling et al 
Evaluation of patient antibody responses to beta2microglobulin in relation to lupus anticoagulant and anti-cardiolipin results 
Dr Christine Bundell et al 
 

2007 CSL GRANTS

Establishment of a national food allergy database 
A/Prof Rohan Ameratunga et al
A study of the use of Intravenous promethazine for anaphylaxis 
A/Prof Simon Brown et al 
Identification of patients with 18Q21.3 deletions and anaphylaxis 
A/Prof Pete Smith 
 

2006 

ASCIA - Antibody Deficiency Allele (ADA) Pilot Study

Dr Matthew Cook et al 

ASCIA PID Register (3rd year of 3 year seed funding)

Dr Sean Riminton, Philippa Kirkpatrick

Evaluation of the risk of anaphylaxis in currently and

previously peanut allergic children advised to avoid

peanut vs those advised to regularly consume peanut

Dr Brynn Wainstein, A/Prof John Ziegler

Fatal anaphylaxis in New Zealand:

case finding for the decade 1995-2004 (seed funding)

Dr Marianne Empson, Dr Penny Fitzharris, Dr Jan Sinclair

Identification of novel gene defects in Common Variable

Immune Deficiency (CVID): a multi-centre study

A/Prof Rohan Ameratunga et al

 

2005

ASCIA PID Register (2nd year of seed funding)

Dr Sean Riminton, Philippa Kirkpatrick  

Establishing a diagnostic framework for anaphylaxis to native Australian ant venoms (continuation)  
A/Prof Simon Brown 
Application to ASCIA to fund the purchase, establishment and validation of a novel device (Rhinolux) to non-invasively measure nasal congestion  
Prof Connie Katelaris & Dr Janet Rimmer  
A qualitative study of the needs of individuals with primary immunodeficiency disorders in transition from paediatric to adult care. 
A/Prof Jo Douglass et al 
Establishment of an ASCIA Anaphylaxis Registry (seed funding)
Dr Rob Loblay, Dr Mike Gold 
 

2004  

ASCIA PID Register (seed funding) 
Dr Sean Riminton 
Establishing a diagnostic framework for anaphylaxis to native Australian ant venoms 
A/Prof Simon Brown 

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 March 2008 )
 
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